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Sectarian attack kills 14 of same family in Syria
AMMAN: Militiamen loyal to President Bashar al-Assad killed 14 members of a Sunni family in the city of Homs on Thursday in one of the grizzliest sectarian attacks in the ten-month uprising raging in the Alawite-dominated country, activists and residents said.
Azhar, 161 other Jamaat leaders indicted
Dhaka, Jan 25 (bdnews24.com)—A speedy trial tribunal on Wednesday indicted 161 Jamaat-e-Islami activists, including the party’s acting secretary general A T M Azharul Islam, in a case filed over the Sep 19 vandalism and arson in Dhaka’s Paltan.
Dhaka Metropolitan Speedy Trial Tribunal-6 judge Assaduzzaman Nur framed charges in the case filed
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Azhar, 161 other Jamaat leaders indicted
Dhaka, Jan 25 (bdnews24.com)—A speedy trial tribunal on Wednesday indicted 161 Jamaat-e-Islami activists, including the party’s acting secretary general A T M Azharul Islam, in a case filed over the Sep 19 vandalism and arson in Dhaka’s Paltan.
15 Jamaat-Shibir activists held in city
DHAKA: Police last night arrested 15 suspected activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir from Uttarkhan here for planning to create sabotage to foil the trial of war criminals.
JU Students dies by ‘BCL beating’
DHAKA: A Jahangirnagar University student died early on Monday following a beating allegedly by Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists.
HC grants anticipatory bail to 66 BNP men
DHAKA: The High Court on Tuesday granted anticipatory bail for two months to 66 BNP leaders and activists, including former lawmaker M Ilias Ali, in connection with six criminal cases.
HC withdraws bail order against 66 BNP men
Dhaka, Jan 2: The High Court on Monday recalled its order for bail, earlier granted to 66 BNP leaders and activists including former lawmaker M Ilias Ali in connection with six criminal cases.
The cases were filed against them in Sylhet and Sirajganj on charges of vandalism and preventing police from discharging duties on December 18 last year.
Amini, 4 others face arrest warrant
Dhaka, Jan 2 (bdnews24.com) – A Dhaka court on Monday ordered arrests of Islami Oikya Jote faction leader Mufti Fazlul Haque Amini and four others for allegedly beating and threatening a madrasah student for his refusal to join demonstration three years ago.
Dhaka’s additional chief metropolitan magistrate Abu Zafar Mohammad Kamruzzaman also asked police to reinvestigate the case filed in 2008 with Lalbagh Police Station over the beating.
The others who faced the warrant are activists of the party Mohammad Raihan, Abul Khayer, Mohammad Sayeed and Zakir Hossain.
Chawkbazar Ashraful Ulum Madrasah student Hafez Mohammad Sharif Hossain filed the case on May 16, 2008.
Speedy Trial Tribunal to be extended for 2 more years
DHAKA, Jan 1: Even as the government plans to extend, for the fifth time, the Speedy Trial Tribunal Act for another two years in a bid to clear the logjam of cases, Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) calls it a ploy to suppress opposition leaders and activists.
UPDF man killed in Rangamati gunfight (Updated)
RANGAMATI: A leader of Chittagong Hill Tracts-based United People’s Democratic Front (UPDF) was killed during a gunfight with rival activists of Parbatya Chhatagram Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS) in Jurachhori upazila on Thursday midnight.
Khaleda calls emergency party meet
Dhaka, Dec 22 (bdnews24.com) – BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia will hold an emergency meeting with the party’s policymakers to discuss the current state of politics and next move of the party on Thursday.
She would meet the standing committee members at her Gulshan office at 8pm on Thursday, her press secretary Maruf Kamal Khan told bdnews24.com.
The BNP policymakers are meeting when the country’s politics is moving toward a new phase of apparent confrontation over police obstruction of BNP demonstration while formation of a new Election Commission could be a fresh issue of dispute.
50 hurt as BNP men clash with cops
DHAKA: At least 50 people were injured and 100 arrested during clashes between police and BNP activists at different parts in the capital Sunday morning.
BNP terms 2001 post-poll violence report ‘fictional’
DHAKA: Main opposition BNP has rejected the judicial inquiry report on the violent repression on the Hindu minority and then opposition men immediately after the 2001 national elections, saying that the report has been made up to strike fear into the hearts its leaders and activists.
Violence in Syria swells as Biden urges Assad to go
At least 23 people have been killed in Syria as violence between army defectors and troops loyal to President Bashar al-Assad swells, activists said.
The UN estimates 4,000 people have been killed during a crackdown on anti-government protests.
The Arab League gave Syria until Sunday to sign its initiative to end violence.
BREAKING NEWS
Khoka detained after clash with police
Dhaka, Dec 4 (bdnews24.com)—A senior DMP official has claimed that former Dhaka mayor Sadeque Hossain Khoka, who was detained in old Dhaka’s court area, has not been arrested.
“He was taken into police custody for his own safety,” assistant deputy commissioner of Lalbagh zone Mohammad Kamruzzaman told bdnews24.com on Sunday.
Khoka, also a vice-president of BNP, was detained after he allegedly led party supporters in a clash with the law enforcers in a pro-shutdown procession.
Police detained the former mayor around 12.15am from the court building, where he took shelter during the clash, he added.
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