Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) president Zainul Abedin on Tuesday alleged that a huge pressure was exerted on the chief justice, Surendra Kumar Sinha, to go on leave.
`The SCBA thinks that a huge pressure was mounted on the chief justice so that he goes on leave for a
Read more: CJ forced to go on leave: Zainul Abedin
Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina said she spoke to US president Donald Trump on Monday about Rohingya Muslims flooding into her country from Myanmar, but she expects no help from him as he has made clear how he feels about refugees.
As Trump left an event he hosted at
Read more: Hasina expects no help from Trump on refugees fleeing Myanmar
Bangladesh Railway has started selling advance train tickets on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr, the biggest religious festival of the Muslims.
Tickets for June 21 journeys are available on Monday. Each passenger will be able to buy maximum four tickets.
Huge crowd in long queues were seen at Kamalapur railway
Read more: Eid advance train ticket sale begins
A team of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested six suspected members of banned extremist outfit ‘Neo-JMB’.
The team arrested them in a raid from New Market area in the capital on Sunday night, said a text message of police.
Details about the raid
Read more: Six ‘Neo-JMB’ men held in city
Law enforcers detained three alleged extremists, including two siblings, from a suspected hideout they cordoned off at village Dangapara of Tanore upazila in Rajshahi early Monday.
The three alleged extremists are -- Israfil Alam, 26, his elder brother Ibrahim, 34, and son-in-law Rabiul Islam,35, of the village Dangapara.
Nine
Read more: Cops cordon off ‘extremist den’ in Rajshahi, 12 held