DHAKA: Three persons were injured as miscreants blasted cocktails in two separate places of the city on Tuesday evening.A rickshaw-puller was injured in a cocktail blast in Shegun Bagicha area at 7:30pm, locals said.On the other hand, a 50-year old person and a youth were injured as a

DHAKA: BNP asked the government to send Nagarik Oikya Convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna back to his family.BNP joint-secretary general Salahuddin Ahmed came up with the demand in a statement sent to the media on Tuesday.The BNP leader along with Manna’s wife Meher Nigar claimed that a

SAVAR (DHAKA): Birulia Union Parishad Chairman Haji Mahmudul Hasan Alal, also BNP Savar thana unit president, was detained on Tuesday.Sources said Savar Model Thana police nabbed him from a house in Birulia at noon on charge of killing people over setting fire to vehicles during

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Tuesday issued arrest warrant against five BNP leaders, including BNP standing committee member and also former housing and public works minister Mirza Abbas, on charge of irregularities in plot allocation among journalists.Dhaka Senior Special Judge's Court

DHAKA: BNP-led 20-party alliance has extended the ongoing 72-hour hartal till 6:00am Friday (February 27) protesting “false” cases against the party leaders, including BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia.BNP joint secretary general Salahuddin Ahmed made the disclosure through a press release

DHAKA: Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), in several drives, detained 13 men of BNP, Jamaat-e-Islami and its students wing Islami Chhatra Shibir from different places of the capital on Tuesday.Of the detainees, four are activists of Jamaat and Shibir while nine are BNP men.Police picked

GAZIPUR: Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) mayor Professor M A Mannan was shown arrested in another case filed with Sripur Thana.Mannan’s lawyer Advocate Manjur Hossain Prince told banglanews that there were three cases filed against him during his arrest.Of those, Mannan got bail release

DHAKA: The fresh 72-hour hartal, sponsored by Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led (BNP) 20-party alliance, has entered the third day across the country on Tuesday.Began at 6:00am on Sunday, the shutdown will continue till 6:00am on Wednesday, coupled with a nationwide road-rail-waterway

DHAKA: Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police detained Nagorik Oikya convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna from the city’s Banani area early Tuesday. His wife Meher Nigar confirmed the matter to banglanews saying a plainclothes team of DB picked up him from his niece’s house on

DHAKA: Two cocktails were blasted in city’s Malibagh Rail Gate area on Monday night.No one was reportedly injured in the blasts.However, the incident took place around 7:00pm in the area.On information, Rampura Thana police rushed to the place but could not nab anyone as the

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Monday placed BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on a three-day remand in a case of arson attack filed with Mohammadpur Thana in city.Metropolitan Magistrate Maruf Hossain passed the remand order in the afternoon when Mohammadpur Thana Sub-Inspector

FENI: Law enforcers detained three BNP leaders from a pro-hartal procession brought out on Monday noon in Phulgazi upazila sadar in the district.The detainees include upazila BNP general secretary Nur Nabi Master, Jubo Dal convener M Swapon and Chhatra Dal president Kamal Hossain.Sources

DHAKA: A five-member medical team Monday noon entered BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s political office in city’s Gulshan area where she has been staying since January 5.Sources said that the medical team led by Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) former vice-chancellor

DHAKA: A five-member medical team Monday noon entered BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s political office in city’s Gulshan area where she has been staying since January 5.Sources said that the medical team led by Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) former

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday approved the proposals for holding the polls of two city corporations of Dhaka.Sheikh Hasina made the approval when Local Government and Rural Development (LGRD) Minister Syed Ashraful Islam placed the proposals before premier at the

DHAKA: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel detained three people with some 18 cocktails from Kalabagan area of the city on Sunday night.Lieutenant Colonel SM Masud Rana, Commanding Officer of RAB-2, made the disclosure while talking to journalists on Monday noon.SM Masud Rana said that

KHULNA: Police, in their regular drives, arrested 35 people from different places of the metropolitan area till Monday morning.Khulna Metropolitan Police (KMP) special branch ADC Maniruzzaman Mithu confirmed the matter to banglanews.He said they conducted drives in eight thanas for last

DHAKA: Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), in several drives, detained eight leaders-activists of BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami from different places of the capital.Masudur Rahman, deputy commissioner of Media and Public Relations Department of DMP, confirmed the matter to banglanews.He said,

DHAKA: Miscreants torched a pickup van and a private car in city’s Malibagh and Rampura areas on Sunday night.No one was reportedly injured in the incident.Witnesses said that miscreants set fire to a pickup-van in the area around 9:25pm.On information, fire fighters rushed to the spot

DHAKA: At least six people were injured as miscreants blasted a cocktail in TSC intersection area under Dhaka University on Sunday night. Witnesses said that miscreants blasted a cocktail in the area around 9:20pm, leaving them injured. However, the injured were rushed to Dhaka Medical