GAZIPUR: Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), student wing of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), called a 48-hour hartal in the district from Saturday protesting the arrest of Gazipur City Corporation mayor MA Mannan.Gazipur city JCD unit member secretary Jahangir Alam confirmed the matter

LAKSHMIPUR: Detective Branch (DB) of police detained Saydur Rahman Chutto, acting president of the district unit BNP, on Wednesday night.A team of DB police picked up Saydur from Shankharipara area of the district town around 9:30pm.Lakshmipur Sadar Thana duty officer Assistant

NARAYANGANJ: Police detained two people, including an activist of Jatiyatabadi Chattra Dal (JCD), student wing of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), with a petrol bomb in Fatulla area under Sadar uapzila of the district on Wednesday night.The detainees are Rafiqul Islam, a activist

DHAKA: The 120-hour hartal, enforced by Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led (BNP) 20-party alliance, has rolled into the fifth and last day across the country on Thursday, supplemented by nationwide road-rail-waterway blockade.No act of sabotages and arson attacks was reported in the city

DHAKA: At least 10 petrol bombs were recovered from two persons in city’s Gulshan area Wednesday evening.Sources said that Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel recovered the bombs in front of Gloria Jeans Café of Gulshan-1.The elite force members, according to the sources, detained

DHAKA: Jatiya Party (JP) Chairman HM Ershad, also former President of the country, on Wednesday said sometimes he feels like spitting the prevailing politics in the country.“Due to present political culture, people are suffering from hunger if they stay at home and sustaining petrol

DHAKA: Miscreants blasted a cocktail in front of Paltan Thana in the city on Wednesday evening.Another cocktail was exploded in front of City Heart Market near the thana.However, police could not hold anyone in this connection.Paltan Thana sub-inspector (SI) Jahangir Alam said they are

DHAKA: A Dhaka court asked the government to publish a notice against BNP vice-chairman and Dhaka city’s former mayor Sadeque Hossain Khoka and two others to appear before the court by March 29 in a case of bomb blast in front of Election Commission Secretariat.The other accused are

NATORE: At least four people, including district Sadar Thana Jubo Dal president Mamtaj, were injured in a blast while they were making petrol bombs in Nischintapur village of the upazila on Wednesday afternoon.The other injured are Jewel, Sajal, and Mahfuz. They are assistants of

DHAKA: Law enforcers detained at least 267 people, including BNP-Jamaat leaders and activists, from 14 districts in nightlong drives.Without disclosing the identities police claimed that the detainees were involved in recent violence.Banglanews24.com correspondents reports from their

DHAKA: A Dhaka court placed BNP’s two former lawmakers Ashraf Uddin Nizam and Nazim Uddin Ahmed on a three-day remand in vandalism and torching cases.Metropolitan Magistrate M Tasruzzaman passed the order after the hearing on Wednesday, in response to a remand plea by Motijheel

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Wednesday granted five-day fresh remand to Mosaddek Ali Falu, adviser to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, in a cocktail blast case filed with Mirpur Police Station in the city.Metropolitan Magistrate Tareq Mainul Islam Bhuiyan passed the remand order in the afternoon

GAIBANDHA: Members of joint forces arrested 23 leaders and activists of BNP and its key ally Jamaat-e-Islami in nightlong drives across the district.Additional police super (ASP) Mosharraf Hossain said that the law enforcers conducted drives from Tuesday night to Wednesday

DHAKA: Information minister Hasanul Haq Inu said that they will think about the proposed dialogue to address the current situation, if BNP-led 20-party alliance stops violence.The minister made this remark in response to the eminent citizens’ letter to the President, Prime Minister and

BRAHMANBRIA: Police, in separate drives, detained 105 people, including six leaders-activists of BNP, Jamaat-e-Islami and Chhatra Shibir at different places of the district.The six BNP-Jamaat-Shibir men were picked up for their alleged acts of sabotage during nationwide hartal and

DHAKA: Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) detained a total of 12 suspected anarchists during separate anti-sabotage drives across the city in the last 24 hours till Wednesday morning.Of the detainees, nine are the leaders-activists of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and three are

RAJSHAHI: Detective Branch (DB) of police detained an activist of Islami Chhatra Shibir, students’ wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, with six cocktails in Tim Ghoshpara area of the city on Tuesday.The detainee was identified as Shamsad Bin Jubaer, 18, son of Ahmed Bin Jubaer.Assistant

DHAKA: British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Robert W Gibson is expected to meet BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia at latter’s Gulshan political office in the city on Wednesday afternoon.The meeting is scheduled to begin around 5:00pm.BNP media wing officer Shamsusddin Didar confirmed the

DHAKA: The hartal, enforced by Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) -led 20-party alliance, has entered the fourth day across the country on Wednesday, supplemented by nationwide road-rail-waterway blockade.No acts of sabotages and arson attacks have yet been reported in the city and

DHAKA: Rejecting any possibility of political consensus, Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu on Tuesday said any discussion would not be held with the political villains.“There may be a discussion over the trial of the killers after they surrender stopping violence,” he said.The