FARIDPUR: BNP called dawn-to-dusk hartal in the district for Tuesday to realize their three-point demand.District unit BNP president Jahirul Haque Shahjada Mia informed reporters about the demonstration at his Jheeltuli residence of the town on Monday morning.District BNP vice president

HABIGANJ: A district court on Monday rejected the bail petition of GK Gaus, the suspended Habiganj municipality mayor and also a charge-sheeted accused of former finance minister Shah AMS Kibria murder case.District and session judge Mahbub-ul-Islam passed the order at 11:30am after

RAJSHAHI: The 36-hour hartal, called by BNP, is underway in eight districts of Rajshahi division along with the nationwide indefinite blockade.No unexpected incident was reported till 11:30am on Monday, the second day of the shutdown.Hartal supporters and blockaders could not bring out

BHOLA: District unit of BNP called a dawn-to-dusk hartal for Monday in the district. The party called the shutdown protesting arrest of its district unit general secretary Faruk Mia. District BNP Joint Secretary Harun-ur-Rashid confirmed the matter to banglanews on Sunday. Moreover, a

DHAKA: Miscreants blasted three cocktails in Badda and Rampura areas of the city on Sunday.In Badda area, two cocktails were blasted by miscreants in front of Holland Center of Uttar Badda around 6:40pm and a cocktail was remained unexploded.Being informed police rushed to the spot and

DHAKA: Miscreants shot and chopped a local BNP leader to death in Sadar upazila of the district on Sunday afternoon.Two other BNP men were also injured in the incident.The deceased was identified as Sirajul Islam, 47, former Union Parishad (UP) member of Shankarchandrapur and

BOGRA: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) district unit extended the hartal time in Bogra from previously declared 36 to 48 hours from Sunday.District BNP president and also 20-party alliance convener Saiful Islam made the announcement in a rally in Matidali Airport intersection of the

AFTER VISTING KHALEDA’S GULSHAN OFFICE AND DIPLOMATIC ZONE: Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) authorities have tightened surveillance in diplomatic zone and installed a camera in front of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s political office in city’s Gulshan area. It was seen during

BARISAL: A dawn-to-dusk hartal, enforced by Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led (BNP) 20-party alliance, is underway in a relaxed mood across six districts of Barisal division since Sunday morning.Sunday is the thirteenth day of nationwide road-rail-waterway blockade for indefinite period

DHAKA:  Transport workers-leaders threatened to besiege BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia Gulshan political office on January 22 if hartal-blockade was not withdrawn by January 21.  They also demanded arrest of Khaleda Zia making her accused for instigating followers to create anarchy and

HABIGANJ: A Habiganj district court on Sunday denied bail petition of suspended mayor of Sylhet City Corporation Ariful Haque Chowdhury in a case of killing former finance minister Kibria.Habiganj district and session judge Mahbub-ul-Islam passed the order after bail hearing. Defense

DHAKA: State Minister for Home Affairs Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said that the situation has not been created for the deployment of army.He made the comment while answering to a journalist at home ministry in city on Sunday noon.He further commented that the violence during the ongoing

KHULNA: Khulna Metropolitan Police (KMP) in a night-long drive have detained 29 including five BNP-Shibir men from different parts of the area.The lawenforcers conducted the drives from Saturday evening to Sunday morning in eight thanas of the metropolital area.Sources said 24 arrestees

COMILLA: Four policemen were injured in a clash between leaders-activists of BNP and Awami League in Kandirpara area of the city on Sunday noon. During the half-an-hour long clash that erupted at 11:45am, leaders-activists of AL vandalized BNP office located at Ranir Dighirpar and BNP men

RAJSHAHI: A 36-hour hartal, enforced by Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), is underway in a relaxed mood across eight districts of Rajshahi division since Sunday morning.Besides, Sunday is the thirteenth day of nationwide road-rail-waterway blockade called by BNP.Leaders and activists

DHAKA: Police once again locked BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s Gulshan political office early Sunday.Police locked the main gate of the office at 12:40am, sources of Khaleda’s press wing confirmed the matter to banglanews.Along with several party leaders and her media wing’s

DHAKA:  At least five people, including three of family, sustained burn injuries as miscreants hurled petrol bomb aiming at a passenger bus in city’s Mohammadpur area on Saturday night.Two more people were ianjured in this incident while trying to get down from the bus hurriedly,

DHAKA: At least five police personnel were injured as miscreants hurled petrol bomb aiming at a police van in city’s Ramna area on Saturday night.Of the injured, one received burn injuries in this incident, said a competent source.The injured are Sub-Inspector (SI) Abul Kalam Azad and

BHOLA: Police have nabbed BNP district unit general secretary Mohammad Faruk Mia in accusation of violence.The local BNP leader was held Saturday afternoon during a meeting in PTI area of the district town.Confirming the matter, Bhola police superintendent (SP) Mohammad Moniruzzaman said

RAJSHAHI: BNP-led 20-party alliance called a 36-hour nonstop hartal from Sunday in eight districts of Rajshahi division.The alliance called the hartal protesting the killing of Matiur Rahman, 25, vice-president of union unit Chhatra Dal.Earlier on Friday, he was killed in a