DHAKA: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Monday called blockade program across the country to press home their demand.“The blockade program across the country will continue,” she said while talking to journalists at her political office at Gulshan in the city on Monday afternoon.She

DHAKA: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said they should break the ‘prison’ uttering national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam’s verse ‘boot and break the locks of all prisons’.The BNP leader said at a program, arranged by several

DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is set to move out from her Gulshan political office for attending rally in the capital Monday.Detective Branch (DB) of Police locked the all the gates of the BNP chairperson’s political office.Khaleda Zia is now sitting at her private car in front

DHAKA: Law enforcement agencies in overnight drives detained 416 people from 12 different districts across the country on Monday to avoid possible sabotage ahead of BNP’s Monday rally.Most of the detainees are leaders and activists of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and its key

DHAKA: Ruling Awami League and its front organizations brought out procession and staged sit-in demonstration on streets of the city marking January 5.After visiting some areas of the city, the banglanews team reported that AL, Swechhasebak League, Juba League, Chhatra League and

DHAKA: State Minister for Home Affairs Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Monday said Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson Khaleda Zia is free to move anywhere in spite of having tight security.“It depends on her (Khaleda) whether she will move or not. But she must be aware about the

DHAKA: At least five people, including one bullet-hit, were injured as BNP-Jamaat activists locked into clashes with police in city’s Segunbagicha area on Monday.They also set fire to a motorbike of a police sergeant.Witnesses said BNP-Jammat men tried to bring out a procession at noon

DHAKA: Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad has ruled out the matter of party’s decision to leave the cabinet.He came up with the observation on Monday while asked about his reaction on Raushan Ershad’s announcement of leaving cabinet, which she declared earlier in the noon at a press

RAJSHAHI: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) recovered 10 petrol bombs and 24 cocktails from Meherchandi area of the metropolitan early Monday.Senior ASP Mirza Golam Sarwar of RAB-5 media cell said to banglanews that a team of RAB recovered the bombs and cocktails from a garden in the area in

ATRIUM BANQUETING HALL, EAST LONDON: BNP senior vice chairman Tarique Rahman alleged that Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman had attempted to embezzle the ‘Muktijuddho Fund’.He came up with the latest controversial allegation while addressing a discussion at Atrium Banquet Hall in

DHAKA: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia is ready to move from her Gulshan office for attending rally in the capital Dhaka Monday.Officials of her office confirmed the matter to banglanews.But police personnel have locked up the exit gate of the office.BDST: 1224 HRS, JAN 05, 2015

DHAKA: Police fired tear shells and rubber bullets to bring the situation under control as activists of Awamil League and BNP locked into a clash at capital’s Kuril area at 11:00am Monday.Sub-Inspector of Bhatara Thana Shamim told balganews that activists of Mohila Dol, lady wing of

DHAKA: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) detained president of Lalbagh No. 61 Ward BNP Altaf Hossain with 20 cocktails early Monday.Director of Rab Media Wing Mufti Mahmud Khan confirmed the matter to banglanews.He said, on information Rab personnel raided the residence of Altaf Hossain, who

NATORE: District unit BNP called dawn-to-dusk hartal for Tuesday over the killing of two people in Monday’s clash between activists of ruling Awami League and BNP in Tebaria area.The deceased were identified as Raihan, son of Mithun, Atrai Upazila of Naogaon and Rakibul, son of Chan

RAJSHAHI: An activist of Jamaat-e-Islami was detained on allegation of setting fire to Rajshahi Awami League office early Monday.Quoting witnesses, Officer-in-Charge of Boalia Thana Nur Hossain Khandakar said a group of masked miscreants set fire to the office after Fazr prayer and

DHAKA: Police recovered 22 petrol bombs from Swamibagh area of city’s Gendaria area in an abandoned condition on Monday morning. Confirming the matter, Gendaria thana duty officer Shafiqul Islam told banglanews that on information, a team of police rushed to the Munshir Tek area

DHAKA: Ruling Awami League asked its leaders and activists to take to the streets on the occasion of ‘Democracy Victory Day’ on Monday despite pre-scheduled rally canceled due to ban. Confirming the matter, some senior AL leaders told banglanews that the party gave the direction

DHAKA: Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami expressed their utmost indignation and strong condemnation against confinement of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson Khaleda Zia. The reaction came Sunday night from a statement of the party acting ameer Maqbul Ahmed.He alleged there that

SYLHET: At least 15 persons, including the university proctor, have been injured here in a clash between two rival groups of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) held at Sylhet Agricultural University (SAU) Sunday night.Following the matter, the university authorities have suspended all the

LONDON (UK): Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) senior vice chairman Tarique Rahman on Sunday urged party-men to come on the street to ‘free’ his mother, Khaleda Zia, from the ‘cordoned’ condition.The elder son of BNP chief made the urge in the afternoon here at banquet hall