DHAKA: At least 227 platoons of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have been deployed across the country including capital to maintain law and order in the context of BNP-led 20-party-alliance called non-stop 36-hour countrywide hartal.Sources told banglanews that there are more 77

DHAKA: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia thanked Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for her visit and intent to share her grief at son Koko’s death.Khaleda’s press secretary Maruf Kamal Khan Sohel, while quoting her as saying after waking up from ‘sleeping’ on Saturday night, said that she

DHAKA: At least three cocktails have been blasted one after another in Teacher-Student Centre (TSC) area on Dhaka University campus in the capital Saturday night.Sources told banglanews that the incident took place around 10:00pm.Miscreants, who hurled the cocktails, escaped the place

DHAKA: BNP senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman’s Malaysia visit is cancelled due to visa issuing complexity.He was scheduled to go to Malaysia from London to see his younger brother Arafat Rahman Koko who passed away Saturday.A competent source of BNP said Tarique Rahman would not be

DHAKA: Police on Saturday declared a cash reward of Tk 5 lakh in helping to catch the responsible for arson attack in Jatrabari on Friday night during blockade.A press release signed by Inspector General (Media) of Police Headquarters Jalal Uddin Ahmed Chowdhury informed the

DHAKA: Newly appointed US ambassador to Bangladesh Marcia Stephens Bloom Bernicat, who will replace current US ambassador Dan W Mozena, is set to arrive in Dhaka on Sunday.Diplomatic sources confirmed the matter to banglanews on Saturday.On May 22 of 2014, US President Barack Obama

RIYADH: President Abdul Hamid has reached Riyadh on Saturday to pay his respect in person at the death of Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.The plane carrying the president landed at King Khalid International Airport at 2:40pm Saudi local time.Bangladesh ambassador to Riyadh

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, also ruling Awami League president, is going to Gulshan office of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia to console her at the death of his younger son Arafat Rahman Koko.The premier will go to at the Gulshan office at 8:00pm, said Deputy Press Secretary to

RAJSHAHI: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-5 members detained a youth with 28 cocktails from metropolitan city early Saturday.The detainee, nicknamed as Cocktail Murad, 25, hailed from Borokuthi area under Boalia thana in city.RAB-5 media cell officer ASP Khaleda Begum told banglanews that

DHAKA: BNP senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman is going to Malaysia from London to see Arafat Rahman Koko who passed away Saturday.Younger son of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, Koko, died at a hospital in Malaysia of cardiac arrest around 12:30pm local time on Saturday.A competent

DHAKA: Shell-shocked BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has stopped speaking with people for the moment, said her Gulshan political office source.Khaleda Zia’s media wing sources said she came to know the matter from her brother’s wife.She was at her wits end after learning the news,

SATKHIRA: Members of Border Security Forces (BSF) of India detained a Bangladeshi national from Chanduria border area of the district on Saturday.The detainee Shahin Hossain is a cattle trader and resident of Kolaroa upazila of the district.Locals said that BSF personnel held Shahin when

SAVAR: The chairpersons of Public Service Commission (PSC) and CSC of eight SAARC countries paid tributes to the martyred by placing floral wreaths at National Martyrs' Memorial in Savar on Saturday.The PSC chairman Ikram Ahmed led the team, comprising of the chairmen of India, Nepal,

DHAKA: Arafat Rahman Koko, younger son of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, died at a hospital in Malaysia on Saturday.Press secretary to the BNP chief Maruf Kamal Khan confirmed the matter in a press briefing at Chairperson’s Gulshan political office in the afternoon.“Arafat Rahman was

BARISAL: Three businessmen sustained burn injuries in a cylinder blast at Ujirpur upazila in the district on Saturday.The injured are Abul Hashem, 50, Abu Sayeed, 22 and Rimon Hawladar, 20, hailed from Jessore district.They were admitted to Barisal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College.Ujirpur

DHAKA: Commerce minister Tofail Ahmed on Saturday commented that BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia has declared war against people. “If we sit with the killers for talks, then it will be established that killing people is a way for dialogue,” the minister said. According to Tofail, people

RANGAMATI: At least 200 shops and several houses were gutted in a devastating fire at bazaar in Baghaichhari upazila of the district early Saturday. Local sources said the fire originated at a shop around 3:30am and soon engulfed adjacent shops.  On information, members of Border

PARBATIPUR, DINAJPUR: A youth was killed and over a dozen hurt in a clash over land in Habibpur village under Parbatipur on Saturday morning.The deceased was identified as Sohag, 22, son of Jahurul Islam, who was also injured in the clash. Locals said there was a longstanding dispute

DHAKA: BNP-led 20-party alliance again called a non-stop 36-hour countrywide hartal from Sunday protesting power price hike, government’s ‘conspiracy of sabotages’ and arrest of their 10 thousands leaders and activists. The announcement came on Saturday noon through a statement of

DHAKA: Members of cultural and several professional groups staged a human chain on Saturday against arson attacks and burning people across the country in the name of movement.  The protesters, after the program held at 10:30am in front of National Press Club in city, headed to Central