Wednesday, 15 Jan, 2025

Politics

10 hurt in city cocktail blasts, 3 held

DHAKA: At least 10 people sustained injuries as miscreants blasted cocktails targeting Awami League processions in Shahtinagar, Karwan bazaar and Banani areas in the capital.Witnesses said miscreants hurled cocktails at a procession of Awami League heading towards the Suhrawardy

Manna on 10-day fresh remand

DHAKA: A Dhaka court granted 10-day fresh remand for Nagorik Oikya convener Mahmudur Rahman Mannna in a sedition case.Metropolitan Magistrate Ataul Haq passed the order when police produced him before court after the end of 10-day remand in another case Saturday.Manna stood for himself

AL rally at Suhrawardy begins

DHAKA: The ruling Awami League (AL) has begun its rally at Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital on Saturday to mark the historic March 7.The rally started at 3:15pm with recitation from holy books of different religions.Top leaders of Awami League-led 14-party alliance are seen present on the

Fresh 72hr hartal from Sunday

DHAKA: BNP-led 20-party alliance has called fresh countrywide non-stop 72-hour hartal from 6:00am Sunday.BNP joint secretary general Salah Uddin Ahmed made the hartal announcement through a press release, sent to email on Saturday afternoon.He also declared to bring out mass procession in

Barrister Rafique for referendum

DHAKA: Pro-BNP lawyer Rafique-Ul-Huq said that a referendum on mid-term election is needed to overcome the ongoing political crisis in the country. He made the comment at a meeting arranged by a canopy organization of several professional groups called Bangladesh Sammilita Peshajibi

10 BNP-Shibir men held in city

DHAKA: Dhaka Metropolitan Police detained 10 leaders and activists of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and Islami Chhatra Shibir across the city on charge of carrying out sabotages amid BNP-led 20-party alliance sponsored hartal and blockade. Of the detainees, 10 are BNP men and the

Khaleda must face penalty

    DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday categorically said BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia must face penalty once for killing people across the country. The premier, also the president of ruling Awami League, came up with remark while addressing a rally at Suhrawardy

“BNP alliance believes in talks”

DHAKA: BNP-led 20-party alliance only believed in discussion, dialogue and negotiation to end ongoing political turmoil in the country.BNP joint secretary general Salah Uddin Ahmed made the remark in a statement through email on Friday (March 6) afternoon.Salah Uddin Ahmed said, “We

12 BNP-Shibir men held in city

DHAKA: Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) detained 12 suspected anarchists during separate anti-sabotage drives in the city in last 24 hours till Friday morning. Masudur Rahman, deputy commissioner (media and public relations) of DMP, confirmed the matter to banglanews. Of the detainees,

69 accused arrested in Jessore

JESSORE:  Police, in nightlong drives, rounded up 69 people from different places of the district for their alleged involvement in different wrongdoings.District police control room source said of the arrestees, one is the activist of Bangladesh Nationalists Party (BNP) while rests are

Juba League man hacked dead in Bogra

BOGRA: A Juba League activist was chopped to death by some miscreants in Subgram intersection under Sadar upazila of the district on Thursday.The decease was identified as Maniruzzaman Manik, 28, son of Tofazzel Hossain of the area.Bogra Assistant Superintendent of Police (SP) and also

Manna, Khoka face sedition case

DHAKA: A sedition case was filed against Nagorik Oikya convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna and BNP leader Sadeque Hossain Khoka with Gulshan Thana in city on Thursday night.Gulshan Thana operation officer Sheikh Sohel Rana filed the law suit.Gulshan Thana Inspector (investigation) Firoz

Jamaat lawyer Tajul released

DHAKA: Law enforcers released Advocate Tajul Islam, lawyer of Jamaat-e-Islami leaders who are facing war crimes trial, after two hours of detention from city’s Paltan area on Thursday.Another lawyer of Jamaat-e-Islami Shishir Mohammad Monir told banglanews that Paltan Thana police

Cocktail injures cop in city

DHAKA: A traffic police sergeant was injured as a group of miscreants blasted cocktail at Science Laboratory intersection in the city Thursday evening.The victim is identified as Masud.Witnesses said that splinters of the cocktail hurt the sergeant but no one was held in this

12 petrol bombs recovered in Jatrabari

DHAKA: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members recovered 12 petrol bombs in Mir Hajirbagh in city’s Jatrabari area on Thursday evening.On tip-off, the law enforcers recovered the bombs left abandoned on roadside.Confirming the matter to banglanews, RAB headquarters media wing assistant

Angry BNP burning people: Quader

DHAKA: Road, Transport and Bridges minister Obaidul Quader on Thursday said the angry BNP is burning people to death failing to get their support to its movements.He made the observation while visiting the burn victims who are under treatment in the Burn Unit of Dhaka Medical College and

Tougher prog along with hartal from Sunday

DHAKA: The BNP-led 20-party alliance threatened to wage tougher movement along with fresh spell of hartal from Sunday. BNP joint secretary general Salauddin Ahmed disclosed it in a media release on Thursday afternoon.The BNP-led 20-party alliance have been enforcing hartal for

53 arrested in Rangpur

RANGPUR: At least 53 persons including 11 BNP-Jamaat men were arrested in Rangpur district till Thursday noon.Sources said that law enforcers conducted several drives in different parts of the district from Wednesday midnight to Thursday noon and arrested the people in accusation of

4 DU unit JCD men held

DHAKA UNIVERSITY: Police detained four activists of Dhaka University (DU) unit of BNP’s student wing Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) from Central Shaheed Minar and Chankharpool areas in the city on Thursday morning.DU unit JCD leader Sardar Amirul Islam Sagar told banglanews that some

Kamaruzzaman pleas to review death penalty

DHAKA: War criminal Muhammad Kamaruzzaman Thursday filed a review petition with the Supreme Court (SC) against its verdict that upheld his death penalty for his crimes against humanity in 1971.SC Chamber Judge Hasan Foyez Siddique fixed Sunday for mentioning the day for hearing on the