DHAKA: Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), in several drives, detained eight men of BNP, Jamaat-e-Islami and its students wing Chhatra Shibir from different places of the capital.The DMP media sources confirmed the matter to banglanews on Sunday. They were detained for their alleged

COX’S BAZAR: Detective Branch (DB) of Police detained the district unit president of Islami Chhatra Shibir with arms from Tarabonia’s Chharar graveyard road area of the town Saturday night.The detainee was identified as Zahedul Islam Noman, 24, son of late Abdus Samad of North

DHAKA: Five people including a minor boy and three female students were injured in separate bomb blasts at different places of the city on Saturday night.A 22-old-year man and his 9-year-old brother-in-law sustained injuries when miscreants exploded petrol bomb in front of a police

DHAKA: A fresh 72-hour hartal sponsored by BNP-led 20-party alliance has begun across the country since Sunday morning.The hartal has started from 6:00am of the day and will continue till 6:00am Wednesday, coupled with nationwide road-rail-waterway blockade for indefinite period.Prior

DHAKA: Police deployed in front of Khaleda Zia's Gulshan office did not allow a team of former Army officers carrying food items for the BNP chief to enter the office on Saturday noon.Lawmen obstructed the food supply some 200 yards away at the office gate, said a spot account.The

DHAKA: Five pedestrians were injured as miscreants blasted a cocktail in city’s Nilkhet intersection on Friday night.The injured are—Rashedul Islam, Hajji Mohammad Abul Kalam, Mohammad Musa Rahman, Mohammad Rakib Ahmed and Mohammad Sumon.Police sources said that a gang of anarchists

DHAKA: Miscreants blasted four cocktails in Shahbagh and Ramna areas of the city on Friday night. In Shahbagh, three cocktails were blasted by some miscreants in front of National Museum and Ganajagaran Mancha in the area around 8:45pm. Sub-inspector (SI) Jahangir of Shahbagh Thana

CHAPAI NAWABGANJ: A local activist of ruling Awami League was chopped to death by miscreants in Dhobra Bazar area under Shibganj upazila of the district Friday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Abul Kalam, 30, son of Abdus Salam of the area. Police sources said a gang

DHAKA: The 14-party alliance announced to stroll across the country on March 8-10 protesting the killing people hurling petrol bombs and creating sabotages during hartal and blockade enforced by BNP-led alliance. Health Minister Mohammed Nasim, also spokesperson of the 14-party, made the

DHAKA: The BNP-led 20-party alliance has called for a fresh 72-hour long nationwide hartal from Sunday morning.Moreover, the 20-party alliance will also bring out protest processions across the country on Monday.Joint Secretary General of BNP Salahuddin Ahmed made the announcement through

FENI: The district unit of BNP has called a spell of 3-day shutdown in the district from Sunday morning protesting the arrest of its acting president and general secretary.Feni BNP Office Secretary Sirajul Islam made the announcement through a press release on Friday noon.Earlier, the

DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will not pay tribute in person to the language movement martyrs at the Central Shaheed Minar on Saturday, on the occasion of 'Amar Ekushey' and International Mother Language Day.BNP senior leaders led-by its standing committee member Lieutenant General

DHAKA: Apollo Hospitals physician M Muzibur Rahman Bhuiyan visited BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia at her Gulshan political office in the city.The physician, a professor of Gastroenterology and Hepatology department, reached the BNP chief’s office at 9:15pm and was back from the office

DHAKA: BNP has chalked out its programs for 21 February as Martyrs Day and International Mother Language Day.The party’s joint-secretary general Salahuddin Ahmed informed the media through a press release on Thursday.According to the release, they will place floral wreath at Central

DHAKA: A group of blockaders torched a passenger bus in city’s NABISCO area on Thursday night.None was reportedly injured in the incident.A witness rickshaw-van puller Mohammad Karim said that some blockaders set fire to a ‘Balaka’ bus while it was crossing NABISCO

DHAKA: Miscreants torched a double-decker student bus of Dhaka University in city’s Mirpur area on Thursday afternoon.The Mirpur-bound student bus, Chaitali, came under the arson attack around 3:45pm, said a spot account of the incident.Confirming the matter to banglanews, DU proctor

DHAKA: Law enforcers detained six BNP leaders, including two former female members of the parliament (reserved), from in front of Gulshan political office of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Thursday noon.The detainees are Syeda Nargis Ali and Laila Begum, Dhaka City Mohila Dal leaders

DHAKA: Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) rounded up 24 leaders-activists of BNP, Jamaat-e-Islami and Islami Chhatra Shibir from different places in the city on charges carrying out sabotages.Of the detainees, five are activists of BNP and 19 others are Jamaat-Shibir men.Masudur Rahman,

LAKSHMIPUR: Police recovered the body of a leader of Jubo Dal, youth front of BNP, from a canal of Neyamatpur Dolakandi area under Sadar upazila of the district on Thursday morning.The deceased was identified as M Babul, 25, assistant organizing secretary of Bhangakhan Union unit Jubo Dal

DHAKA: The extended hartal sponsored by Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led (BNP) 20-party alliance has rolled into the last day on Thursday.The shutdown began at 6:00am on Sunday, coupled with a nationwide road-rail-waterway blockade for indefinite period. Later on Tuesday, the alliance