DHAKA: A group of miscreants blasted cocktail in front of DCC Market in Gulshan-1 in the city on Sunday noon.A witness and also DCC Market Committee member Delwar Hossain said that a group of unidentified people blasted the cocktail in front of the kitchen market at 2:30pm.Gulshan Thana

DHAKA: Ruling 14-party alliance will organize mass processions across the country on February 20 protesting the ongoing hartal-blockage.The decision was taken in the alliance’s meeting held at Awami League president’s political office in city’s Dhanmondi area on Sunday

DHAKA: The High Court on Sunday asked the government to take initiatives against the acts of violence and sabotage unleashed during hartals and blockades.An HC bench comprising Justice Quazi Rezaul Haque and Justice Abu Taher Mohammad Saifur Rahman issued the order after preliminary

CHITTAGONG: A transport worker Mohammad Nazrul Islam received burn injuries in a petrol bomb attack in Jorargang in Mirsharai of Chittagong Sunday morning.Chittagong Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) police outpost nayek Jahangir Alam told banglanews that blockaders hurled a petrol

DHAKA: The students of Badda Girls High School formed a human chain in front of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s political office at city’s Gulshan area on Sunday.Some 500 students of the school formed the human chain around 10:20am demanding withdrawal of continuous hartal and

DHAKA: Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in special drives detained 14 men of BNP, Jamaat-e-Islami and Hizb ut-Tahrir in last 24 hours till Sunday morning.DMP deputy police commissioner (media) Masudur Rahman confirmed the matter to banglanews.He said a Jamaat-Shibir, three Hizb

CHITTAGONG: An activist of Islami Chattra Shibir, student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, was shot dead and four others were injured during police firing in Sitakunda upazila of Chittagong on Saturday night.The deceased was identified as Arif, son of M Joynal of Shekherhat area of the

DHAKA: A fresh 72-hour hartal sponsored by Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led (BNP) 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 on Wednesday, coupled with a nationwide road-rail-waterway

DHAKA: Miscreants blasted five cocktails in Dainik Bangla intersection area of the city on Saturday evening.No one was reportedly injured in the incident taken place in the area around 6:45pm.On information, police rushed in but could not detain anyone as the miscreants fled the scene

DHAKA: Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Saturday claimed that the prevailing crisis would be solved, if BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia is removed from politics. The minister made the observation as chief guest at a seminar at Nabab Nawab Ali Senate Bhaban of Dhaka University in the city. He

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, also ruling Awami League (AL) president, Sheikh Hasina on Saturday categorically said BNP-Jamaat alliance was burning people to death for the sake of their individual interest.The premier made the assertion while addressing the International Sufi

DHAKA: Ruling Awami League’s publicity and publication affairs secretary Dr Hasan Mahmud categorically said that BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia should quit from the party’s helm as she could hardly manage any supporter in the city to attend her protest programs.He came up with the

DHAKA: Law enforcers in nightlong drives detained at least 103 suspected anarchists, including leaders and activists of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, from five districts.Without disclosing the identities, police Saturday claimed that the detainees

DHAKA: Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led (BNP) 20-party alliance on Saturday announced another spell of countrywide 72-hour hartal starting from Sunday. The hartal will begin from 6:00am on Sunday and continue till 6:00am on Wednesday, coupled with a nationwide road-rail-waterway

DHAKA: A cocktail blast hit a passenger bus in Lohar Gate area, adjacent to Mohammadpur dam in the city early Saturday, injuring three people.The injured were identified as Nurul Islam, 60, Hira Mian, 27, Mozzammel, 21.Miscreants hurled a cocktail at a Gabtoli-bound bus, coming from

KHULNA: Another case was filed against Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson Khaleda Zia with Phultala Thana of the district on Friday for ‘instigating arson’ attack in a passenger bus in the area Thursday night. Officer-in-charge (OC) of the thana Ilias Fakir told

SIRAJGANJ: Jamaat-e-Islami on Friday called a dawn-to-dusk hartal in the district for Sunday in protest of sending Sirajganj municipality Jamaat Ameer Shahidul Islam to jail.District Jamaat secretary Zahidul Islam confirmed the matter to banglanews.Earlier in the evening, Sirajganj

BHOLA: The Detective Branch (DB) of police personnel, in a drive, recovered 11 petrol bombs from Panchtahabil road area of the town on Friday.Assistant Superintendent (ASP) of Bhola Police Ramananda Sarkar said, acting on a tip-off, the DB police conducted a drive in the area around

GAZIPUR: Police held two activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir, student affiliate of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, on Friday afternoon while throwing petrol bombs at Shibbari area.The detainees were Rumon Miah and Nasir Uddin.Sources told banglanews that police held the duo around 3:00pm.

LAXMIPUR: BNP-led 20-party alliance on Friday called dawn-to-dusk hartal in the district for Sunday protesting the detention of acting district BNP president Saidur Rahman Chutto.District BNP general secretary Sahab Uddin Sabu confirmed about the shutdown to banglanews Friday