DHAKA: At least 87 people have been killed and 126 others suffered petrol bomb burns across the country since Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) enforced a nationwide road-rail-waterway blockade for indefinite period on January 5.Friday marked the 39th straight day of the blocked,

DHAKA: Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) recovered seven petrol bombs from Khilgaon Rail Line area in city on Thursday night.Acting on a tip off, members of the elite force conducted a drive in the area around 7:00am and recovered the bombs in an abandoned condition.RAB

DHAKA: An alleged arsonist was shot by police personnel while he was trying to torch a bus in city’s Jatrabari area on Thursday night.The miscreant is identified as Ataur Rahman.Police sources said that Ataur Rahman was shot while he was trying to set fire to a passenger bus in the

DHAKA: Miscreants blasted two cocktails at Natunbazar intersection area of the city Thursday night.No one was reported to be injured in the blast.Sub-Inspector of Bhatara Thana Ziaur Rahman told banglanews that they were yet to be informed about the blast.BDST: 2135 HRS, FEB 12, 2015

DHAKA: Food and drinking water crisis has been emerged at political office of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in city’s Gulshan as law enforcers have been allowing none to enter with food and water since Wednesday afternoon. The officials and staff of Khaleda’s office claimed that they

DHAKA: Three activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir, student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, were held in city’s Mohakhali area on Thursday afternoon.The detainees are Abul Hossain Mollah, Obaidur Rahman and Rajib Hossain.Sources said that, acting on a tip-off, Banani Thana police led a special

DHAKA: BNP led 20-party alliance threatened to wage tougher movements, including hartal from Sunday apart from continuous blockade across the country.They will also observe protest rally on Saturday in all thanas, upazilas, municipalities, district sadars and all wards of

DHAKA: Relief and Disaster Management Affairs Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury on Thursday said BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia would be sued for bomb attacks carried out by blockade and hartal supporters across the country. She (Khaleda Zia) will be arrested for instigating all the

DHAKA: Another phase of installing barbed wire fence around BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s political office in Gulshan began Thursday. Three workers, two of them were identified as Monir Hossain and Amirul, brought barbed-wire rings by a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at 10:30am on the day.

DHAKA: A group of miscreants consecutively blasted two cocktails in front of Judge Court in older section of the city on Thursday morning. Witnesses told banglanews that they heard loud sounds of blasts that created panic in the area. However, the miscreants managed to flee the scene,

GAZIPUR: A Gazipur court on Thursday placed Professor MA Mannan, mayor of Gazipur City Corporation (GCC), on a two-day remand in a case filed with Joydevpur Thana.Senior Judicial Magistrate Manwara Begum passed the remand order after police produced him before the court with a 10-day

DHAKA: Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) detained a total of 20 people during separate drives across the city in the last 24 hours till Thursday morning.Of the detainees, twelve are leaders-activists of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and eight are leaders-activists of

GAZIPUR: Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), student wing of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), called a 48-hour hartal in the district from Saturday protesting the arrest of Gazipur City Corporation mayor MA Mannan.Gazipur city JCD unit member secretary Jahangir Alam confirmed the matter

LAKSHMIPUR: Detective Branch (DB) of police detained Saydur Rahman Chutto, acting president of the district unit BNP, on Wednesday night.A team of DB police picked up Saydur from Shankharipara area of the district town around 9:30pm.Lakshmipur Sadar Thana duty officer Assistant

NARAYANGANJ: Police detained two people, including an activist of Jatiyatabadi Chattra Dal (JCD), student wing of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), with a petrol bomb in Fatulla area under Sadar uapzila of the district on Wednesday night.The detainees are Rafiqul Islam, a activist

DHAKA: The 120-hour hartal, enforced by Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led (BNP) 20-party alliance, has rolled into the fifth and last day across the country on Thursday, supplemented by nationwide road-rail-waterway blockade.No act of sabotages and arson attacks was reported in the city

DHAKA: At least 10 petrol bombs were recovered from two persons in city’s Gulshan area Wednesday evening.Sources said that Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel recovered the bombs in front of Gloria Jeans Café of Gulshan-1.The elite force members, according to the sources, detained

DHAKA: Jatiya Party (JP) Chairman HM Ershad, also former President of the country, on Wednesday said sometimes he feels like spitting the prevailing politics in the country.“Due to present political culture, people are suffering from hunger if they stay at home and sustaining petrol

DHAKA: Miscreants blasted a cocktail in front of Paltan Thana in the city on Wednesday evening.Another cocktail was exploded in front of City Heart Market near the thana.However, police could not hold anyone in this connection.Paltan Thana sub-inspector (SI) Jahangir Alam said they are

DHAKA: A Dhaka court asked the government to publish a notice against BNP vice-chairman and Dhaka city’s former mayor Sadeque Hossain Khoka and two others to appear before the court by March 29 in a case of bomb blast in front of Election Commission Secretariat.The other accused are