DHAKA: Miscreants blasted five cocktails in city’s Gulshan and Banani areas on Thursday afternoon. One of the witnesses, Abdullah Al Zobayer said that a gang of hartal and blockade supporters hurled two cocktails in front of DCC market at Gulshan-2 around 5:15pm. On information,

DHAKA: Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), student wing of BNP, has urged the SSC examinees and other students to besiege Ganabhaban, the official residence of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Central JCD president Rajib Ahsan and its general secretary Mohammad Akramul Hasan made the plea in a

GAZIPUR: Law enforcers on Thursday filed a law suit against 39 people, including the mayor of Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) MA Mannan, for an arson attack in a passenger bus that burnt eight people on Wednesday night.Special Branch (SB) Inspector of the district M Sirajul Islam

DHAKA: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia has urged the nation to participate in the ongoing movement for the sake of democracy. A statement signed by BNP vice-chairman Selima Rahman, made the disclosure on Thursday afternoon. According to the statement, everyone is involved in the prevailing

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Thursday granted five-day remand to two former lawmakers--Ashraf Uddin Mizan and Nazim Uddin Ahmed--of BNP in a case of attempt to murder of police sergeant Tanmay Sikder filed with Paltan thana in city. Metropolitan Magistrate Imdadul Haque passed the order at

DHAKA: Police in separate drives, conducted in last 24 hours, detained 242 people including 76 from the city and other areas in country on Thursday.In city, 76 people including 51 Jamaat-e-Islami men and 25 BNP activists were detained from several areas.Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP)

DHAKA: Police in separate drives detained 76 people-- 51 activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and 25 activists of Bangladesh Nationalists Party (BNP) -- from several areas of the capital in last 24-hour.Deputy police commissioner Masudur Rahman of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Media Centre

DHAKA: A man was burnt alive when miscreants hurled petrol bomb at a truck in Bogra town while another truck came under firebomb attack in Natore early Thursday as the last day of the 108-hour hartal, called by 20-party alliance, is underway across the country, coupled with non stop

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday ruled out the possibility of declaring state of emergency in the country due to ongoing violences by alleged pro-blockaders and hartal supporters.The premier was addressing the parliament in response to a supplementary question from a

DHAKA: A three-year old child, who sustained burn injuries in a bomb explosion amid hartal and blockade called by BNP-led 20-party alliance, is undergoing treatment at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) in the city.The injured, Jui Moni, is a daughter of Joj Miah and Hafia Akhter,

DHAKA: Shipping Minister Shahjahan Khan announced that all drivers will blow their vehicle horns on Thursday noon protesting the countrywide violence amid blockade enforced by BNP.The minister made the announcement at a press conference in National Press Club Conference room in city on

DHAKA:  A Dhaka court on Wednesday placed BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed on a five-day fresh remand in an arson attack case with Jatrabari Thana in the city.Judge Emdadul Haque of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate court passed the remand order after completion of his

DHAKA: Law enforcers detained at least 169 people, including 90 leaders-activists of BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami, in separate drives across the country apprehending sabotage during nationwide hartal and blockade.Banglanews Correspondents reported from the respective areas.In capital, some

DHAKA: Law enforcers detained at least 169 people, including 90 leaders-activists of BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami, in separate drives across the country apprehending sabotage during nationwide hartal and blockade.Banglanews Correspondents reported from the respective areas.In capital, some 27

DHAKA: Pickets set fire to a passenger bus at Mirpur section-1 in Dhaka on Wednesday noon. The arson attack took place around 1:15pm in Diabari area. Fire service duty officer Farhaduzzaman told banglanews that the bus of Classic Paribahan was set ablaze by allegedly hartal supporters. On

DHAKA:  Detective Branch of Police detained two former lawmakers of BNP Ashraf Uddin Nizam and Nazim Uddin Ahmed from capital’s Motijheel area on Wednesday noon.A team of DB police picked up them when they went there to meet Kader Siddiqui.Despite several attempts, DMP media center

NARAYANGANJ: At least four pedestrians were injured when blockade and hartal supporters exploded hand-made bombs targeting on-duty police in Deubhog area of the city on Tuesday night.Witnesses said prior to the attack on police, blockaders blasted a pair of hand-made bombs that

DINAJPUR:  Five people were injured when hartal supporters vandalized eight trucks at Kanchan Bridge, on outskirts of the district town, Wednesday morning.General people caught one anarchist Tafail Hossain, 25, and handed him over to police.Locals said eight trucks, on arrival at

COMILLA: Two cases were filed against BNP chief Khaleda Zia and 71 local 20-party activists over Tuesday’s petrol bomb attack that killed 7 passengers in a bus in Chuadduagram.Sub-Inspector Nuruzzaman filed the case on Wednesday morning.Seven people were burnt to death on the spot

DHAKA: A total of 20 BNP leaders and activists, including its joint secretary general Amanullah Aman and Dhaka city BNP unit member secretary Habib Un Nabi Khan Sohel, also president of Jatiyatabadi Swechchhasebok Dal, were sued for sabotages. Police on Tuesday filed two separate