JESSORE: A total of 43 leaders and activists of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and its major ally Jamaat-e-Islami were sued over an arson attack in Monirampur upazila of the district.Monirampur Thana Sub-Inspector (SI) Siraj, on Tuesday night, filed the lawsuit making 43 BN

DHAKA: The hartal that extended by BNP-led 20-party alliance is underway across the country on Wednesday amid stray incidents of violence. Earlier, the alliance, which has been observing a 72-hour countrywide hartal, beginning from Sunday morning, expanded the shutdown till 6:00pm

DHAKA: Miscreants blasted some cocktails in front of a school in city’s Shahzadpur area on Tuesday evening.Sources said miscreants hurled the cocktails in front of Cambrian School and College in the area during the ongoing nationwide hartal and indefinite blockade called by BNP-led

DHAKA: A passenger bus was torched in city’s Gabtoli area Tuesday afternoon soon after the extension of the ongoing 72-hour hartal of BNP-led 20-party alliance to Thursday evening.Sources said miscreants set fire to the bus around 4:00pm.Witnesses said that the bus used to plying from

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Tuesday placed BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on a 5-day fresh remand in a vandalism case filed with Motijheel Thana.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Emdadul Haque passed the remand order after Detective Branch (DB) sub-inspector Anwar

DHAKA: Shipping Minister Shahjahan Khan on Tuesday 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 when addressing a pretest rally in front of the National

KHULNA: Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) on Tuesday called 72-hour hartal in the district starting from 6:00am Wednesday.A press release was issued, regarding the shutdown, by Khulna city Chhatra Dal general secretary SM Kamal Hossain and district Chhatra Dal general secretary Ebadul Haque

DHAKA: BNP-led 20-party alliance has extended hartal till 6:00pm Thursday (January 5) protesting case against the party leaders, including BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia.BNP joint secretary general Salahuddin Ahmed made the disclosure through a press release on Tuesday.The release said the

DHAKA: Jatiya Ganatantrik Party (JAGPA) has called dawn-to-dusk hartal (shutdown) in city for Wednesday in protest of the detention of its Dhaka city committee general secretary Sanaullah Sanu.JAGPA general secretary Khandaker Lutfur Rahman announced the shutdown in the morning

DHAKA: Miscreants exploded a pair of cocktails on Bangabandhu Avenue in Dhammondi area of the city on Tuesday.The blast occurred at 11:20am when the leaders and activists of ruling Awami League were taking preparation to bring out an anti-hartal procession.However, no causality and

DHAKA: Miscreants torched another passenger bus in city’s Mirpur area on Monday night.Fire Service sources said that the hartal-blockaders set fire to a passenger bus in the area around 7:45pm.On information, two fire fighting units rushed in and doused the blaze.No one was reportedly

DHAKA: Miscreants set fire to a passenger bus in front of DESCO office in Gulshan-1 area of the city Monday evening.Fire Service duty officer Nilufar Yeasmin told banglanews that the miscreants set fire to the bus around 7:40pm.“On information, two fire fighting units were sent,” she

JHENIDAH: BNP district unit called a daylong hartal (shutdown) for Wednesday protesting arson attack at the party office, filing ‘fake’ cases against party-people, arresting them and police raids at their houses.The district general secretary Abdul Malek made the announcement

COMILLA: Detective Branch (DB) of Police on Monday detained Nayeb-e-Ameer of the city unit Jamaat-e-Islami Aminul Haque.He was held from the Tomchhom Bridge area in the town around 5:00pm.Officer-in-Charge of Comilla DB police Manjur Alam confirmed the matter to banglanews.BDST: 1938 HRS,

CHITTAGONG: Miscreants hurled a cocktail at Chittagong court building on Monday amid the ongoing 72-hour nationwide hartal and indefinite blockade.However, no one was injured in the incident.Sources told banglanews that the cocktail was blasted around 3:30pm outside of bar council

DHAKA: Religious affairs minister Matiur Rahman on Monday donated Tk 12,500 to each of thirty-four burn victims, who sustained injuries during the ongoing blockade enforced by BNP-led 20-party alliance.Sources said the minister handed over the money to the injured at the burn unit of

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Monday granted five-day remand to Mosaddek Ali Falu, adviser to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, in an attempt to murder case by arson attack on a passenger bus in the city.Metropolitan Magistrate Hasibul Haque passed the remand order in the afternoon when

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Monday placed Shamsuzzamna Dudu, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s adviser, on a four-day fresh remand  in a case filed for hurling cocktails aiming at a passenger bus in Mirpur of the city. Metropolitan Magistrate Mahbubur Rahman passed the remand order after

DHAKA: A Dhaka court Monday asked Gulshan Thana police to investigate the case filed against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and three other leaders for instigating murder of 42 people by arson attacks. Metropolitan magistrate Atikur Rahman recorded the statement of AB Siddique, plaintiff

SIRAJGANJ: Jamaat-e-Islami called dawn-to-dusk hartal for Wednesday in the district protesting the death of its leader who sustained bullet injuries during Sunday’s police drive at Bakua village in Ullahpara upazila.Jamaat Sirajganj district unit secretary Zahidul Islam confirmed