DHAKA: The body of former lawmaker Dr Mohammad Selim, also son of one of four national leaders Captain M Monsur Ali, is expected to arrive here on Sunday morning. The flight, carrying his body and family members, will land at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 11:00am , said

GAIBANDHA: Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami’s student affiliation Islami Chhatra Shibir called a half-day hartal for Saturday in the district.Sources told banglanews that the strike has been called protesting arrest of the party leaders and activists without any warrant.Shibir district

COMILLA: Miscreants on Friday night set fire to a local office of Mujib Sena, an affiliated body of ruling Awami League, at Fakirbazar area under Chauddagram upazila of the district.Sources told banglanews that the incident took place around 10:00pm.According to locals, the two third

DHAKA: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia commented that the ongoing movement will continue till achieving ultimate success.She made the statement Friday night while talking with the representatives of BNP loyal faction of Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) at her office in

DHAKA: At least 29 passengers sustained burn injuries as miscreants hurled a petrol bomb at a bus in Jatrabari’s Kather Pool area of the city Friday night. Besides, 18 more passengers were injured while jumping off the running bus, said police sources.  The victims are undergoing

THAKURGAON: Law enforcers detained Baliadangi upazila unit Jamaat-e-Islami Nayeb-e-Ameer Morshedur Rahman on Friday evening.Officer-in-Charge of Baliadangi Thana Aminul Islam told banglanews that the Jamaat leader was detained from Laheri Hat area of the upazila.He was detained fearing

JESSORE: Police recovered body of an Awami League (AL) activist from Talshari area of Jhikargachha upazila on Friday.The deceased was identified as Humayun Kabir, 40, son of Abdul Aziz in Kundipur village of the upazila.Officer-in-Charge (OC) Mamun Rashid of Jhikargachha Thana confirmed

DHAKA: Criticizing government’s plan to arrest BNP chief, party joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Friday categorically said detaining Khaleda Zia would be the funeral of incumbent government.Ruhul Kabir Rizvi made the comment through a press release issued at noon.He

BOGRA: BNP-led 20-party alliance called 48-hour hartal from Sunday protesting the threat to arrest BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and arrest of countrywide BNP leaders and activists. District BNP office secretary Mahfuzur Rahman Raju confirmed the matter to banglanews, through a press

NOAKHALI: District unit of Islami Chhatra Shibir, student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, on Friday called a dawn-to-dusk hartal in the district for Saturday.The shutdown was called protesting the arrest of district Sadar unit Chhatra Shibir president Gias Kamal Saju and secretary Mahbube

DHAKA: Raushan Ershad, leader of the opposition in the national parliament, on Friday urged Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) to refrain from acts of violence in the name of strike and blockade.She made the request after visiting the burn victims at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital

DHAKA: Food Minister Quamrul Islam on Friday alleged that Amnesty International, the NGO that deals with human rights in the country, is a paid organization of BNP.Quamrul further said that the organization is criticizing and advising the government on the enduring political turmoil

DHAKA: Awami League (AL) publicity and publication secretary Dr Hasan Mahmud termed BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia as the ‘queen of terror’.He made the comment while addressing a rally at National Press Club in the city on Friday.Blaming Khaleda Zia for bomb, arson attacks and killings

DHAKA:  An auto-rickshaw driver was killed and two others were injured in Sylhet, a truck driver sustained burn injuries in Moulvibazar in arson attacks by blockaders late Thursday during the countrywide non-stop blockade enforced by BNP-led alliance.  Banglanews Sylhet

RUPGANJ, NARAYANGANJ: Blockaders blasted couple of cocktails and vandalized 10 vehicles in Napathar area in the upazila early Friday, 18th day of nationwide blockade called by BNPWitnesses said a group of blockaders blocked Asian Highway (bypass) setting fire on tyres at 1:30am. During

DHAKA: Miscreants torched three buses in Kamalapur, Rampura, Gabtali areas and vandalize human hauler in Mohammadpur area of the city on Thursday during the indefinite blockade called by 20-party alliance.In Kamalapur, a bus of Ekhusey Parubahan was torched in Maniknagar area around

BOGRA: Law enforcers detained district unit Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami Alamgir Hussain, also chairman of Shibganj upazila parishad, on Thursday on charge of creating violence.Police sources said that a special team of Sadar Thana Police led by Inspector (Investigation) conducted a raid

DHAKA: The hartal in Dhaka and Khulna divisions called by 20-party alliance for Wednesday and Thursday marked amid vandalism, arson and violence.Besides, Thursday is the seventeenth day of nationwide road-rail-waterway blockade enforced by the 20-party alliance.Though there was not a

DHAKA: The blockade supporters torched two passenger buses in city’s Maniknagar and Rampura areas on Thursday night.A passenger bus was torched as a gang of miscreants set fire to a parked passenger bus in Maniknagar area of the capital around 7:30pm.On the other hand, another passenger

DHAKA: Miscreants torched a covered van in city’s Rampura area on Thursday evening.Witnesses said that a gang of miscreants set fire to a parked covered van in the area around 5:45pm and fled the scene.However, the locals rushed to the spot and doused the blaze immediately.None was