DHAKA: BNP joint secretary general Salahuddin Ahmed Sunday said they would provide compensation to those who became the victims of government ‘attack’ while participating in the ongoing movement.People, who died during the movement, would be given the honor of ‘national hero’, he

NATORE: A Natore court on Sunday issued an arrest warrant against BNP senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman for his remarks that demeaned Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.Senior Judicial Magistrate Israt Jahan Munni passed the order in the noon.Assistant Public Prosecutor (APP) Rafiqul

DHAKA: People from different walks of life including artists, freedom fighters, teachers, physicians and intellectuals staged a human chain at Kamal Atartuk Avenue in city’s Gulshan area in protest against burning people to death in the name of political movement.Later, a

DHAKA: Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested two siblings with four petrol bombs and five cocktails from city’s Kadamtali area early Sunday.The detainees are Nur Hossain and his elder brother Kamal.Maksudul Alam, assistant director of RAB Legal and Media Wing, confirmed the

DHAKA: Two people were injured as a group of blockaders blasted four cocktails consecutively in city’s Karwan Bazar area on Sunday.A witness said that the cocktails were exploded around 12:20pm in front of CA Building in the area.Witnesses said the blast created panic among the

DHAKA: Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), in several drives, detained eight men of BNP, Jamaat-e-Islami and its students wing Chhatra Shibir from different places of the capital.The DMP media sources confirmed the matter to banglanews on Sunday. They were detained for their alleged

COX’S BAZAR: Detective Branch (DB) of Police detained the district unit president of Islami Chhatra Shibir with arms from Tarabonia’s Chharar graveyard road area of the town Saturday night.The detainee was identified as Zahedul Islam Noman, 24, son of late Abdus Samad of North

DHAKA: Five people including a minor boy and three female students were injured in separate bomb blasts at different places of the city on Saturday night.A 22-old-year man and his 9-year-old brother-in-law sustained injuries when miscreants exploded petrol bomb in front of a police

DHAKA: A fresh 72-hour hartal sponsored by BNP-led 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 Wednesday, coupled with nationwide road-rail-waterway blockade for indefinite period.Prior

DHAKA: Police deployed in front of Khaleda Zia's Gulshan office did not allow a team of former Army officers carrying food items for the BNP chief to enter the office on Saturday noon.Lawmen obstructed the food supply some 200 yards away at the office gate, said a spot account.The

DHAKA: Five pedestrians were injured as miscreants blasted a cocktail in city’s Nilkhet intersection on Friday night.The injured are—Rashedul Islam, Hajji Mohammad Abul Kalam, Mohammad Musa Rahman, Mohammad Rakib Ahmed and Mohammad Sumon.Police sources said that a gang of anarchists

DHAKA: Miscreants blasted four cocktails in Shahbagh and Ramna areas of the city on Friday night. In Shahbagh, three cocktails were blasted by some miscreants in front of National Museum and Ganajagaran Mancha in the area around 8:45pm. Sub-inspector (SI) Jahangir of Shahbagh Thana

CHAPAI NAWABGANJ: A local activist of ruling Awami League was chopped to death by miscreants in Dhobra Bazar area under Shibganj upazila of the district Friday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Abul Kalam, 30, son of Abdus Salam of the area. Police sources said a gang

DHAKA: The 14-party alliance announced to stroll across the country on March 8-10 protesting the killing people hurling petrol bombs and creating sabotages during hartal and blockade enforced by BNP-led alliance. Health Minister Mohammed Nasim, also spokesperson of the 14-party, made the

DHAKA: The BNP-led 20-party alliance has called for a fresh 72-hour long nationwide hartal from Sunday morning.Moreover, the 20-party alliance will also bring out protest processions across the country on Monday.Joint Secretary General of BNP Salahuddin Ahmed made the announcement through

FENI: The district unit of BNP has called a spell of 3-day shutdown in the district from Sunday morning protesting the arrest of its acting president and general secretary.Feni BNP Office Secretary Sirajul Islam made the announcement through a press release on Friday noon.Earlier, the

DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will not pay tribute in person to the language movement martyrs at the Central Shaheed Minar on Saturday, on the occasion of 'Amar Ekushey' and International Mother Language Day.BNP senior leaders led-by its standing committee member Lieutenant General

DHAKA: Apollo Hospitals physician M Muzibur Rahman Bhuiyan visited BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia at her Gulshan political office in the city.The physician, a professor of Gastroenterology and Hepatology department, reached the BNP chief’s office at 9:15pm and was back from the office

DHAKA: BNP has chalked out its programs for 21 February as Martyrs Day and International Mother Language Day.The party’s joint-secretary general Salahuddin Ahmed informed the media through a press release on Thursday.According to the release, they will place floral wreath at Central

DHAKA: A group of blockaders torched a passenger bus in city’s NABISCO area on Thursday night.None was reportedly injured in the incident.A witness rickshaw-van puller Mohammad Karim said that some blockaders set fire to a ‘Balaka’ bus while it was crossing NABISCO