DHAKA: Miscreants hurled three cocktails aiming at the residence of Mohammad Sayeed Khokon, the organizing secretary of Awami League Dhaka city unit and also son of former city mayor Mohammad Hanif, in city’s Nazira Bazar area Monday afternoon.Sources said some unidentified miscreants

DHAKA: Law enforcers detained Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) assistant office secretary Shamimur Rahman Shamim from city’s Dhanmondi area on Monday evening. A joint team of police and Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) detained him from Shankar Bus Stand area around 5:15pm. BNP

DHAKA: Dawn-to-dusk hartal, called by local units of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), the student affiliate of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), had been observed in 14 districts, including the capital, on Monday.The districts are Dhaka, Narayanganj, Gazipur, Tangail, Narsingdi,

DHAKA: Disaster Management and Relief Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya demanded the arrest and exemplary punishment of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson Khaleda Zia.The Awami League leader was addressing rally at Suhrawardy Udyan in city on Monday afternoon marking

SUHRAWARDY UDYAN, DHAKA: Police detained on Monday afternoon three persons with firearms and petrol bomb from city’s Suhrawardy Udyan, where Awami Legue is holding a mass rally. The detainees are Jashim, Jahangir Alam and Abu Sayem.Shahbagh Thana Officer-in-Charge Sirajul Islam said

DHAKA: Local units of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and its different front organizations separately called daylong hartal for Tuesday in nine districts amid the non-stop countrywide blockade enforced by the BNP-led 20-party alliance.The districts are Gazipur, Mymensingh, Feni,

FENI: Law enforcers detained district unit Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer AKM Samsuddin from court premises of the district on Monday.Police sources said the Jamaat leader was held around 1:30pm on charge of vandalism and violence.Feni Model Thana Officer-in-Charge Mahbub Morshed confirmed the

DHAKA: The border market, locally known as haat, set up on the Indo-Bangla border at Chhagalnaiya of Feni and Tripura of India is going to be opened on Tuesday.Bangladesh Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed and the Indian Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Nirmala Sitharaman will jointly

DHAKA: The rally of ruling Awami League (AL) began at Suhrawardy Udyan marking Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s homecoming day.With AL presidium member Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury in the chair, the rally started in presence of hundreds of leaders and activists of the party at the

DHAKA: Miscreants blasted three cocktails near to the city’s Suhrawardi Udyan, where ruling Awami League (AL) is scheduled to hold its rally on Monday afternoon.The sabotage took place in the area around 2:10pm. Another cocktail remained unexploded. Officer-in-charge Sirajul Islam of

SUNAMGANJ: BNP-led 20-party alliance called dawn-to-dusk hatal in the district for Tuesday protesting the confinement of BNP chief Khaleda Zia to her Gulshan office and detention of senior BNP leaders.Convener of district alliance and BNP Nasir Uddin Chowdhury made the announcement in a

DHAKA: Miscreants torched a bus in Nadda Bus stand area of the city on Monday.Witnesses said the Tongi-bound bus from Jatrabari was set afire presumably by blockaders in the area around 11:15am. However, none was reportedly injured as the passengers get down from the bus immediate after

DHAKA: International Crimes Tribunal-1 (ICT) has issued show-cause notice to five leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir along with their lawyer Advocate Tajul Islam in accusation of contempt of court.A three-member ICT team, headed by its chairman M

DHAKA: The dawn-to-dusk hartal called by Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), student wing of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), has laxly been observing in Dhaka and 13 other adjoining districts on Monday.The districts include Narayanganj, Gazipur, Tangail, Narsingdi, Munshiganj, Manikganj,

DHAKA: Law enforcers detained BNP joint secretary general Mohammad Shahjahan along with another party activist from Gulshan in the capital on Monday morning.He has been taken to the headquarters of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab).BDST: 1044 HRS, JAN 12, 2015

DHAKA: Miscreants hurled a petrol bomb to a cement-laden covered van in Rail Gate area of Gazipur district on Monday morning.Joydebpur Town Sub-Inspector (TSI) Shahidul Islam confirmed the matter to banglanews.A car also torched in Cherag Ali area of Tongi in the morning.However, none was

DHAKA: Miscreants hurled a petrol bomb to a cement-laden covered van in Rail Gate area of Gazipur district on Monday morning.Joydebpur Town Sub-Inspector (TSI) Shahidul Islam confirmed the matter to banglanews.A car also torched in Cherag Ali area of Tongi in the morning.However, none was

DHAKA: Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has given permission to Awami League for holding its pre-scheduled rally on eleven conditions withdrawing ban on all kind of rallies, processions and gatherings. DMP additional deputy commissioner(media) Saidur Rahman confirmed the matter to

GAIBANDHA: A man was run over by a truck when he jumped out of a passenger bus to escape petrol bomb attack in Kalitola area under Gobindaganj upazila on Rangpur-Dhaka highway Sunday late night. Three other passengers of the bus sustained burn injuries in the attack presumably by

DHAKA: Miscreants torched a bus in Shewrapara bus stand area of the city on Sunday afternoon.Fire service control room operator Ziaur Rahman confirmed the matter to banglanews.He said some miscreants set fire to a passenger bus of ‘Zabal-e-Nur’ transport service, in the area around