DHAKA: Ruling Awami League’s publicity and publication affairs secretary Dr Hasan Mahmud categorically said that BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia should quit from the party’s helm as she could hardly manage any supporter in the city to attend her protest programs.He came up with the

DHAKA: Law enforcers in nightlong drives detained at least 103 suspected anarchists, including leaders and activists of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, from five districts.Without disclosing the identities, police Saturday claimed that the detainees

DHAKA: Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led (BNP) 20-party alliance on Saturday announced another spell of countrywide 72-hour hartal starting from Sunday. The hartal will begin from 6:00am on Sunday and continue till 6:00am on Wednesday, coupled with a nationwide road-rail-waterway

DHAKA: A cocktail blast hit a passenger bus in Lohar Gate area, adjacent to Mohammadpur dam in the city early Saturday, injuring three people.The injured were identified as Nurul Islam, 60, Hira Mian, 27, Mozzammel, 21.Miscreants hurled a cocktail at a Gabtoli-bound bus, coming from

KHULNA: Another case was filed against Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson Khaleda Zia with Phultala Thana of the district on Friday for ‘instigating arson’ attack in a passenger bus in the area Thursday night. Officer-in-charge (OC) of the thana Ilias Fakir told

SIRAJGANJ: Jamaat-e-Islami on Friday called a dawn-to-dusk hartal in the district for Sunday in protest of sending Sirajganj municipality Jamaat Ameer Shahidul Islam to jail.District Jamaat secretary Zahidul Islam confirmed the matter to banglanews.Earlier in the evening, Sirajganj

BHOLA: The Detective Branch (DB) of police personnel, in a drive, recovered 11 petrol bombs from Panchtahabil road area of the town on Friday.Assistant Superintendent (ASP) of Bhola Police Ramananda Sarkar said, acting on a tip-off, the DB police conducted a drive in the area around

GAZIPUR: Police held two activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir, student affiliate of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, on Friday afternoon while throwing petrol bombs at Shibbari area.The detainees were Rumon Miah and Nasir Uddin.Sources told banglanews that police held the duo around 3:00pm.

LAXMIPUR: BNP-led 20-party alliance on Friday called dawn-to-dusk hartal in the district for Sunday protesting the detention of acting district BNP president Saidur Rahman Chutto.District BNP general secretary Sahab Uddin Sabu confirmed about the shutdown to banglanews Friday

DHAKA: At least 87 people have been killed and 126 others suffered petrol bomb burns across the country since Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) enforced a nationwide road-rail-waterway blockade for indefinite period on January 5.Friday marked the 39th straight day of the blocked,

DHAKA: Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) recovered seven petrol bombs from Khilgaon Rail Line area in city on Thursday night.Acting on a tip off, members of the elite force conducted a drive in the area around 7:00am and recovered the bombs in an abandoned condition.RAB

DHAKA: An alleged arsonist was shot by police personnel while he was trying to torch a bus in city’s Jatrabari area on Thursday night.The miscreant is identified as Ataur Rahman.Police sources said that Ataur Rahman was shot while he was trying to set fire to a passenger bus in the

DHAKA: Miscreants blasted two cocktails at Natunbazar intersection area of the city Thursday night.No one was reported to be injured in the blast.Sub-Inspector of Bhatara Thana Ziaur Rahman told banglanews that they were yet to be informed about the blast.BDST: 2135 HRS, FEB 12, 2015

DHAKA: Food and drinking water crisis has been emerged at political office of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in city’s Gulshan as law enforcers have been allowing none to enter with food and water since Wednesday afternoon. The officials and staff of Khaleda’s office claimed that they

DHAKA: Three activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir, student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, were held in city’s Mohakhali area on Thursday afternoon.The detainees are Abul Hossain Mollah, Obaidur Rahman and Rajib Hossain.Sources said that, acting on a tip-off, Banani Thana police led a special

DHAKA: BNP led 20-party alliance threatened to wage tougher movements, including hartal from Sunday apart from continuous blockade across the country.They will also observe protest rally on Saturday in all thanas, upazilas, municipalities, district sadars and all wards of

DHAKA: Relief and Disaster Management Affairs Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury on Thursday said BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia would be sued for bomb attacks carried out by blockade and hartal supporters across the country. She (Khaleda Zia) will be arrested for instigating all the

DHAKA: Another phase of installing barbed wire fence around BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s political office in Gulshan began Thursday. Three workers, two of them were identified as Monir Hossain and Amirul, brought barbed-wire rings by a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at 10:30am on the day.

DHAKA: A group of miscreants consecutively blasted two cocktails in front of Judge Court in older section of the city on Thursday morning. Witnesses told banglanews that they heard loud sounds of blasts that created panic in the area. However, the miscreants managed to flee the scene,

GAZIPUR: A Gazipur court on Thursday placed Professor MA Mannan, mayor of Gazipur City Corporation (GCC), on a two-day remand in a case filed with Joydevpur Thana.Senior Judicial Magistrate Manwara Begum passed the remand order after police produced him before the court with a 10-day