DHAKA: Detective Branch (DB) of Police held BNP information and research affairs secretary Habibur Rahman Habib from city’s Tejgaon area at the wee hours of Tuesday.BNP sources said that a team of DB police held the BNP leader in front of a private TV channel in the area around

DHAKA: Miscreants torched a traffic police box in city’s Gulistan area on Monday night.Confirming the matter to banglanews, fire service headquarters operator Golam Mostafa said that the incident took place around 8:30pm.On the other hand, three cocktails were blasted by the

DHAKA: Law enforcers held Ward No-23 unit Jubo Dal President Momin Mia from city’s Rampura area on Monday night.Police sources said that a group of blockaders brought out a procession in the area.At one stage, police held Momin from the procession around 7:00pm, when others fled the

DHAKA: A group of miscreants torched a passenger bus at Nabisco in city’s Tejgaon area on Monday evening.Confirming the matter, fire service headquarters duty officer Nilufar Yasmin told banglanews that, on information, a fire fighting unit rushed to the spot but locals doused the flame

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Monday placed BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s adviser Shamsuzzaman Dudu on a five-day remand in a case filed under the Special Powers Act.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Aminul Islam passed the order when Mirpur Thana Police produced him before the court

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