COMILLA: Two passenger buses were torched by hartal-blockade supporters in Syedpur area under Burichong upazila of the district on early Sunday.Locals said that the hartal and blockade supporters set fire to two passenger buses in the area around 12:30am.The anarchists also blasted

SAVAR (DHAKA): At least 20 people were injured while two received burn injuries as hartal supporters torched a passenger bus in Ulail in Savar on Saturday night.The passengers of the bus said that a group of blockaders and hartal supporters set fire to the bus, Bikash Paribahan, in

DHAKA: Miscreants torched a passenger bus in city’s New Market area on Saturday night amid the ongoing blockade led by BNP-led 20-party alliance.Fire Service sources said that a group of miscreants set fire to a passenger bus in the area around 7:45pm but no one was reportedly

GAZIPUR: The blockaders torched a covered-van in Tongi-Cheragali area of the district on Saturday night.Witnesses said that a gang of blockaders hurled a petrol bomb aiming at a covered-van in the area around 6:30pm.The van was caught fire and gutted soon.On information, the fire fighters

DHAKA: Police detained 13 female activists of BNP including six pro-BNP female lawyers from the gate of BNP chief Khaleda Zia’s Gulshan political office on Saturday evening.Sources said that six pro-BNP lawyers were detained from the area around 6:30pm while they were coming out

DHAKA: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel handed over BNP joint secretary general Advocate Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed to Badda Thana police on Saturday afternoon.RAB media wing assistant director Maqsudul Haque told banglanews that RAB-1 handed over Rizvi to law enforcers around

DHAKA: Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh president AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury on Saturday observed that effective dialogue is the only way to get rid of the prevailing political crisis.The former President made the observation while addressing a discussion meeting titled ‘National Talks to

DHAKA: Cable television and internet services at BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s Gulshan political office were disconnected this morning, hours after the power supply had been cut off on Saturday. The cable television connection was cut off around 11:00am, followed by the disconnection

DHAKA: Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) detained 24 leaders-activists of BNP, Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Chhatra Shibir from different places of the city. Masudur Rahman, deputy commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Media Wing, confirmed the matter to banglanews on

DHAKA: Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) detained 24 leaders-activists of BNP, Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Chhatra Shibir from different places of the city. Masudur Rahman, deputy commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Media Wing, confirmed the matter to banglanews on

DHAKA: Dhaka Electric Supply Company Limited (DESCO) cut off power supply to BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s Gulshan political office of the city early Saturday. Generator has been being used since 4:00am as DESCO had cut off the electricity line at 2:42am. Confirming the matter to

DHAKA: Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed from a house in city’s Baridhara area early Saturday. According to party sources, RAB picked up him around 2:30am. BNP chairperson’ press wing officer Shamsuddin Didar

DHAKA: Veteran lawyer, composer of country’s constitution and president of Gono Forum Dr Kamal Hossain and the convener of Nagorik Oikya Mahmudur Rahman Manna reached at BNP chief Khaleda Zia’s Gulshan political office Friday night. Gono Forum secretary Mostofa Mohsin Mintu also

DHAKA: BNP led 20-party alliance on Friday declared to enforce a 72-hour countrywide hartal from Sunday morning protesting threats by ruling Awami League leaders to arrest BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and uproot her Gulshan political office. A press release signed by BNP joint secretary

DHAKA: Awami League (AL) advisory committee member Suranjit Sengupta on Friday remarked that stern administrative actions would be taken against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia if she does not withdraw blockade within February 2.Suranjit came up with the assertion in a discussion meeting,

COMILLA: Local unit of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Friday announced a dawn-to-dusk haral for Sunday across the district. Comilla (south) district unit organizing secretary Mostaf Mian made the announcement in the afternoon. BNP called the shutdown in protest of filing

DHAKA: Miscreants torched a bus near Mayor Hanif Flyover in city’s Gulistan area Friday afternoon. Duty officer Nilufar Akhter of Fire Service told banglanews that some miscreants torched the bus in the area around 3:00pm that created panic in the area. However, there was no report of

DHAKA: BNP joint secretary general Advocate Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed on Friday announced that the enduring countrywide blockade will continue during the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations. Rizvi, in a statement, made the announcement in response to requests

DHAKA: At least 355 suspected anarchists, including a mentionable number of leaders and activists of BNP and its key ally Jamaat-e-Islami, were detained from 11 districts of the country including the capital.Detective Branch (DB) of police detained three suspected petrol bomb attackers

JHENAIDAH: The district unit of Chhatra Dal, student wing of BNP, called a 24-hour-long hartal from Sunday morning in the district protesting the arrest of its convener Ariful Islam Anan.The announcement came in a media statement signed by district Chhatra Dal joint convener Abul Bashar