DHAKA: Awami League (AL) Publicity and Publication Affairs Secretary Dr Hasan Mahmud said killing people by burning and exploding cocktail-petrol bomb in the name of hartal and blocked can not be called politics for the people.The AL leader came up with the remarks while talking to

DHAKA: A court on Friday placed Bangladesh Labour Party chairman Dr Mostafizur Rahman Iran on a-day remand in a case of vandalism and arson attacks. The court of Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Rezaul Karim passed the order at noon in response to a seven-day remand plea filed by

CHAPAINAWABGANJ: Local BNP called dawn-to-dusk hartal for Sunday and Monday protesting the killing of a Chhatra Dal leader during a ‘gunfight’ with Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) early Friday. District BNP unit president Professor M Shahjahan Ali Mian confirmed the matter to banglanews

COMILLA: A total of 78 leaders and activists of the district south unit of BNP and its associate bodies has been sued on charge of attacking a police constable in the wee hours of Friday.District Detective Branch (DB) Sub-Inspector (SI) Adil Mahmud filed the lawsuit with Kotwali Thana

NOAKHALI: An activist of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), the student affiliate of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), has been shot dead here at Sonaimuri Thursday night.The deceased was identified as Morshed Alam Parvej, 25, son of Alamgir Hossain, residing in Hasanpur village under

DHAKA: The leaders of Doctors Association of Bangladesh (DAB) met BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia in her Gulshan political office of the city Thursday evening.A 14-member delegation led by DAB chairman Dr AKM Azizul Haque entered the office around 6:30pm.After meeting with Khaleda around

CHITTAGONG: Miscreants hurled cocktails targeting the political office of ruling alliance MP of Chittagong-8 constituency and also Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) executive president Moinuddin Khan Badal in Chandgaon residential area of the district on Thursday night.Chandgaon Thana

CHITTAGONG: Police held Chittagong central Chaatra Dal vice-president Manjurul Islam Manju from the city gate area of the port city on Thursday evening. Police sources said that he was nabbed on charge of planning and creating violence in several places of the city. At least 30 cases

DHAKA: The financiers of BNP senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman are identified. Now, they will be netted soon. The process of netting has already started. Steps are underway against them, who are financing the BNP leader. From news media, it is learnt that at least fifty expatriate

DHAKA: BNP joint secretary general on Thursday said Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said the blockade would continue until the victory is achieved.The senior BNP leader made the remark in a statement sent to media.Rizvi said, “The ruling Awami League has grabbed the country getting only five percent

CHANDPUR: A Chandpur court on Thursday issued arrest warrant against former state minister for education ANM Ehsanul Haq Milon for irregularities in the 2008 parliamentary elections. Chandpur Chief Judicial Magistrate Asim Kumar Dey passed the order at 2:30pm after framing the charge in

DHAKA: Bangladesh Manobadhikar Party (BMP) and also Bangladesh National Alliance (BNA) chairman Nazmul Huda on Thursday sought assistance of United Nations (UN) in solving the country’s ongoing political crisis.Huda was addressing a program on the occasion of launching a new political

DHAKA:  Police detained chairman of Bangladesh Labour Party Dr Mostafizur Rahman Iran from city’s Paltan area on Thursday noon.Sources said the chief of Labor Party, one of the allies of BNP-led 20-party alliance, was picked up by Paltan thana police at 1:30pm on his way to his

DHAKA:  Awami League (AL) publicity and publication secretary Dr Hasan Mahmud on Thursday categorically said former state minister for foreign affairs Reaz Rahman was attacked following instructions of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia.The senior AL leader made the remarks while

DHAKA: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia Thursday expressed no-confidence in the judges of Zia charitable graft cases as her petition for adjourning deposition had been denied.Later a Dhaka court adjourned the deposition hearing till January 29.Earlier in the morning, the court began recording

DHAKA: Over one thousand people under the banner of ‘Dinmojur-Shramajibi Janata’ (laborers and workers),  have brought out a procession to gherao BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s Gulshan political office in the city. They have set the program demanding withdrawal of nationwide

COMILLA: At least six people were injured in a clash between leaders and activists of Awami League (AL) and Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) in Kandirpar area of the district town on Thursday morning. Joint convener of the Kotwali unit Juba Dal committee Momen sustained severe injuries

COMILLA: At least nine people, including DB police constable Aminul, were injured in a clash between leaders and activists of ruling Awami League (AL) and opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) in Kandirpar area of the district town on Thursday morning.Moreover, joint convener of

DHAKA: Police have foiled the program of ‘Dinmojur-Shramajibi Janata’ (laborers and workers) to besiege BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s Gulshan political office in the city on Thursday. Earlier in the morning, more than one thousand people under the banner ‘Dinmojur-Shramajibi

DHAKA: BNP leaders and activists brought out processions and exploded cocktails at different places of the city on Thursday morning during the 20-party alliance-called hartal and the 10th day of nationwide indefinite blockade. Police held a picketer while trying to set fire to a CNG-run