DHAKA: Jubo Dal activists set fire on Tejgaon rail line area at the morning of the third day (Monday) of roads, rail and waterways blockade enforced by the opposition BNP-led 18-party alliance on Monday morning.Witnesses said Tejgaon Thana Jubo Dal activists set fire to tires in the area

KUSHTIA: A BNP leader also a Union Parishad (UP) chairman was shot dead by miscreants at Jagannathpur union of Kumarkhali upazila under the district on Sunday night.The deceased was identified as Munshi Rashidur Rahman, joint general secretary of Kumarkhali upazila BNP and Jagannathpur UP

DHAKA: Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami called dawn-to-dust hartal (shutdown) across the country for Monday in protest against the “planned political killing of the government”.Acting Secretary General of the party Dr Shafiqur Rahman made the disclosure in a press release on Sunday

DHAKA: The dawn-to-dusk hartal, called by Chhatra Dal, student wing of BNP, was observed in nine districts including Dhaka and Chittagong on Sunday. in protest against the arrest of its president and Dhaka (north) unit senior vice president.The districts are Dhaka, Chittagong,

DHAKA: Secretary General of Jatiya Party ABM Ruhul Amin Hawlader on Sunday said the resignation letters of party’s polls-time cabinet members would be be sent by post to the premier.The leader of the party came up with the assertion in response to queries from journalists after a

DHAKA: Opposition BNP and its front organizations called hartal (shutdown) in four districts for Monday to press home their demand of reinstating non-partisan caretaker government and immediate release of the party leaders. The shutdown will be enforced in Barisal, Barguna, Jhenidah and

DHAKA: A Dhaka court Sunday sent acting editor of the Daily Amar Desh to jail after 6-day remand in two cases filed with Tejgaon Thana. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate MA Salam passed the order.On April 11, the court granted 13-day remand of Mahmudur in three cases. After completion of his

DHAKA: The dawn-to-dusk hartal, called by Chhatra Dal, the student wing of BNP, is underway in 10 districts including Dhaka and greater Chittagong for Sunday in protest against the arrest of its president and Dhaka (north) unit senior vice president.Earlier, the spokespersons of the

NOAKHALI: District BNP called dawn-to-dusk hartal in the district for Monday demanding the release of party leaders including BNP standing committee member Barrister Moudud Ahmed, Joint general secretary Barkatullah Bulu.District unit BNP general secretary and Municipal Mayor Harunur

DHAKA: Oscar Fernández Taranco, UN assistant secretary general for political affairs, is holding meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in second phase on Sunday noon.Taranco entered Prime Minister’s Office, in capital’s Tejgaon area at around 12:30pm.Earlier in the day, the

DHAKA: The copy of the full verdict given by the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court awarding death penalty to Jamaat leader Quader Mollah was handed over to International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on Sunday. Supreme Court officials handed over the copy to tribunal registrar AKM Nasir

DHAKA: Commerce Minister also senior presidium member of Jatiya Party GM Qauder categorically said ministers of Jatiya Party are set to resign from the poll-time interim cabinet by Sunday.He made the disclosure after emerging from the meeting with a four-member UN team led-by Oscar

KHULNA: District and Metropolitan unit Swechachasebok Dal called a dawn-to-dusk hartal for Monday demanding release and withdrawal of cases filed against party leaders. The announcement came from an statement signed by Metropolitan Committee Joint Convener Jamal Hossain Talukdar and

COMILLA: District BNP unit Chhatra Dal (north) called dawn-to-dusk hartal in seven upazilas of the district for Monday protesting the arrest of BNP standing committee member MK Anwar and Chhatra Dal central president and other leaders.Chhatra Dal president (north) Chowdhury Rakibul Haque

SATKHIRA: Miscreants chopped an activist of Awami League to death at Balli Amtala Bazaar under Sadar Upazila of the district on Sunday morning.The deceased was identified as Ejhar Ali, 55.Locals said that miscreants chopped him indiscriminately while he was sleeping in his grocery shop in

DHAKA: The 72-hour nationwide roads-railways-waterways blockade, called by 18-party alliance, is underway for second consecutive day on Sunday amid blasts, arson and vandalism. The daylong hartal, called by Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, is also underway in the capital.Shibir men brought out a

DHAKA: Jatiya Party Chairman Hussein Muhammad Ershad categorically said his party would not join in the upcoming general elections if BNP doesn`t participate in it.He came up with the assertion while talking to his party leaders at his residence early Sunday.Ershad said that his party

DHAKA: Claming the talks with United Nations to be fruitful, Awami League general secretary Syed Ashraful Islam on Saturday categorically said there would be more talks in phases. The AL leader made the assertion to journalists after hour-long meeting with Oscar Fernandez-Taranco, UN

DHAKA: Visiting UN Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs Oscar Fernández Taranco on Saturday asked Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to defer the election schedule for ensuring participation of all the party.In response to Taranco Sheikh Hasina told that deferring the election

NARAIL: Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) called dawn-to-dusk hartal (shutdown) for Sunday demanding immediate release of its president, central and local leaders. District Chhatra Dal President Shahriar Rizvi George announced the shutdown hartal from a press briefing at organization’s