DHAKA: BNP-led 18-party alliance is mulling to arrange a Gayebana Janaza (funeral prayer in absence of the dead body) on Friday for the opposition men killed in the nationwide blockade.The opposition alliance is likely to stage protest program on Saturday protesting the killing of party

FENI: A man, who sustained bullet injuries during Monday’s clash between Awami League-Shibir-cops in Daganbhuiyan upazila, died at Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH) early Thursday. The deceased was identified as Mafiz, 45, a rickshaw-puller of Joylaskar union of the upazila.He

CHITTAGONG: An auto rickshaw driver was burnt as blockade supporters torched the vehicle in Chandgaon area of the port city on Thursday morning.The victim is identified as Khorshed Alam, 50, resided in Firoj Shah Colony of Akber Shah Thana of port city.Witnesses said that pouring petrol

DHAKA: The full verdict given by the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court awarding death penalty to Jamaat leader Quader Mollah may be published on Thursday (December 5). Supreme Court sources said the full verdict was completed and the concerned department of the apex court will make

DHAKA: Police recovered 23 petrol bombs from rail gate area in front Malibagh super market in the capital on Thursday morning.Sources said that two women wearing burqa went to the on duty police man with two bottles as they failed to recognize it. In reply to a query, they bought those

DHAKA: The second phase countrywide road-rail-waterway blockade, enforced by the BNP-led 18-party alliance, is underway for sixth consecutive day amid stray incidents of picketing.Meanwhile, due to the blockade, the rail and road communications around the country are being seriously

DHAKA: Ministers and state ministers who are members of Jatiya Party (JP) are set to resign from the polls-time government on Thursday.Kazi Firoz Rashid, spokesperson of party chairman HM Ershad, came up with the disclosure to the journalists at Ershad’s Baridhara residence.Youth and

DHAKA: Opposition BNP Vice-Chairman Sadek Hossain Khoka, also city BNP convener, was detained at Uttara in the city on Wednesday night.A team of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and police picked up the BNP leader around 10:00pm.Personal Assistant of the leader Monir Hossain confirmed the

DHAKA: Visiting foreign affairs secretary of India Sujatha Singh on Wednesday categorically said her country wants political stability and uninterrupted democracy in Bangladesh.She came up with the assertion at a meeting with opposition BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia at her Gulshan residence

FENI: A Jubo Dal leader was killed and 50 others were injured in a clash with cops after blockaders attacked police outpost at SSK Road of the district on Wednesday afternoon.The deceased was identified as Harun, 32, vice president of Nogor Union Jubo Dal.Resident Medical Officer of Feni

DHAKA: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel entered Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad’s house while additional forces of police were standing guard outside.       Sources said a team of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) entered his house in the evening immediately after the JP boss

COX’S BAZAR: Opposition BNP called dawn-to-dusk hartal in the district for Thursday protesting arrest of some BNP leaders including Swechchhasebak Dal president Azizur Rahman. District BNP office secretary Yusuf Badri confirmed the matter to banglanews on Wednesday.The shutdown will

DHAKA: Jatiya Party (JP) chairman HM Ershad said his party would not participate in the upcoming election if participation of all political parties is not ensured.He said, “All ministers who are in all party government have been asked to resign. All nomination aspirants who submitted

MYMENSINGH: A Swechhasebak League leader was chopped to death in Siddique Master Road area of the city around on Wednesday afternoon.The deceased was identified as Arman Islam, 29.Officer-in-Charge of Kotwali Model Thana Golam Sarwar told banglanews that Arman might have been killed over

COMILLA: Law enforcers nabbed 47 people including Barura Municipality mayor and upazila Jubo Dal secretary Jasim Uddin Patoary during a secret meeting from a local hotel in the cantonment area on Wednesday afternoon.Officer-in-Charge (Investigation) of Katwali Thana Shamsuzzaman Khan told

MANIKGANJ: Opposition BNP called dawn-to-dusk hartal in the district for Thursday protesting exclusion of senior Vice-Chairman Tarique Rahman’s from voter list and arrests of central leaders. The district BNP leaders announced the hartal programme after a protest rally on Wednesday.The

DHAKA: Land, Disaster Management and Relief Minister Amir Hossian Amu claimed that the law-order-situation is improving day by day.The minister came up with the observation Wednesday afternoon while talking to journalists after first meeting of cabinet committee on law orders.Amu said,

DHAKA: The hartal, called by opposition BNP-led 18-party alliance, is underway in seven upazilas of Chittagong and Sirajganj, Chapainawabganj, Magura and Bhola districts on Wednesday.The alliance is enforcing the shutdown in protest against government actions and killing of opposition men

DHAKA: Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad, also former President of the country, summoned candidates and senior leaders of the party.The senior leaders and candidates were asked to appear in front of the ‘President Park’, the residence of HM Ershad, in city’s Baridhara area on

DHAKA: A Dhaka court rejected the 10-day remand prayer for interrogating BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed in a case filing for petrol bomb attack at Shahbagh.Metropolitan magistrate MA Salam of the Court of Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court passed the order on