DHAKA: Opposition BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir urged the government to stop shooting leaders and activists of 18-party alliance immediately.He came up with the urge in a press briefing at the Nayapaltan central office on Monday.Mirza Fakhrul alleged that the

DHAKA: Five people, including Awami League activist, 2 BNP leaders, a truck driver and a teen-aged passer-by, were killed and 131 injured across the country as 18-party’s 60-hour hartal is progressing for second consecutive day.The deceased were identified as Shahjada, 28, and activist

CHITTAGONG: A truck driver was killed in an attack by hartal supporters on Chittagong-Cox’s Bazar highway under Satkania upazila of the district early Monday.The deceased was identified as Wasim 40, hailed from Cox’s Bazar.Police sources said that picketers started throwing

BHLOA: Two cases were filed against some 500 leaders and activists of the opposition BNP and its key ally Jamaat-e-Islami with Borhanuddin Thana of the district between Sunday night and Monday morning.Police sources said Sub-Inspector (SI) of Borhanuddin police station Abul Khair filed a

DHAKA: At least 20 people were injured in a clash between hartal supporters and law enforcers in Raj Fulbaria area under Savar upazila of the district on Monday morning.Witnesses said that picketers came out with a procession on Dhaka-Aricha highway and vandalized around 10 vehicles in

JAMALPUR: An Awami League activist was killed in a clash with BNP men at Islampur in Jamalpur on Monday morning as 18-party’s 60-hr hartal enters second consecutive day.The deceased was identified as Shahjada, 28.Officer-in-Charge of Islampur Thana Saidur Rahman confirmed the matter to

KISHOREGANJ: Three policemen among six people were injured in a fierce clash in Bhairab of the district on Monday morning. The injured are Bhairab Thana Officer-in-Charge Alamgir Hossain, Assistant Sub-Inspector Habibur Rahman, Sub-Inspector Mizanur Rahman, Sharif, Kawsar and

DHAKA: Police nabbed five hartal supporters from city’s Rampura and Gulshan area while they came out with processions and locked into clash with police on Monday morning.In Rampura, Chhatra Dal and Juba Dal activists brought out a procession on the road at around 7:30am.Witnesses said

NOAKHALI: 18-party alliance is observing the second consecutive day of 60-hour hartal amid vandalizing press vehicles, arson, cocktails blast, torching tires and obstructing roads by putting logs in the district Monday.Sources said that pickets vandalized a newspaper-carrying microbus on

DHAKA: BNP leaders and activists brought out a procession supporting hartal on Monday dawn from party’s Nayapaltan office.Eyewitnesses said the procession led by BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi started from 4:45am and terminated within 15 minutes after parading the

DHAKA: Hartal supporters torched Dania Awami League office and blasted 5-6 cocktails early Monday.Sources said picketers blasted several cocktails in front of Dania Awami League office in the dawn, the second consecutive day of hartal. Later they torched Awami League office.On

DHAKA: An emergency meeting was held between US deputy ambassador to Dhaka John Dannie Louis and BNP vice-chairman Shamsher Mobin Choudhury.The meeting was held at Louis Gulshan’s residence on Sunday evening.Sources said various important issues including hartal, hartal violence, GSP

DHAKA: Sajeeb Wazed Joy, son of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina alleged that BNP-Jamaat is a terrorist coalition as it blasting bombs and cocktails across the country during hartal.Joy came up with the observation in a status update on social network site Facebook on Sunday night. In his

DHAKA: A case was filed against 23 BNP men including Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) former mayor and City BNP convener Sadeque Hossain Khoka in vehicles torch incident on Saturday night.Tejgaon Thana Sub-Inspector Kabir Raihan filed the case on Sunday night in Speedy Trial Act.Tejgaon Thana

LAXMIPUR: A Jubo Dal leader was shot to death by miscreants at Dighuli village under sadar upazila of the district on Sunday.The victim is local Jubo Dal leader Nizam Uddin, 35, of Mandari union of sadar upazila.Sources said on Sunday around 11:00am miscreants abducted Nizam Uddin from in

DHAKA: Four people were injured as hartal supporters torched a leguna (passenger vehicle) at capital’s Dhanmondi-27 on Sunday night.The incident took place around 10:00pm.Eyewitnesses said two motorcyclists were poured petrol in front of leguna and fled the scene in a hurry, leaving

DHAKA: Ruling Awami League Joint General Secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif, special assistant to the prime minister, was sacked as per the desire of Sheikh Hasina.  Public Administration Affairs Ministry issued an order in this regard on Sunday.Sources said the contractual appointment of

DHAKA: Ruling Awami League Presidium Member Matia Chowdhury, also agriculture minister, on Sunday categorically said the election is a must for the democratic political practice in the country.The Awami League leader made the observation while talking to reporters at Dhanmondi office of

DHAKA: Information Minister Hasanul Haque Inu said that the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s invitation to Opposition BNP Chairperson khaleda Zia for talks over interim government issues is still on progress. The Minister came up with the assertion while talking with reporters at

DHAKA: A miscreant was injured himself while attempting to hurl cocktails aiming residence of Chief Justice (CJ) at Minto Road of the city on Sunday.The injured “miscreant” is identified as Sumon. Later, police rescued him and admitted at Dhaka Medical College