BNP has called for a dawn-to-dusk strike in Chittagong district on Sunday protesting against the arrest of its leaders and activists, including party Chairperson’s Advisor Mir Mohammad Nasir and its central Organising Secretary Golam Akbar Khandker.
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Opposition calls 72-hr blockade from Saturday morning
The BNP and its allies have called yet another 72-hour blockade of roads, railways and waterways across Bangladesh starting at 6am Saturday as police filed cases across the country, hauled up senior leaders and hundreds of activists while Awai League…
UN chief offers help to Hasina, Khaleda for talks
Ban Ki-Moon, the UN Secretary General, has written to both Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition, offered his help and said he was still hopeful the two bickering leaders would move towards an ‘all-party’ general elections in January.
Postpone schedule, arrange polls under nonparty govt: Khaleda
Dhaka – Asking the Election Commission to postpone the schedule for what she said a unilateral election, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Friday night urged the government to pave the path for holding the polls under a non-party administration trough…
Shahbagh arson toll rises to 2
Another young man, who suffered burn injuries in an arson attack on a bus in the city’s Shahbagh area on Thursday evening, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Friday afternoon, raising the death toll from the incident to…
Kazi Zafar proclaims JP chairmanship, joins neutral polls movement
Kazi Zafar Ahmed has declared himself as the new Chairman of Jatiya Party which expelled him a day before. He also announced that he was joining the Opposition’s movement for a non-party caretaker government following a meeting with the BNP…
36-hr Bogra strike from Dec 1
The Opposition alliance has called for a 36-hour strike in Bogra from Sunday.
Govt ‘agents’ behind arson: Fakhrul
The Opposition has denied any link with the arson attack on a bus at Shahbagh in capital Dhaka on the third day of its nationwide transport blockade.
CPB, BSD to stage countrywide demonstration Saturday
Two left political parties will stage countrywide demonstration on Saturday demanding cancellation of Ticfa, ensuring free and fair polls with the participation of all political parties and stopping violence during shutdowns and blockades.
Essentails prices up
General strikes and blockades have forced prices northward as is evident from starkly dearer essentials in most markets.
AL rolls out names of its election candidates
Gearing up its election drive, the ruling Awami League on Friday published the list of its candidates for 295 constituencies for the next general election slated for January 5.
RMG factory complex on fire
Miscreants set fire to a garment factory complex of Standard Group at Gazipur’s Konabari in the early hours of Friday.
China ‘tailed’ US and Japanese planes in defence zone
China says its fighter jets followed US and Japanese planes as they passed inside China’s newly declared air defence zone in the East China Sea.
EU rejects Russia ‘veto’ on Ukraine agreement
The EU will not accept a “veto” by Russia on the bloc’s ties with former Soviet republics, European Commission chief Manuel Barroso has said.
Foreign investment is rising in online business sector of Bangladesh
Online businesses are one of the fastest growing sectors of Bangladesh in 2013/14. Economists envision that this is going to be the next major economic sector of Bangladesh after clothing, ship building, agriculture and jute. There are several reasons behind…
German policeman ‘kills and eats’ another man
Police in Dresden say they have arrested a 55-year-old police officer on suspicion of murder after the body of another man was found in the Erz mountains in eastern Germany.
Angela Lansbury to make West End return in Blithe Spirit
Angela Lansbury is to appear on the London stage for the first time in almost 40 years in a new production of Noel Coward’s Blithe Spirit.
JD Salinger stories leaked online
Three short stories by JD Salinger, which the reclusive author did not want published, have been leaked online.
Why did Pope Benedict XVI resign?
Benedict XVI shocked the world in February when he became the first pope to resign in almost 600 years.
PlayStation 4 goes on UK sale
Sony’s PlayStation 4 was launched in the UK at midnight, two weeks after its US debut.
17 bombs recovered in Chapainawabganj
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive recovered 17 crude bombs from a bamboo cluster at Munsimondal Tola in Sadar upazila early Friday.
Referee and two others charged in FA hacking inquiry
Three men including a referee have been charged over allegations of computer hacking at the Football Association.
Human hauler driver killed in road crash
A human hauler (Bhot Bhoti) driver was killed as a tractor knocked down his vehicle at Barobhita in Gomostapur upazila on Friday morning.
Dyfi ospreys’ £1.4m observatory nearing completion
A two-storey wildlife observatory is nearing completion at the home of one of only two known pairs of breeding ospreys in Wales.
World Cup seeding: How to play the game
Many football fans will be scratching their heads to see Switzerland among the top seeds at next year’s World Cup finals, while thoroughbreds like the Netherlands and Italy are not.
Man found dead in Laxmipur
Police recovered the body of an unidentified man at Nandia Para in Ramganj upazila on Friday.
1 killed in Rajshahi clash over fishing
A man was killed and 10 others were injured in a clash between two rival groups over fishing in a water body in Baghmara upazila on Thursday evening.
17 bombs recovered in Joypurhat
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive recovered 17 crude bombs from Natun Haat area in the district town on Thursday night.
Wildebeest herd makes ‘rare’ early return to Tanzania
Thousands of wildebeest have returned early from Tanzania’s Serengeti National Park in a move park officials say is rare.
10 injured in Rangpur clash
At least 10 people were injured in a clash between activists of the opposition BNP and ruling Awami League (AL) and police in Pirganj upazila on Thursday.