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7-story building leans in Jatrabarhi
Residents of a seven-storey building in Dhalpur Lichubagan area of Dhaka’s Jatrabarhi have been evacuated after it tilted.
Schoolboy held for ransom found dead at Sylhet cop house
The decomposed body of a minor boy, who was kidnapped on Wednesday, was found in sacks at the house of a policeman at Jharnapar in the city on Saturday night. The victim was identified as Abu Sayeed, 9, a class-IV…
Attempt to lay siege on Khaleda’s office, gun brandished
Leaders and activists of Muktijoddha Projonma League yesterday tried to lay a siege around BNP chairperson’s Gulshan office where Khaleda Zia is staying since January 3. Police, however, obstructed them from going to the office of Khaleda Zia and later…
Hasina to face trial for solicitation, warns BNP
BNP on Monday warned Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina that she will be put on trial very soon for the ‘vicious mass killings’ being carried by joint forces across the country. The party also threatened that Sheikh Hasina will be made…
Murder solicitation case against Khaleda 4 others
A petition was filed with a Dhaka court against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and three others on charge with criminal solicitation in connection with the killing of people in blockade violence. The three other accused are BNP standing committee member…
PM asks AL MPs to create public opinion, resist subversion
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday directed all Awami League lawmakers to create a public opinion against the destructive politics of the BNP-Jamaat alliance. She gave the directives while presiding over a meeting of the Awami League Parliamentary Party (ALPP)…
Kader Siddiqui urges Hasina to sit for dialogue
Bangabir Kader Siddiqui who along with leaders of his Krishak Sramik Janata League are staging sit-in near his party office in Motijheel in the capital on Sunday urged Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to sit in the negtiating table to resolve…
Bnp-Jamaat to burn in people’s wrath: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday day reiterated her call to BNP-Jammat to refrain from blasting bombs and burning people or else be burnt in the fire of the people’s wrath. “We are trying our best to restore peace in…
Rizvi on remand charged with vandalising, setting fire to vehicles
Bnp joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi who was arrested from a Baridhara house on Friday night has been placed on three-day remand in a case of arson and setting fire. The remand was granted by the Additional Chief Metropolitan…
Non-stop hartal if tele, cable links to Gulshan office not restored: Bnp
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) yesterday threatened to continue non-stop hartal and blockade programme, if all communication systems including internet, telephone and cable networks are not restored in BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s Gulshan office immediately. “The not-stop hartal and blockade programmes…
‘Amnesty paid for by Bnp speaks in its tone’: Quamrul
Taking a swipe at Amnesty International (AI) for its statement on Bangladesh’s ongoing political situation, Food Minister Quamrul Islam on Friday termed it a ‘BNP-paid organisation’ as it what he said speaks in BNP’s tone. “They’re criticising the government accusing…
Khaleda’s arrest will bring political funeral of Govt: Bnp
Bnp joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said on Friday that the current illegal government will have its political funeral if it arrests Khaleda Zia as the agitators are active in the hartal and blockade programmes despite the so-called gunfight…
Khaleda concerned at ‘warning’ given to tv channels
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday expressed her concern over imposing on broadcasting news on private TV channels making her doubt whether the people would be able to know the facts since the government ministers summoned the TV channel owners and…
Nationalists would remain with Khaleda till last drop of blood: BNP
Bangladesh Nationalist Party yesterday slammed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s Wednesday’s remarks in Parliament about Khaleda Zia involving her in sabotage. “The government has been hatching conspiracy to arrest BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia to remove her from politics,” said BNP joint…
Windows 10 to get ‘holographic’ headset and Cortana
By Leo Kelion Microsoft has revealed that Windows 10 will bring its voice-controlled assistant Cortana to PCs. It also unveiled a headset that it said would one day project the operating system over views of the real world. In addition,…
Police to investigate Khaleda’s link to subversive acts: Hasina
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said law enforcing agencies would investigate the link of Begum Khaleda Zia with the recent subversive activities and take step whether she would be charged in this connection. Replying to a question from treasury bench…
Govt announces Tk 1 lakh prize for capturing ‘any anarchist’
The government on Wednesday announced to provide Tk 1 lakh as bounty if anyone can help arrest anarchists carrying out arson attacks and subversive acts during the transport blockade enforced by the BNP-led 20-party alliance. Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu…
Bnp accuses PM of lying in statements about opposition
BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed yesterday protested the statement of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who termed Khaleda Zia as a killer and gave a threat to try her like a murderer. In a statement he said, the…
Resolve crisis before it’s too late: Bangladeshis in US urge
Leading Bangladesh expatriates living in the United States and Cana in a joint press statement issued from New York urged the government to create an atmosphere conducive to dialogue to resolve the prevailing political crisis and said, there is no…
Asaduzzaman declares reaward for catching ‘miscreants’
Citizens who catch miscreants responsible for violence during strikes and blockades will be rewarded, the state minister for home has said. “There are rewards for those who hand over to police miscreants, who set fire to public property or throw…
Shun violence, force; adopt peaceful means to bridge gap: TIB
Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) on Tuesday expressed deep concern over the on-going inhuman and cruel manifestation of violence and use of force in an unhealthy competition for power at the cost of basic rights of the people and prospect of…
Bnp’s student affiliate activist killed in city ‘gunfight’
An activist of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), student affiliate of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (Bnp) was killed in a reported gunfight with the members of the Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in the city’s Khilgaon area…
Human chain to secure democratic and fundamental rights held
Leaders of a number of political parties that are charting the middle road in between the AL-led 14-party alliance and the Bnp-led 20-party alliance on Monday jointly took to the street voicing the demand for ensuring democratic and fundamental rights…
Crisis political, not of law and order, resolve politically: Khaleda
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Monday said the ongoing countrywide blockade programme would continue until the next announcement is made. “The government has closed all the roads to protests…Being forced we called the peaceful blockade programme across the country. The…
Dhaka police says, it has arrested 4 IS members
The Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Sunday night arrested four members of ISIS (Islamic State in Iraq and Syria) of Middle East-based terrorist outfit, from Khilkhet and Jatrabari areas in the capital, said a DMP message.
Police barricades disappear from entrances to Khaleda’s office
Police barricades on the approach roads to the entrance of Bnp chief Begum Khaleda Zia were lifted in the early hours on Monday as dramatically as those were introduced on January 03 last when she wanted to go to the…
Sinha pomises to work for full independence of Judiciary
Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha on Sunday promised to put in his sincere efforts to ensure the judiciary’s full independence. SK Sinha who took over as the country’s 21st Chief Justice on Saturday, came up with the commitment before the…
President may highlight Govt’s successes in JS Monday
The parliament goes to its fifth session on Monday afternoon amid a political impasse with the blockade programme enforced by BNP-led 20-party alliance for an indefinite period. President Abdul Hamid is set to address the inaugural sitting as this is…
The battles for fresh polls or status quo – 13 days on
The countrywide indefinite transport blockade, enforced by the BNP-led 20-party alliance, entered 13th day on Sunday. Vehicular movement in the capital was as usual as blockaders were hardly seen on the streets in the morning. Rail communication of Dhaka with…