With rising political heat over tit-for-tat programmes planned on Jan 5 to mark one year of the last general election, Awami League Joint General Secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif has said no ‘evil activities’ will be allowed on that day. Slating…
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JCD activists, police clash in Feni
Activists of the BNP’s student front, Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), have clashed with police in Feni on the founding anniversary of their organisation. They have exploded improvised bombs and vandalised vehicles before locking horns with the law keepers, police say.
BNP reiterates resolve to go ahead with Jan 5 rally
Reiterating that its programmes will be peaceful, BNP on Friday urged the government to permit the 20-party alliance to stage its scheduled rally in the city on Monday. “Our rally will be peaceful one. We’re committed to ensuring democracy and…
Not permission to BNP’s Jan 5 rally if threat of violence
State Minister for Home Affairs Asaduzzaman Kamal today said the government is considering giving permission to BNP’s Dhaka rally on 5 January if there is no apprehension of violence centering the meeting. He said the law enforcement agencies are working…
State lose sense of humanity, rulers detached: Dr Kamal
Gono Forum president Dr Kamal Hossain on Friday said the Sate now has lost the sense of humanity as the rulers have got detached from people. “The state has lost the sense of humanity. Why? Those who are running the…
Bring politicians to talks, end unrest: Businesses call Govt
A group of businessmen have urged the government to make agitating politicians hold talks to end ‘political unrest’. The newly elected office-bearers of the Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) made the appeal at a meeting with Finance Minister…
Bid to save second drifting migrant ship off Italian coast
The Italian coast guard says a merchant ship with at least 400 migrants on board is heading for the Italian coast. The Ezadeen, sailing under the flag of Sierra Leone, has no crew on board and has lost power in…
Permission or not, BNP will hold rally on Jan 5: Rizvi
BNP on Thursday vowed to hold a rally in the city on Monday (Jan 5), no matter whether the party is given permission or not. “The government has buried democracy by holding the January-5 election only to protect an individual’s…
90 million voters now in Bangladesh, latest list shows
The latest draft voter list was published today with an additional 46,72,176 voters. Secretary at the Election Commission (EC) Md Sirajul Islam told the press. By the latest count, the total number of voters now stands at 9,06,23,706 persons. Of…
Ershad calls for dialogue to hold acceptable polls
Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad on Thursday urged the political parties to engage in talks shunning violence for finding out an acceptable way to holding a fair and inclusive election in the interest of the country. “Let’s sit together and…
Police signal: JCD cancels meet, BNP waits for Jan 5 rally
Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), the student front of the BNP has suspended the holding its Saturday rally at Suhrawardy Udyan in the city, as police gave conditional permission late and also, to avoid arrest and possible clash with ruling party…
Two-day Jamaat hartal ends by and large peacefully
The two-day dawn-to-dusk hartal called by Jamaat-e-Islami ended yesterday. The lacklustre second day of hartal was marked by movement of more transports on roads in the capital. Barring some stray incidents of violence the hartal ended peacefully in the city…
New Year stampede kills 35 in Shanghai
A New Year’s stampede on Shanghai’s historic waterfront killed at least 35 people and injured dozens more, with witnesses saying revellers had scrambled for fake money thrown from a building. The disaster happened in a crowded square shortly before midnight…
Jubo League activist beaten to death in Comilla
An activist of the local unit of Jubo League was beaten to death by miscreants at Laxmipur Bazar in Monoharganj upazila on Wednesday night. The deceased was identified as Shah Alam, 28, of Baupur village in the upazila.
Sylhet Mayor Ariful Huq admitted to Hospital with chest pain
Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) mayor Ariful Haque Chowdhury, who was sent to jail on December 30 in the former finance minister Shah AMS Kibria murder case, was admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) early Thursday. Sources said Ariful Haque,…
No room for snap polls, talks ahead of 2019 election: AL
Awami League Publicity and Publication Affairs Secretary Hasan Mahmud Wednesday said there is no room for discussion on interim election or caretaker government. Terming BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia’s speech as ‘lie’, the AL leader said, “Begum Khaleda Zia wants…
Rubel-Happy row: Court asks for DNA test of evidence
A Dhaka court on Wednesday gave permission for conducting DNA test on seized evidence to confirm whether actress Naznin Akter Happy had any consensual relationship with anyone other than national cricketer Rubel Hossain. Metropolitan Magistrate M Mostafizur Rahman passed the…
Crossfire rose 80pc in 2014. HR situation alarming-ASK
Non-governmental human rights watchdog Ain O Salis Kendra (ASK) in its report for 2014 said on Wednesday that the human rights situation in Bangladesh was alarming in 2014, and that the incidents of “crossfires” have sharply increased in the year.…
UN experts for halting water vessel movement thru Sunderbans
UN experts on Wednesday recommended halting plying water vessels through the Sundarbans to avert further environmental disasters. Considering the environmental aspects, the movement of water vessels through the mangrove forest should not be continued, they said while sharing the preliminary…
Khaleda for fresh polls: ‘Democracy killed thru 05 Jan election’
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia said on Wednesday that the January 05 polls amounted to killing democracy and violation of the constitution as the government was out to make its power secure by sidetracking its promise to hold an inclusive election…
New pay scale to magnify inflation: BB forecast for 2015
Contradicting Finance Minister AMA Muhith’s stance on new pay hike for government employees Bangladesh Bank on Monday said that the new pay scales would have ‘an upward pressure’. The central bank has said, the reasons for inflationary pressure include the…
1st day of Jamaat hartal passes off by and large peacefully
The first day of the two-day dawn-to-dusk hartal enforced by Jamaat-e-Islami passed off by and large peacefully on Wednesday amid some stray incidents of setting fire to vehicles including a covered van of a cement company and vandalising several other…
Khaleda briefs the press on political situation Wednesday
Amid the growing political tension, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia is going to hold an emergency press conference on Wednesday evening. The press conference will be held around 6:30pm at her Gulshan office, a press release signed by her press secretary…
Hero’s reception 3 young rescuers were overwhelmed with
Three youngsters who made history by rescuing the body of 4-year-old Jihad from a 600-feet-deep water pipe minutes after government’s Fire Service abandoned their 23-hour operation declaring non-existence of any body there, were accorded hero’s reception by the Nagorik Okya…
Fakhrul, 42 other top 20-party leaders charged with torching bus
A case has been filed against 43 top leaders of BNP and its ally Jamaat, including party acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Jamaat’s acting ameer Maqbul Ahmed for setting fire to and vandalising vehicles and explosion of…
Forty bodies, debris found in missing AirAsia plane search,
At least 40 bodies have been recovered from the sea in the search for missing AirAsia Flight QZ8501, the Indonesian navy says. The bodies were spotted along with debris floating in the Java Sea off the Indonesian part of Borneo,…
‘Half million opposition activists indicted in 14,000 cases:’ BNP
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said the comments of some ruling party leaders including ministers and MPs suggest that they have become mentally deranged. ‘That’s why they (Awami League leaders) want to bite BNP leaders like…
Jamaat calls 2-day hartal protesting Azhar’s death sentence
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami bids farewell to 2014 and greet the New Year with a two-day hartal beginning today (Wednesday) protesting death sentence one of its assistant secretary general ATM Azharul Islam on the charge of crimes against humanity during the war…
Jamaat leader Azhar given death penalty for war crimes
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 Tuesday awarded death penalty to assistant secretary general of Jamaat-e-Islami ATM Azharul Islam on the charge of crimes against humanity in Rangpur during the War of Liberation of 1971. The three-member tribunal headed by its…
Govt negligence to blame for Kamalapur accident: BNP
The government’s insincerity, mismanagement and negligence caused the train-covered van crash inside the Inland Container Depot (ICD) of Kamalapur Railway Station killing six people, says BNP. “This fatal accident has again proved that the government has totally failed to ensure…