A man was killed and 14 others were injured during 18-party called 36-hour countrywide hartal Tuesday.
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Hold dialogue, resolve crisis: FBCCI
President of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) Kazi Akram Uddin Ahmed on Tuesday urged the top leaders of two major political parties to sit for a dialogue and thus break the current political standoff.
Hefajat pushes for new law against blasphemy
Turning down the Prime Minister’s claim that the country’s existing laws are enough to punish those defame religion, Hefajat-e Islam on Monday demanded that a new law in line with the Holy Quran be enacted to this end.
BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed held in city
Police arrested BNP joint secretary general Salahuddin Ahmed in the city’s Gulshan area on Monday night.
BNP demands proper treatment of arrested leaders
Opposition BNP on Monday demanded proper treatment of its arrested senior leaders, including acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, as they are sick.
OIC to hold FM-level meet on Rohingyas
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has called a foreign minister-level meeting to be held in Jeddah on April 14 to discuss the issue of violence against Muslims in Myanmar.
Unruly people attack 70 Gazipur factories: BGMEA
The country’s apparel sector trade bodies—BGMEA and BKMEA—on Monday claimed that some ‘unruly’ people attacked 60-70 garment factories in Gazipur during the hartal hours and forced the workers to stay out of their workplaces.
BNP-led 18-party to enforce 36-hr hartal today
After Monday’s nationwide daylong hartal observed by Hefajat-e-Islam, the BNP-led 18-party is going to enforce another spell of countrywide 36-hour shutdown at 6am Tuesday to realise its various demands, including the release of its arrested opposition leaders and activists. However,…
Hasina rules out anti-blasphemy law
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has firmly rejected demands by Islamists for a new anti-blasphemy law to punish those who speak or write against Islam.
Ten top BNP leaders sent to jail
Three Dhaka courts have ordered ten top BNP leaders including its acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir into jail after they turned themselves in.
Country faces judicial terrorism: BNP
Dissatisfied over sending top opposition leaders to jail turning down their bail petitions, BNP joint secretary general Salauddin Ahmed on Sunday said the country is now facing judicial terrorism.
Country falls in 3-day hartal from today
The country goes into the grip of a three-day hartal as Hefajat-e-Islam is set to enforce a daylong hartal on Monday while the BNP-led 18-party alliance on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Hefazat calls to resist forces of evil
DHAKA: Shaikhul Islam Shah Ahmad Shafi, ameer of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh on Saturday called upon the devout Muslim to resist the evil force with courage saying that they would be compelled to bow their heads before them.
Queen’s Diamond Jubilee: PM unveils sculpture
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina unveiled a sculpture at the British High Commissioner’s residence here on Saturday, marking the celebrations of Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee and 60 years as Head of the Commonwealth.
18-party hartal April 9,10 if leaders not released
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia was scheduled to sit with the top leaders of her party-led 18-party alliance on Saturday night to discuss the country’s fast-evolving political situation amid Hefaja-e-Islami’s movement.
Hefajat’s hartal Monday, Dhaka siege May 5
In the biggest-ever showdown by Islamists in recent times, Hefajat-e-Islam Bangladesh here on Saturday gave the government until April 30 to meet its 13-point demand or face a ‘Dhaka Siege’ programme on May 5.
Hifazat supporters assemble braving blockade
Hifazat-e Islam leaders and supporters started gathering at Motijheel’s Shapla Chattar from Friday evening. At sunrise on Saturday for their presence started increasing as they walked to the venue from different directions to attend their planned rally.
24-hr hartal begins amid tension
Tension ran high as a 24-hour hartal and 22-hour rail-road blockade programme began simultaneously across the country on Friday evening to resist Hefazat-e-Islam’s Dhaka long march scheduled for Saturday.
Transport barrier force Hefazat rallies across the country
The activists of Hefazat-e-Islam, who gathered at Wasa intersection in Chittagong to make their journey to the capital, failed to do so for lack of transport. They will stay there until a decision comes from their Dhaka rally scheduled to…
Govt plotting to impose emergency: BNP
A senior BNP leader has alleged that the government is plotting to push the country towards a state of emergency by announcing ‘back-to-back programmes’.
Hefazat threatens non-stop hartal if obstructed
Hefazat-e-Islam, a radical Islamic group, threatened the government to enforce non-stop hartal from April 7 if 27 pro-liberation organisations do not call off their April 6 hartal immediately.
25 pro-govt bodies call from tonight
Demanding the ban of Jamat-Shibir, a group of cultural, political and professional organizations called countrywide hartal from April 5 evening to April 6 evening.
A section of Ulema meets PM, places demands
A delegation of Ulema-Mashaikh (Islamic scholars) met the Prime Minister on Thursday night and placed a six-point demand, including the facebook blocking and the arrest of the bloggers who are reportedly hurting the religious sentiment of people.
Govt killing people to hide failures: Khaleda
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Thursday alleged that the government has been on a killing spree as it has gone mad to cover up its misdeeds and corruption.
Pilkhana case: Sahara makes deposition
Sahara Khatun, the then Home Minister, submitted her deposition on Wednesday morning in the case over the Pilkhana carnage amid mass mutiny at the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) headquarters in February 2009.
Khaleda off to Jessore: Vsits Satkhira today
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is going to Jessore on Wednesday and will meet and financially help the families of those killed in the recent violence in Satkhira on Thursday.
Restore confidence to attract investors: Mozena
Dan W Mozena, US ambassador to Bangladesh, said confidence has to be restored among the investors in order to attract investments in the capital market of the country from home and abroad.
Tk 16,000m loss for each hartal day: DCCI
The economy counts Tk 16,000 million in losses for each daylong countrywide hartal while the country faces 40 hartals a year on average raising the figure of the losses to Tk 64,000 crore.
Bloggers arrest: ‘Freedom of expression squeezed’
People, especially bloggers, media and human rights activists, have condemned detention of the three bloggers arrested over allegations of ‘inflammatory postings’ on the internet.
Rooppur nuclear energy project outlay approved
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) Tuesday approved eight development projects including the Taka 5,242 crore Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant project.