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Sammilita Sangskritik Jote’s Narayanganj unit has called a dawn-to-dusk shutdown in Narayanganj for Saturday in protest at the murder of Tanvir Mohammad Twaki, 17, son of local ‘Ganajagaran Mancha’ organiser and cultural activist Rafiur Rabbi.

One Shibir activists died and more than 60 others were arrested from different parts of the capital during protest programme of religion-based eight-party alliance on Friday.

Foreign exchange reserve with the Bangladesh Bank has crossed $14-billion mark for the first time.

The BNP will stage nationwide demonstrations Wednesday to protest ‘genocide by the government, corruption and misrule’, capping three consecutive days of shutdown that the Jamaat-e-Islami and the main opposition party had enforced.

Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Tuesday said hartal cannot continue in the country and stressed the need for finding an alternate way of protest.

The BNP has announced that it will form committees to protect the people from what it alleges ‘genocide’ initiated by the ‘government’ across the country.

Miscreants have set a train on fire at Dhaka’s Kamalapur Railway Station, the nerve-centre of Bangladesh’s rail network, in the last leg of the two-day strike called by Jamaat-e-Islami.

Visiting Indian President Pranab Mukherjee has assured President Zillur Rahman that India will fulfill all promises made to Bangladesh to settle the unresolved bilateral issues.

The government on Monday approved the proposal of the Bank Company (Amendment) Bill-2013 in principle to strengthen the country’s banking system.

The High Court Sunday directed authorities concerned to ensure security of the Hindu community and temples and bring back the normalcy in the life of minorities in Begumganj upazila of Noakhali district.

British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Robert Gibson expressed his sadness Sunday over the violence and the number of senseless and unnecessary deaths that have taken place across Bangladesh over the past few days.

Opposition BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has decided not to meet visiting Indian President Pranab Mukherjee as she doesn’t want to take risk of movement during hartal called by Jamaat.

At least 23 people were killed and dozens injured in clashes between Jamaat-Shibir activists and law enforcers in six districts during countrywide dawn-to-dusk hartal on Sunday.

At least four people were killed and over 50 injured in fresh clashes between Jamaat-Shibir activists and law enforcers in Chittagong and Nilphamari district on Saturday.

Opposition BNP and Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami have separately enforced 72-hour nationwide hartal from today  protesting the countrywide “mass-killing” and Sayedee verdict.

Dhaka is set to welcome Indian President Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday amid a shutdown called by the Jamaat-e-Islami to protest against the war crimes trial.

New York – The Bangladeshi government and the Jamaat-e-Islaami party need to act urgently to ensure that security forces and party supporters do not engage in further acts of violence, which has already led to the death of over 40…

BNP Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has criticised the Islamic Foundation for its decision to keep the north gate of Baitul Mukarram National Mosque closed on Fridays.

BNP Chairperson and leader of the opposition Khaleda Zia on Friday announced a countrywide dawn-to-dusk hartal for Tuesday in protest against the Awami League led government’s “mass killing, corruption, misrule and oppression, report agencies.