Nagarik Oikya convenor Mahmudur Rahman Manna on Saturday demanded though action by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina against the criminals involved in communal attacks even if they are found affiliated to the ruling party.
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Pirojpur district AL office set ablaze
Miscreants set afire the district unit Awami League office on the Sadar Road in Pirojpur Sadar upazila headquarters early Friday.
Hindu temple torched in Bogra
Miscreants set fire to Kali Mandir at Kathak village in Nandigram upazila on Wednesday night.
8 burn to death in Sirajganj road crash
Sirajganj – Eight people were burnt to death as two vehicles caught fire following a road accident at Konabari in Kamarkhand upazila on Thursday night. The identities of the deceased could not be known yet.
Army to be deployed during re-polling
The Election Commission will deploy army members in eight constituencies of six districts during re-voting in 392 polling centres there on January 16. The commission at its meeting on Wednesday took the decision over the army deployment before and after…
Woman worker killed in Korean EPZ police firing
A female worker of a shoe factory was killed and 14 people, including three policemen, were injured in a clash between police and workers at Korean EPZ under Karnaphuli Police Station on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Pervin Akhter,…
Minor boy killed in C’nawabganj road mishap
A minor boy was killed in a road accident in Palsha Mission area on the Chapainawabganj-Rohonpur road under Sadar upazila of the district Wednesday evening.
Opposition’s 60-hr hartal ends leaving 3 dead
The 60-hour countrywide hartal enforced by the BNP-led 18-party alliance alongside its nonstop blockade demanding the cancellation of January-5 election results ended at 6pm Wednesday amid stray incidents of violence, leaving three people dead. The opposition combine originally enforced a…
Bar Council demands immediate release of Khandker Mahbub
Bangladesh Bar Council, a statutory body regulating the lawyers, on Wednesday strongly condemned the arrest of its vice-chairman Khandker Mahbub Hossain and demanded his immediate unconditional release.
Writ petition seeks active HC bench during hartal, blockade
A public interest litigation (PIL) writ petition was filed on Wednesday seeking resumption of the High Court benches with judicial functions during political programmes like hartal or blockade. Talking to newsmen, petitioner Yunus Ali Akand, a lawyer, said he filed…
Construction worker electrocuted in Munshiganj
A construction worker died from electrocution in Makhati area of Sadar upazila on Tuesday afternoon.
Charge framed against Odhikar’s Adilur, Elan
A Dhaka court on Wednesday framed charge against human rights organisation Odhikar’s director Nasir Uddin Elan and its secretary Adilur Rahman Khan Shuvro in a case filed under the Information Communication and Technology (ICT) Act.
39.83pc voter turnout in JS polls: EC
Dhaka – The voter turnout in the general election in 139 constituencies was 39.83 percent, the Election Commission Secretariat sources said on Tuesday, two days after the January-5 parliamentary elections were held on Sunday. The commission on Sunday announced unofficially…
126 candidates lost security deposits
Dhaka – As many as 126 candidates out of 369 in the 139 constituencies lost their security money as they failed to bag at least one-eighths of the casting votes during the Sunday’s parliamentary elections. The statistics were found analysing…
TIB denounces attacks on minorities
Dhaka – Denouncing the attacks on minorities over the 10 parliamentary polls, the Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has urged the government to effective steps to protect them from such attacks and compensate the victims. In a statement on Tuesday, TIB…
JCD leader killed in Kurigram road crash
A local leader of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) was killed as a human hauler collided head-on with the motorcycle he was ridding at East Panthapara in Rajarhat upazila on Tuesday morning.
Four shops torched in Pirojpur
Miscreants set fire to four shops of local political leaders, including a Jubo League leader, at Boro Masua Bazar in Mathbaria upazila on Sunday night.
Khaleda not under house-arrest: Hasina
The BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is not under “house-arrest”, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has told the foreign media. In a briefing at Ganabhaban on Monday, a day after the national election, she rejected the BNP chief’s earlier claim of being…
Cracks in Sylhet community clinic bldg spark panic
Cracks have appeared in the building of a community clinic in Dakkhin Surma upazila triggering fear of some deadly accident any time causing loss of lives.
3 killed as victor, vanquished supporters’ clash in Dohar, Dhaka
Three persons have died on Monday in a clash between supporters of the victor and the vanquished candidates of Dhaka-1 constituency at Bilashpur in Dohar Upazila. According to the local people and police, supporters of Bilashpur Union Parishad (UP) chairman…
Bangladesh ruling party defiant, says Sky News
Bangladesh’s ruling party is defying pressure to open talks with the opposition after its walkover win in an election marred by unprecedented bloodshed, boycotts and low turnout. Despite warnings that Sunday’s crushing victory did not amount to a mandate, the…
AL happy with voter turnout
The ruling Awami League on Sunday expressed its satisfaction over voter turnout during the 10th parliamentary polls, saying the ‘valiant people rejected” the opposition call to boycott the election. This was stated by Co-chairman of Awami League Election Steering Committee…
Presiding officer killed in Jhenidah road crash
Jhenidah – A presiding officer was killed as a human hauler (Alamsadhu) plunged into a roadside ditch at Sastar Bazar in Maheshpur upazila on Saturday afternoon.
UP member’s ‘killer’ dies in gunfight
A suspected killer of a Union Parisad member has died in an alleged gunfight with police in Khulna. Two constables-Mamun and Israfil – of Dumuria Upazila’s Tolna Police Station were also injured in the gunfight on Friday night, said Assistant…
Gas cylinder blast kills 1 in city
A woman was killed and another person injured as a gas cylinder exploded in the city’s Dhaniya under Jatrabari Police Station on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Josna Begum, 36, wife of Mosharraf Hossain Fulchand of 576 Dhaniya Bazar…
Spurned teenage couple jumps into lake, boy dies
Dhaka – After refusal of the both families to accept their love affairs, a teenage couple jumped into the Hatirjheel Lake in the capital on Friday morning, resulting in the death of the boy. The deceased was identified as Ehsanul…
3 killed as 2 trucks collide in Sirajganj
Three people were killed and four others injured in a head-on collision between two trucks at Shimantabazar in Kamarkhand upazila on Friday night.
3 ‘pirates’ lynched in Noakhali
Noakhali – Three alleged pirates, including the ringleader, were killed in a lynch-mob attack in Killarchar area of Hatiya upazila on Friday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Faruque, 45, the kingpin of ‘Faruque Bahini’, and his cohorts Miraj, 31,…
Days of election engineering over, says Dhaka’s rep to UN
Bangladesh Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) Dr AK Abdul Momen said on Friday that there is no scope for vote rigging now as the days of ‘election engineering’ are over. “The days of election engineering no more exist.…
28 more human bones retrieved from Rana Plaza debris
Police on Friday retrieved 28 human bones, including a broken skull, from the debris of Rana Plaza at Savar. Locals, former workers of the garment factories housed in Rana Plaza recovered the human remains and informed the police.