The BNP-led 20-party alliance on Saturday announced another 72-hour spell of nationwide hartal from 6am on Sunday alongside its ongoing countrywide indefinite transport blockade to push for its various demands, including a fresh national election under a non-party administration. In…
Eminent jurist Barrister Rafique-ul-Huq has proposed an “Yes” or “No” vote to determine whether the majority of people were in favour of mid-term election or not as the incumbents were rejecting any suggestion for such election. Former President Prof Dr…
Police arrested a local leader of Jamaat-e-Islami from Lalabazar area in South Surma upazila on Friday night.
An activist of local unit BNP was stabbed to death by some miscreants at Balaishpur area in sadar upazila early Saturday.
The houses of six BNP leaders, including its standing committee member Tariqul Islam, came under crude bomb attacks here early Friday. At least 30 crude bombs were blasted targeting the houses of the BNP leaders at Ghop, Karbala road, Dharmatala…
BNP has warned that the government would have to bear the responsibility of any consequence arising out of the current situation unless it accepts their demand to hold a free and fair poll under a non-partisan administration. “The people hope…
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Thursday fixed April 30 as the date for submission of progress report in the execution of arrest warrants against BNP Senior Vice Chairman Tarique Rahman and Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul…
The BNP-led 20-party opposition alliance may call another spell of hartal from Sunday prolonging the uncertainties on roads and highways and sufferings of ordinary people. “The ongoing blockade programme will continue. Tough action including hartal will be enforced further from…
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka once again placed BNP Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed on a fresh remand for two days on Wednesday, in a separate case, filed for hurling petrol bomb on a bus…
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia is ready to make any sacrifice in the interests of the country and emancipation of masses of the people, BNP joint secretary general Salahuddin Ahmed said on Wednesday. In a press statement issued from an undisclosed…
The Awami League-led 14-party alliance has called a public rally at Hajaribagh park field in Dhaka city at 3 pm on Wednesday protesting what the alliance termed “anti-state conspiracy and terrorism carried out by BNP and Jamaat”.
Homes of the sitting mayor Mosaddeq Hossain Bulbul and and the immediate past mayor Khairuzzaman Liton came under crude bomb attacks on Monday night. Soon after the crude bomb attack on the residence of its former mayor AHM Khairuzzaman Liton,…
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday asked her alliance leaders and workers to form resistance movement committees against the “state terrorism” under the leadership of 20-party alliance at all the localities across the country. BNP joint secretary general Salahuddin Ahmed said…
Workers Party office ransacked and 8 activists injured by attack of alliance partner Awami League activists at Sarbahara-prone Agorpur union under Babuganj upazila of Barisal district.
Chittagong city and district police in a series of drives detained ten activists of BNP-Jamaat-Shibir from port city and three upazilas of the district on Saturday night.
A BNP activist received bullet injuries as police opened fire on him while he was trying to flee after hurling petrol bombs at two buses in Shirail bus terminal area of the city on Sunday morning.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday called upon the members of the armed forces to always remain prepare to face any threat to country’s sacred constitution and democracy. She also urged the army to remain careful about the surge of…
The BNP-led 20-party opposition alliance on Sunday called for carrying out an international probe under United Nations into all acts of sabotage including extra judicial killing, violation of human rights and fire bombings. “Let the perpetrators those involved in acts…
BNP yesterday strongly condemned the killing of blogger Avijit Roy and demanded of the government to bring the killers to justice through fair investigation. “Killing of Avijit Roy in spite of full-proof security belt of police at Bangla Academy and…
Four vehicles, including two of private television channel Desh TV, were torched and three other vehicles vandalised in Dhaka city on Saturday evening ahead of 20-Party Alliance’s 72-hour hartal that begins Sunday. Witnesses said some youths brought out a sudden…
The Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) and Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dal (BSD) on Friday called for a national dialogue among all the pro-liberation political parties to resolve the current crisis. Addressing a mass rally, jointly organised by the two left parties…
Kotwali police arrested six leaders and activists of Jamaat and BNP and its front organisations here on Wednesday night for their alleged involvement with various recent violence and subversive activities, police sources said.
A young BNP supporter with graffiti on his chest and back “Down with autocracy, let democracy be free” was taken away by police from in front of BNP chairperson’s Gulshan office yesterday. The young man hailed from Gazipur and identified…
A man was killed in a crude bomb blast in the city’s Chandgaon area on Wednesday night. The victim was identified as Mohammad Ridwan, 50, of the area. Md Ridwan, 50, was rushed to the Chittagong Medical College and Hospital…
Leaders of different political parties in separate statements to the press expressed their concern over the personal security of Nagorik Oikya convener Mahmudur Rahman and demanded of the government to clarify its position on his Monday night arrest by plainclothes…
Expressing its concern over the contents of telephonic conversations of Nagorik Oikya convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna with BNP leader Sadeque Hossain Khoka and an unidentified person, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday said it expected more responsible role…
The BNP has expressed its surprise at the police statement that Nagorik Oikya convenor Mahmudur Rahman Manna was not arrested despite his family members’ statement that Manna was picked up by plainclothes police from the home of his nice at…
BNP on Monday alleged that the government is conspiring to kill its joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi through torture on police remand. In a statement, BNP joint secretary general Salahuddin Ahmed said, “BNP’s joint secretary general and noted politician…
The BNP-led 20-party alliance on Monday staged scattered demonstrations at different parts of the country and Dhaka city, demanding snap polls under a non-party administration and protesting the ‘growing incidents of enforced disappearance and extrajudicial killing’. Though the alliance activists…
Miscreants in Begumganj, Noakhali, launched an attack on Shaheed Minar and destroyed garlands and banners on Saturday.