Three Juba Dal activists received bullet injures when police opened fire on a procession at Salikha Upazila under Magura district on Saturday. Local Juba Dal leaders said the firing was unprovoked. Police however said that shots were fired when processionists…
The BNP-led 20-party alliance has called 72-hour countrywide hartal from Sunday morning till Wednesday morning as there was no sign of calling fresh polls under caretaker government, killing or maiming of leaders and activist of the alliance in ‘crossfire’ across…
Voicing concern over reluctance about engaging in dialogue by BNP and Awami League, Nagarik Oikya convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna on Friday said the two parties are paving the path for undemocratic forces to intervene in country’s politics. “There’s no chance…
The BNP-led 20-party alliance yesterday warned that the people would be forced to resort to civil disobedience and non-cooperation movement against the government soon, said BNP joint secretary general Salahuddin Ahmed in a statement. “The illegal and unelected Awami League…
Police continued to bar food supplies for leaders of BNP and staffs of Khaleda Zia’s Gulshan office for the third consecutive day yesterday. Almost all staffs and BNP leaders were living on dry foods, said Shyrul Kabir Khan, a member…
Nagorik Samaj, a platform of civil society members, yesterday called upon the Awami League and the BNP to stop the violent activities as well as to take immediate step in holding dialogue to overcome the present political deadlock in the…
A six-hour token-hunger strike planned by president of Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury will be observed in the city on Saturday, demanding talks between Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and BNP chief Khaleda Zia to resolve the ongoing political…
DHAKA: She has been stuck in her office for 40 days and slapped with a series of charges over the deadly violence outside, but Bangladesh’s opposition leader Khaleda Zia says she and her arch enemy Sheikh Hasina can still reach…
Nagorik Samaj, a new platform of prominent citizens, will hold a press conferee today (Friday) to make its position clear in public on the effort to resolve the ongoing political impasse through dialogue. The press conference of eminent citizens, who…
The Bnp-led 20-Party Alliance has called a programme of countrywide demonstration on Saturday to press the demand for election under non-partisan caretaker government and protest killing of 20-party leaders and activists in the name of ‘crossfire’. The blockade would continue,…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said in Parliament that the government is monitoring the talk shows in different television channels to detect who are instigating destructive activities in the country. “We’re monitoring the TV talk shows; the government will…
Blasting BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia for enforcing hartal and blockade by holding the country’s people to hostage, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today branded the BNP chief as a “killer”,not a political leader. “Khaleda Zia is not a leader of…
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (Bnp) seems to be seeking UN mediation to facilitate dialogue for ending the political impasse. BNP leader and the country’s former planning minister Moeen Khan told ‘Times of India’ in an email interview that the UN…
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed on Tuesday said no talk is possible with those who are involved in militancy, and termed the call by various quarters, including the civil society, for holding a dialogue as unrealistic. He made the remarks while…
A youth yesterday hurled a brick bat and shouted abusive words at Khaleda Zia’s Gulshan office despite tight security ring around the building by law enforcers including police and plainclothes security personnel. The man identified as Poran Sarker hurled the…
The BNP-led 20-party alliance yesterday extended the ongoing 72-hour countrywide hartal by another 48-hour protesting the killing of opposition activists in the name of “cross fire”, mass arrest, interference in the judiciary, repression on journalists, controlling media and demanding restoration…
Leaders and activists of Sramik League on Monday warned that they will take position inside the BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s Gulshan office if she does not call off the ongoing transport blockade and hartal. They issued the warning after staging…
Calling upon the Prime Minister to quit forthwith, BNP on Monday warned that the government’s dream of perpetuating its power by force will get shattered soon in the face of the ongoing mass movement. In a statement, BNP joint secretary…
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Court today rejected both the bail and the remand petitions on BNP Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in two cases and asked the investigation officers (IOs) for quizzing him at the jail gate. Dhaka Metropolitan…
Terming those who are burning people to death as enemies of the country, people and humanity, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged all to put up strong resistance against such terrorists. “I feel extreme pain when I see that the…
Nagorik Samaj, a platform of the civil society, on Monday urged President Abdul Hamid, the guardian of the republic, to take an initiative for a dialogue to overcome the current political impasse and violent situation. Letters signed by former Chief…
The ongoing political impasse can be resolved in a day if the government agrees to sit in a dialogue with the opposition alliance, said BNP vice-chairman Sadeque Hossain Khoka on Sunday, according to sources available. Speaking at a view exchange…
Conscious expatriate Bangladeshis of US at a news conference in New York on Saturday urged the government to form a government of national consensus which would hold neutral elections and propose the framework for political reforms within three months with…
The BNP has drawn attention of different embassies and international human rights agencies in Dhaka to extrajudicial killings by law enforcers urging them to investigate the incidents on the spots, according to BNP sources. A member of the BNP chairperson’s…
The government is waiting for court orders to arrest Khaleda Zia even though the BNP chief has been charged with instigating violence and acts of sabotages amid a violent transport blockade. State Minister for Home Affairs Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal told…
Miscreants hurled three petrol bombs at the Dhaka-bound ‘Maitree Express’ train at Ishwardi Railway Station in Pabna on Sunday, the first day of the fresh 72-hour hartal enforced by BNP-led 20-party alliance alongside a non-stop blockade programme.
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (Bnp) on Sunday urged the business community leaders to suggest that government should resign immediately to create a stable political situation in the country. “The ongoing political stalemate and tension were created due to wrong political…
Police Sunday held five government officials on charges of distributing anti-government leaflets at the Bangladesh secretariat, Dhaka.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Sunday called upon BNP to return to democratic process saying the party can go to power only under a democratic process, not over the bodies of innocent people, violence or making the students hostages. She said…
Shibir man, two youths killed in Dhaka, Jessore, Comilla ‘gunfights’ Three young people were killed in reported ‘gunfight’ with Police and Rab in Dhaka, Jessore and Comilla on Saturday night, according to reports received from different sources. Law enforcers said…