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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.

The protesters who continued their sit-in for 24th straight day celebrated immediately after International Crimes Tribunal had awarded death penalty to Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delawar Hossain Sayedee Thursday afternoon.

At least 50 people including cops were killed and over 100 injured in clashes erupted in eleven districts immediately after Jamaat leader Delawar Hossain Sayedee had been sentenced to death on Thursday.

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 led by ATM Fazle Kabir passed the verdict against Allama Delwar Hossain Sayeedee (then called Delwar Hossain Sikdar, an allegation that Sayedee rejects) awarding him death by hanging on Thursday.

The protesters of Ganajagaran Mancha will submit a memorandum to the Home Minister to reinforce their demand for arrest of Bengali daily Amar Desh Acting Editor Mahmudur Rahman for allegedly provoking communal hatred through his newspaper.

Three committees will be formed to investigate the overnight fire at the Amar Ekushey Book Fair at the Bangla Academy premises.

President Mohammad Zillur Rahman on Monday approved setting up of a Supreme Judicial Council to investigate a High Court judge for his alleged smear campaign against the slain Shahbagh protester Ahmed Rajib Haider.

On February 25-26 in 2009, unruly BDR soldiers took over the BDR headquarters– Pilkhana, killed 74 people 57 army officers among them including the Director-General. They also fired on some civilians, held many of their officers hostage, vandalized property and…

Police on Sunday arrested Farabi Shafiur Rahman allegedly for threatening the Imam with death in a Facebook posting for administering burial ceremony for slain Shahbagh uprising activist and blogger Ahmed Rajib Haider.

The Awami League-led government had no plans to ban all religion-based political parties, its Presidium Member Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim said on Sunday.

The Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar (BCIM) car rally that was flagged off at Kolkata on Friday has entered Bangladesh and is heading for Dhaka, amidst security worries. The organisers say they are worried about the security situation in Bangladesh following the violence on…

The main opposition BNP on Saturday extended its support to Sunday’s countrywide dawn-to-dusk shutdown (hartal)  being enforced by 12 Islamist and like-minded parties.

Thousands of people Saturday took oath to resist Sunday’s nationwide dawn-to-dusk strike called by various Islamist outfits.