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A case was filed against the chairman of Amar Desh Publication Mahmuda Begum and publisher of the daily Sangram Abul Asad on Saturday night for ‘illegally’ printing Amar Desh copies at Sangram’s Al-Falah Printing Press.

Pahela Baishakh, the first day of the Bangla New Year 1420, was celebrated with much fanfare and gaiety.

Five journalists were injured in an attack allegedly by Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists on the Dhaka University campus as they went to gather information about their ‘extortion’ on Fuller Road.

Gono Forum President Dr Kamal Hossain Saturday categorically said the country is not being run as per the constitution.

A 45-km tailback was created on Dhaka-Chittagong highway stretching from Daudkandi toll plaza to Comilla Cantonment on Saturday, causing untold sufferings to commuters.

A day after the Transparency International Bangladesh’s (TIB) proposal to form an ‘11-member poll-time government’ to conduct the next general election in a credible manner, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday turned down all those new formulas coming up these…

Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad on Wednesday sent separate letters to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Leader of the opposition in parliament Khaleda Zia asking them to sit together to find out a way to resolve the ongoing political impasse.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday urged the opposition leader to refrain from indulging in destructive activities and said there is nothing to gain through inflicting sufferings on the country’s common people in the name of movement and hartal.

Accusing the government of spearheading propaganda of arresting BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, the main opposition BNP warned the government of a disastrous consequence if any such move is taken.

About 30 passengers went missing as a bus plunged into the Rangamati River at Goma Ferryghat in Bakerganj upazila on Wednesday afternoon.

Opposition BNP on Tuesday threatened to intensify the ongoing movement further if the government does not withdraw the ‘false’ cases filed against its leaders and activists and release them immediately.

The Election Commission has said the presidential elections will take place in Parliament on April 29.

A man was killed and 14 others were injured during 18-party called 36-hour countrywide hartal Tuesday.

Police arrested BNP joint secretary general Salahuddin Ahmed in the city’s Gulshan area on Monday night.

Opposition BNP on Monday demanded proper treatment of its arrested senior leaders, including acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, as they are sick.

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has called a foreign minister-level meeting to be held in Jeddah on April 14 to discuss the issue of violence against Muslims in Myanmar.

The country’s apparel sector trade bodies—BGMEA and BKMEA—on Monday claimed that some ‘unruly’ people attacked 60-70 garment factories in Gazipur during the hartal hours and forced the workers to stay out of their workplaces.

After Monday’s nationwide daylong hartal observed by Hefajat-e-Islam, the BNP-led 18-party is going to enforce another spell of countrywide 36-hour shutdown at 6am Tuesday to realise its various demands, including the release of its arrested opposition leaders and activists. However,…

DHAKA: Shaikhul Islam Shah Ahmad Shafi, ameer of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh on Saturday called upon the devout Muslim to resist the evil force with courage saying that they would be compelled to bow their heads before them.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina unveiled a sculpture at the British High Commissioner’s residence here on Saturday, marking the celebrations of Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee and 60 years as Head of the Commonwealth.

BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia was scheduled to sit with the top leaders of her party-led 18-party alliance on Saturday night to discuss the country’s fast-evolving political situation amid Hefaja-e-Islami’s movement.

In the biggest-ever showdown by Islamists in recent times, Hefajat-e-Islam Bangladesh here on Saturday gave the government until April 30 to meet its 13-point demand or face a ‘Dhaka Siege’ programme on May 5.

Tension ran high as a 24-hour hartal and 22-hour rail-road blockade programme began simultaneously across the country on Friday evening to resist Hefazat-e-Islam’s Dhaka long march scheduled for Saturday.

The activists of Hefazat-e-Islam, who gathered at Wasa intersection in Chittagong to make their journey to the capital, failed to do so for lack of transport. They will stay there until a decision comes from their Dhaka rally scheduled to…