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.
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Pahela Baishakh celebrated with much fanfare
Pahela Baishakh, the first day of the Bangla New Year 1420, was celebrated with much fanfare and gaiety.
5 journos hurt in BCL attack at DU: 6 held
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.
Constitution ignored in planned way: Dr Kamal
Gono Forum President Dr Kamal Hossain Saturday categorically said the country is not being run as per the constitution.
Load-shedding intensifies as 10 power plants closed
Power consumers have started feeling the pinch of blackout as more than 10 large and medium-sized power plants now remained out of operation either for maintenance or forced shutdown.
Thousands suffer on highways for tailback
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.
PM rejects all new formulas for polls
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…
Ershad urges Hasina, Khaleda to meet, talk
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.
Hasina asks Khaleda not to indulge in destructive acts
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.
AL invites destruction speculating Khaleda’s arrest: BNP
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.
30 missing as bus plunges into river in Barisal
About 30 passengers went missing as a bus plunged into the Rangamati River at Goma Ferryghat in Bakerganj upazila on Wednesday afternoon.
BNP to be even tougher; seek leaders’ release
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.
Presidential polls Apr 29
The Election Commission has said the presidential elections will take place in Parliament on April 29.
Hartal: 1 killed, 14 hurt, 23 held
A man was killed and 14 others were injured during 18-party called 36-hour countrywide hartal Tuesday.
Hold dialogue, resolve crisis: FBCCI
President of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) Kazi Akram Uddin Ahmed on Tuesday urged the top leaders of two major political parties to sit for a dialogue and thus break the current political standoff.
BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed held in city
Police arrested BNP joint secretary general Salahuddin Ahmed in the city’s Gulshan area on Monday night.
BNP demands proper treatment of arrested leaders
Opposition BNP on Monday demanded proper treatment of its arrested senior leaders, including acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, as they are sick.
OIC to hold FM-level meet on Rohingyas
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.
Unruly people attack 70 Gazipur factories: BGMEA
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.
BNP-led 18-party to enforce 36-hr hartal today
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,…
Hefazat calls to resist forces of evil
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.
Queen’s Diamond Jubilee: PM unveils sculpture
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.
18-party hartal April 9,10 if leaders not released
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.
Hefajat’s hartal Monday, Dhaka siege May 5
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.
24-hr hartal begins amid tension
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.
Buses vanish, passengers suffer
Thousands of homebound passengers got stuck in the city’s bus terminals in sultry weather as inter-district buses went off the roads amid heightening tensions over long march and hartal and blockade programmes.
Transport barrier force Hefazat rallies across the country
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…
ICT rejects retrial pleas
DHAKA: The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 Thursday rejected the retrial pleas of Jamaat’s former Ameer Ghulam Azam, Ameer Matiur Rahman Nizami and Nayeb-e-Ameer Delwar Hossain Sayedee detained for their alleged involvement in crimes against humanity during the liberation war in…