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BNP acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has asked the party’s student wing activists to come out on the streets in a large number instead of ‘damaging a few vehicles’.

A countrywide 24-hour transport strike got underway at 6am on Thursday, leaving thousands of people in distress.

A court of Dhaka on Thursday fixed Nov 24 for hearing on the remand plea of Detective Branch (DB) Police to place, Barrister AFM Fakhrul Islam, a lawyer of War Crimes Tribunal on a 7-day remand.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday urged BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamagir to initiate talks with his ruling party counterpart to resolve the ongoing political crisis.   The Prime Minister made the call as she met Fakhrul at…

Bangladesh Road Transport Workers’ Federation (BRTWF) is set to enforce a 24-hour transport strike across the country on Thursday demanding the release of opposition leader Khaleda Zia’s special assistant Shimul Biswas.

Police in an overnight drive arrested 12 local activists of BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami from different upazilas of the district on Tuesday.

Swechchhasebak Dal’s General Secretary Mir Sharafat Ali Sapu has been hospitalised after he ‘fell ill’ in police custody.

A Dhaka court on Tuesday granted one-day’s fresh remand against Mufti Harun Izhar in another case filed with Paltan Police Station against Hefajat-e-Islam.

Former military dictator and Jatiya Party president HM Ershad on Monday said he is going to contest the polls under the just-formed election-time cabinet to win the race not to sit in the opposition bench.

Leaders of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh (HIB) in a statement on Monday said the people would identify those who would try to promote the atheist forces to come to power as ‘national traitors’.

The main opposition BNP will bring out a black-flag procession across the country on today in protest against the cabinet meeting held with ministers who have already resigned.

Sitting of the Parliament begins at 4:30pm on today after a weeklong recess. The opposition lawmakers will not return to the House, according to sources.

At least 25 people, 10 with bullet, were injured as local BNP activists clashed with police and BGB members in Sitakunda upazila headquarters in the district on Saturday.   The injured were admitted to different hospitals of the area.   Sitakundu Muradpur…

Dhaka – Jatiya Party Presidium member Kazi Zafar Ahmed was admitted to a city hospital as he suddenly fell sick on Saturday morning.

Police have arrested an Upazila unit chief of Jamaat-e-Islami at Gazipur on charges of vandalism.

Daily Amar Desh’s Dhaka University correspondent was assaulted allegedly by activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) on the campus on Saturday.

At least 10 people were injured in a clash between supporters of the ruling Awami League and opposition BNP in the district town on Friday evening.

BNP has called off Sunday’s shutdown in Chittagong City in view of admission tests and annual examinations.

Satkhira – BNP vice chairman Syeda Razia Foyez passed away at the capital’s United Hospital on Friday’s afternoon. She was 75.

Unidentified assailants killed a Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader of Rajshahi University (RU) on Thursday at Sundarganj Upazila in Gaibandha. Locals and RU BCL alleged that activists of the Islami Chhatra Shibir, student wing of the Jamaat-e-Islami, were behind the…

The Chittagong city unit of BNP has postponed its daylong hartal called for Sunday in the city.

Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad, Krishak Sramik Janata League President Kader Siddiqui, Bir Uttam, Jaitya Samajtantrik Dal President ASM Abdur Rob and Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh president Prof Dr AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury held a meeting at latter’s Baridhara residence on Wednesday…

Miscreants gunned down a local leader of Jubo League (JL), an associate body of the ruling Awami League, in Ratanpur area of Sadar upazila on Tuesday night.

Police have accused BNP vice-chairman Sadeque Hossain Khoka of instigating bomb attacks that left seven people grievously injured.

Bangladesh Twarikat Foundation will contest the 10th parliamentary polls. The party’s chairman, Syed Nazibul Boshor Maijbhandari, announced this after a meeting on Tuesday with the 14-Party Grand Alliance led by the Awami-League.

Detective police picked up Islamic Party general secretary Abdur Rashid Pradhan from Dhaka’s Naya Paltan on Tuesday.

The ruling Awami League has asked all political parties to prepare for elections. On Sunday, as the Opposition started another long strike for 84 hours  to push for a return to the caretaker, a top Awami League leader gave clear…

The killing of man in Chittagong, starry incidents of crude bomb explosions, arson attacks, vandalism of vehicles, clashes and arrest of opposition activists marked the first day of the nonstop 84-hour nationwide hartal, enforced by the BNP-led 18-party alliance on…

Miscreants hurled a bomb at the house of a local BNP leader in Ghop area of the town on Saturday night.

An eight-member delegation of University Teachers’ Association of Bangladesh (UTAB) called on leader of the opposition Khaleda Zia at her Gulshan residence on Saturday night.