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At least 15 people were injured in a clash between local activists of Awami League (AL) and Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) at Dingshaipara in Sadar upazila of the district on Sunday night.

Police arrested a local leader of Jamaat-e-Islami from Durgapur Bazar of Ashashuni upazila early Monday for making disparaging remarks about the family of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

A sand trader was chopped to death by some unidentified criminals at Sabgram village in Sadar upazila of the district early Sunday.

Police arrested city unit president of Bangladesh Labour Party, a component in the 18-party alliance, from Chandranagar residential area in the city early Sunday.

Police arrested 10 leaders and activists of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami on charges of planning to carry out subversive activities from Dumuria upazila in Khulna last night.

A leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) unit was injured in an attack by miscreants in Subidbazar area of the city on Wednesday night.

Police on Sunday arrested a local leader of Ismali Chhatra Shibir, student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, in Pabla Shabuj Shangha area of the city.

A local activist of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) was stabbed to death allegedly by some Jubo Dal men in front of Shilpakala Academy in the district town on Friday night.

Dhaka – The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Saturday protested and condemned the police restriction to hold a mass ritual to pay respect to the souls of those Hindus who died during the war of liberation in 1971.

The Islami Andolan Bangladesh yesterday rejected the results of the by-election in Barguna – 2 constituency of Parliament alleging that candidate of the ruling party has been declared elected in a stage-managed polling.

Direct fight would be held between the candidates nominated by ruling Awami League and Islami Andolon Bangladesh of Charmonair Pir in Barguna-2 by-election on today Thursday.

Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad on Wednesday proposed a new election system saying that holding fair, neutral and controversy-free election is not possible under the current poll system.  

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami on Tuesday demanded the government quit by October 24 to avert a mass upsurge.  

Information Minister Hasanul Huq Inu on Tuesday urged BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia to immediately expel those accused of committing crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War from the opposition party and alliance.  

Youths gathered yesterday at the Shahbagh’s Ganajagaran Manch and demanded capital punishment for senior BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury for his alleged involvement in war crimes during the 1971 Independence War.

Two people, including a local Awami League leader, sustained bullet wounds in a gun attack by some terrorists in the district town on Sunday night.

Dhaka – Awami League joint general secretary Mahbub-ul-Alam Hanif on Sunday said that the main opposition BNP is threatening to wage movement with a view to getting additional advantages in the parliamentary polls.

Dhaka – Labour and Employment Minister Raziuddin Ahmed Razu on Sunday said there is a provocation from Hefazat-e-Islami’s chief Moulana Ahmed Shafi behind the ongoing labour unrest and anarchy in the country’s garment sector.

At least 17 people were injured, seven of them bullet-hit, as the local Awami League (AL) activists attacked a procession of BNP in Balipara Bazar area of Zianagar upazila on Friday evening.

BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia left for Jessore on Saturday afternoon and will address a public rally in Khulna on Sunday, aiming to mobilise public support in favour of the opposition’s demand for arranging the next polls under a non-party administration.  

The election for choosing 25 registered graduates’ representatives to the Dhaka University senate ended at 5.30pm Saturday.

BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia leaves for Jessore on Saturday and will address a public rally in Khulna on Sunday, aiming to mobilise public support in favour of the opposition’s demand for arranging the next polls under a non-party administration.  

Home Minister Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir on Friday alleged that Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and some other reactionary parties are behind the recent unrest in the country’s readymade garment (RMG) sector.  

Former BNP leader Nazmul Huda on Thursday formally asked the Election Commission not to register the controversial new political party Bangladesh Nationalist Front (BNF) he founded.   He, however, admitted that his name was not mentioned in the party’s application letter…

Slamming Jamaat-Shibir men for carrying out frequent attacks on trains across the country in the name of hartal, Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Wednesday said hartal is not a political language but a terrorist act.  

BNP standing committee member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Wednesday urged the Speaker to suggest the ruling Awami League instead of BNP for sitting in talks with the agenda of non-party government to resolve the ongoing political crisis.  

Student organisation Islami Chhatra Shibir has called a half-day general strike for Thursday in greater Chittagong to press for the release of its leaders and activists.

Police in a drive arrested 30 suspected activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir from the port city’s DC Hill area on Wednesday.

Police on Tuesday arrested three activists of Jahangirnagar University unit of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) on charge of torching a bus near the campus.

Additional security measurements have been taken at Rajshahi University (RU) campus to turn aside further untoward situation following gunfight among Shibir, Chhatra League and Police.