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Some 53 BNP leaders and activists were rearrested at Kashimpur Central Jail gate on Saturday after their release on bail in various cases filed in connection with the recent violence in the city.

District Jamaat-e-Islam called a half-day hartal in the district for Sunday in protest against the arrest of District Jamaat unit Senior Nayeb-e-Ameer and others.

DHAKA: A Dhaka court placed Hefajat-e-Islam Secretary General Junaid Babunagari on 22-day fresh remand for police interrogation in three separate cases.

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said her party had no plan of sending letter to opposition for dialogue.

Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad on Thursday slammed the government for driving away activists of Hefajat-e-Islam from Shapla Chattar in the capital after their May 5 rally.

The BNP-led 18-party alliance on Wednesday called off its Sunday’s countywide hartal in the wake of cyclonic storm ‘Mahasen’ which may hit the country on Thursday night.

At least three people, including a UP chairman, were killed and 35 others injured, including 25 with bullets hit, in a clash in Dattapara under Sadar Thana of the district on Wednesday.

Hefazat-e-Isalm remains committed to its 13-point demand and is trying to reorganise itself by healing the wounds of the unexpected May 5 midnight operation, which left uncounted numbers of its workers killed and thousands others injured.

The local administration imposed Section 144 in Kanaighat upazila headquarters as Awami League-backed two groups called their programmes at the same venue and same time for Tuesday.

The BNP-led 18-party alliance’s Wednesday’s rally appears uncertain as there has been no government permission yet to stage it in the city.

DHAKA: The countrywide dawn-to-dusk hartal, called by Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami in protest against the arrest of its senior Nayeb-e-Ameer AKM Yusuf, is underway.

Ahead of only 33 days from the third Barisal City Corporation election scheduled to be held on June 15, submission of nomination papers ended on Sunday.

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami is going to enforce a daylong countrywide hartal on Tuesday protesting the arrest of its leader AKM Yusuf on charges of crimes against humanity committed during the Liberation War in 1971.

Home Minister Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir on Saturday accused opposition leader Khaleda Zia of ordering violence through her call to the people to stand beside Hefajat-e-Islam activists during the Islamist party’s May 5 programme in the capital. “Hence, legal action will…

Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury on Saturday said law enforcers dispersed Hefajat-e-Islami activists from Shapla Chattar applying minimum force as the government did not want the anarchy to continue. “The government removed them as the situation had taken an anarchic turn. The…

  Renewing her dialogue offer, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday urged opposition leader Khaleda Zia to join parliament and discuss all issues to resolve the country’s ongoing political impasse shunning the tactic of issuing ultimatums.

NARAYANGANJ: More than 50 Khatibs in various mosques of the district went into hiding to avoid arrest in cases filed in connection with May 6 clash with law enforcers.

Main opposition BNP will stage a rally in city’s Nayapaltan area on Monday demanding restoration of the caretaker government system and protesting May 5’s attack on Hefajat activists at Shapla Chhatar.

DHAKA: Main opposition BNP will stage a rally in city’s Nayapaltan area on Monday demanding restoration of the caretaker government system and protesting May 5’s attack on Hefajat activists at Shapla Chhatar.

DHAKA: Opposition BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Thursday expressed her deep condolence and grief at the deaths in a devastating fire at garments in the capital.

Hefajat-e-Islam Bangladesh on Thursday postponed its Sunday’s countrywide daylong hartal fearing further repressive acts ‘by the government’. 

DHAKA: Shahbagh protesters took position again here for next 24-hour from Wednesday evening ahead of verdict in war crimes case against Jamaat assistant secretary general M Kamaruzzaman.

DHAKA: Detective Branch (DB) police raided the houses of city BNP convener Sadek Hossain Khoka and JP Chairman Barrister Andalib Rahman Partha on Wednesday night.

Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Wednesday hinted that the next general election might be held in December this year.

A Dhaka court on Tuesday issued arrest warrant for BNP Standing Committee member MK Anwar in a case filed by a leader of the pro-government Swechhasebak League.

Hefajat-e Islam Bangladesh on Tuesday called a countrywide daylong shutdown for Sunday protesting the crackdown on its leaders and activists at Shapla Chattar in the city early Monday.

DHAKA: Miscreants torched a staff bus in capital’s Tejgaon Colony Bazar area on Tuesday afternoon ahead of two days hartal called by 18-party alliance.

Police have torn down the Ganajagaran Manch at Shahbagh which has been demanding capital punishment for the war criminals.

Home Minister Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir on Saturday said it is the jurisdiction of the court to grant bail to the detained BNP leaders being tried on charges of criminal acts.