TANGAIL: At least 25 leaders and activists of BNP-led 20-party alliance were injured as police baton-charged the alliance people in Tangail municipality area on Sunday morning.Five among the injured were admitted to hospital while the rest took first-aid treatment at Tangail Medical

TANGAIL: At least 25 leaders and activists of BNP-led 20-party alliance were injured as police baton-charged the alliance people in Tangail municipality area on Sunday morning.Five among the injured were admitted to hospital while the rest took first-aid treatment at Tangail Medical

KHULNA: A leader of Jubo Dal, the youth wing of BNP, was killed in a road accident at Par House intersection in the city on Sunday. The deceased was indentified as Mizanur Rahman Dhaali, 35, president of Koyra Upazila unit Jubo Dal.Khulna city BNP information and technology affairs

SATKHIRA: Law enforcers arrested at least 104 persons including six activists of BNP and its key ally Jamaat-e-Islami in Satkhira and Jessore districts.Sixty-seven persons including six activists of BNP-Jamaat were held in accusation of creating violence in Satkhira.The arrestees were

SATKHIRA: Law enforcers arrested at least 104 persons including six activists of BNP and its key ally Jamaat-e-Islami in Satkhira and Jessore districts.Sixty-seven persons including six activists of BNP-Jamaat were held in accusation of creating violence in Satkhira.The arrestees were

PABNA: Former Member of Parliament of Pabna-5 constituency Amzad Hossain passed away at Shahid Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital in Bogra on Sunday.He was 84.The freedom fighter breathed his last at the hospital around 6:00am due to old-age complications.The former lawmaker left his

DHAKA: Dhaka Money Loan Court-1 Sunday issued summon against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, late Arafat Rahman Koko’s wife and their daughters in the Dandy Dyeing loan default caseActing judge Ruksana Parvin Happy of the court, in its order, asked them to appear before on April 12, the

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday rejected any link between militancy and religions including Islam.She said, “There is no connection of militancy with not only Islam but other religions. As militants are terrorists, terrorism is their religion. There is no room for the

DHAKA: A total of 70 aspirant mayor and councilor candidates of Dhaka North city corporation (DNCC) and Dhaka South city corporation (DSCC) have collected nomination papers.The returning officers of DNCC and DSCC confirmed the matter to banglanews Saturday afternoon.DNCC returning officer

DHAKA: A 72-hour fresh hartal, sponsored by Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led 20-party alliance, has begun across the country since Sunday morning.The shutdown started 6:00am of the day and is set to continue till 6:00am Wednesday, coupled with a nationwide road-rail-waterway blockade for

MAGURA: Nine persons received burn injuries on Magura-Jessore Highway in Maghidal area Saturday night as a group of miscreants blasted a petrol bomb aiming at a workers-carrying truck.The victims were rushed to Magura Sadar Hospital while conditions of five among them are critical.Magura

DHAKA: A vendor was hurt as miscreants blasted a cocktail near Teacher-Student Centre (TSC) on Dhaka University campus on Saturday evening.Witnesses said that the miscreants riding on a motorcycle made the blast at 7:10pm and fled the spot immediately.The blast destroyed a roadside

DHAKA: Law enforcers detained 84 persons including BNP-Jamaat activists from Jessore and Satkhira districts.The drives were conducted from Friday midnight to Saturday morning.A Jessore district police control room source said that the detainees, accused in several cases, were produced to

DHAKA: Alleged hartal-blockade supporters set fire to a passenger bus in front of Bangladesh Television (BTV) Bhaban in Rampura in the city on Saturday afternoon.The incident took place immediately after BNP-led 20-party alliance announced a fresh spell of 72-hour countrywide

DHAKA: Police detained 11 persons from different parts of the city in drives conducted in past 24 hours.Among the detainees, eight were BNP activists while 2 from Jamaat-Shibir and one from Hijbut Tahrir.Dhaka Metropolitan Police additional commissioner (media) SM Jahangir Alam confirmed

DHAKA: On the sidelines of the conference, the visiting Danish Minister called on the Foreign Minister A H Mahmood Ali in the same venue. During the call on the Danish Minister thanked the Foreign Minister for his presence in the conference. He said that Denmark would like to expand the

DHAKA: BNP’s Dhaka metropolitan city unit will stage demonstrations in the city on Saturday demanding the safe return of the party’s joint-secretary general and also a former state minister Salahuddin Ahmed. Dhaka metropolitan city BNP convener Mirza Abbas and member secretary

DHAKA: A city court on Thursday awarded life term imprisonment to two convicted in Bikalpa Dhara leader Masum murder case.The Speedy Trial Tribunal no-1 Judge Shahed Noor Uddin passed the verdict.The two convicts are Shahadat and Babul. However, Shahadat is fugitive.The court also fined

DHAKA: Nagarik Oikya coordinator Mahmudur Rahman Manna was sent back to Central Jail on Thursday noon after his treatment at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH).He was admitted to the Coronary Care Unit (CCU) of the hospital following a chest pain on Wednesday night.DMCH medical

DHAKA: Seventeen militants of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen (JMB) were jailed for 10 years in 2005 series bomb attack in Gazipur.Dhaka-4 Speedy Trial Tribunal Judge Abdur Rahman Sardar passed the order and asked to serve one more year each in default of Tk 10,000 fine on Monday.Among the accused,