DHAKA: BNP-led 20-party alliance only believed in discussion, dialogue and negotiation to end ongoing political turmoil in the country.BNP joint secretary general Salah Uddin Ahmed made the remark in a statement through email on Friday (March 6) afternoon.Salah Uddin Ahmed said, “We

DHAKA: Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) detained 12 suspected anarchists during separate anti-sabotage drives in the city in last 24 hours till Friday morning. Masudur Rahman, deputy commissioner (media and public relations) of DMP, confirmed the matter to banglanews. Of the detainees,

JESSORE:  Police, in nightlong drives, rounded up 69 people from different places of the district for their alleged involvement in different wrongdoings.District police control room source said of the arrestees, one is the activist of Bangladesh Nationalists Party (BNP) while rests are

BOGRA: A Juba League activist was chopped to death by some miscreants in Subgram intersection under Sadar upazila of the district on Thursday.The decease was identified as Maniruzzaman Manik, 28, son of Tofazzel Hossain of the area.Bogra Assistant Superintendent of Police (SP) and also

DHAKA: A sedition case was filed against Nagorik Oikya convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna and BNP leader Sadeque Hossain Khoka with Gulshan Thana in city on Thursday night.Gulshan Thana operation officer Sheikh Sohel Rana filed the law suit.Gulshan Thana Inspector (investigation) Firoz

DHAKA: Law enforcers released Advocate Tajul Islam, lawyer of Jamaat-e-Islami leaders who are facing war crimes trial, after two hours of detention from city’s Paltan area on Thursday.Another lawyer of Jamaat-e-Islami Shishir Mohammad Monir told banglanews that Paltan Thana police

DHAKA: A traffic police sergeant was injured as a group of miscreants blasted cocktail at Science Laboratory intersection in the city Thursday evening.The victim is identified as Masud.Witnesses said that splinters of the cocktail hurt the sergeant but no one was held in this

DHAKA: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members recovered 12 petrol bombs in Mir Hajirbagh in city’s Jatrabari area on Thursday evening.On tip-off, the law enforcers recovered the bombs left abandoned on roadside.Confirming the matter to banglanews, RAB headquarters media wing assistant

DHAKA: Road, Transport and Bridges minister Obaidul Quader on Thursday said the angry BNP is burning people to death failing to get their support to its movements.He made the observation while visiting the burn victims who are under treatment in the Burn Unit of Dhaka Medical College and

DHAKA: The BNP-led 20-party alliance threatened to wage tougher movement along with fresh spell of hartal from Sunday. BNP joint secretary general Salauddin Ahmed disclosed it in a media release on Thursday afternoon.The BNP-led 20-party alliance have been enforcing hartal for

RANGPUR: At least 53 persons including 11 BNP-Jamaat men were arrested in Rangpur district till Thursday noon.Sources said that law enforcers conducted several drives in different parts of the district from Wednesday midnight to Thursday noon and arrested the people in accusation of

DHAKA UNIVERSITY: Police detained four activists of Dhaka University (DU) unit of BNP’s student wing Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) from Central Shaheed Minar and Chankharpool areas in the city on Thursday morning.DU unit JCD leader Sardar Amirul Islam Sagar told banglanews that some

DHAKA: War criminal Muhammad Kamaruzzaman Thursday filed a review petition with the Supreme Court (SC) against its verdict that upheld his death penalty for his crimes against humanity in 1971.SC Chamber Judge Hasan Foyez Siddique fixed Sunday for mentioning the day for hearing on the

DHAKA: The High Court (HC) Thursday deferred till March 12 the hearing on pleas of Khaleda Zia about changing Judge and stay order on arrest warrant in two graft cases. An HC bench comprising Justice M Reza Ul Haq and Justice M Khasruzzaman passed the order. On January 28, Khaleda Zia

DHAKA: Dhaka Metropolitan Police detained eight leaders and activists of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) across the city on charge of carrying out sabotages amid BNP-led 20-party alliance sponsored hartal and blockade. Police rounded up them in separate drives conducted during the

DHAKA: The extended hartal, sponsored by Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led (BNP) 20-party alliance, has entered the last day across the country on Thursday.Began on Sunday 6:00am, the shutdown was set to continue till Wednesday 6:00am, which was later extended to Friday 6:00am,

DHAKA: Miscreants blasted cocktails in front of Jhigatala residence of Awami League advisory council member Suranjit Sengupta in the city on Wednesday night.Hazaribagh Thana officer-in-charge Mainul Islam confirmed the matter to banglanews.“Suranjit Sengupta was not at home during

DHAKA: At least four vehicles were torched in different areas of the city on Wednesday during continuous hartal and blockade enforced by BNP-led 20-party alliance.In Jurain, some alleged hartal and blockade supporters torched a bus in Rail Gate area around 6:45pm.Confirming the matter to

DHAKA UNIVERSITY: Miscreants hurled cocktails on ‘Aparajeyo Bangla’ on Dhaka University (DU) campus in city on Wednesday.The monument, a symbol of nation’s liberation war and independence, is situated in front of Arts Faculty of DU.Witnesses said some miscreants hurled two

DHAKA: A court here placed BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on a two-day fresh remand in a case filed with Mirpur Thana under Special Power Act.Metropolitan Magistrate Shamsul Arefin passed the order at Wednesday noon in response to 7-day remand plea of Sub-Inspector