DHAKA: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel detained three people with some 18 cocktails from Kalabagan area of the city on Sunday night.Lieutenant Colonel SM Masud Rana, Commanding Officer of RAB-2, made the disclosure while talking to journalists on Monday noon.SM Masud Rana said that

KHULNA: Police, in their regular drives, arrested 35 people from different places of the metropolitan area till Monday morning.Khulna Metropolitan Police (KMP) special branch ADC Maniruzzaman Mithu confirmed the matter to banglanews.He said they conducted drives in eight thanas for last

DHAKA: Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), in several drives, detained eight leaders-activists of BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami from different places of the capital.Masudur Rahman, deputy commissioner of Media and Public Relations Department of DMP, confirmed the matter to banglanews.He said,

DHAKA: Miscreants torched a pickup van and a private car in city’s Malibagh and Rampura areas on Sunday night.No one was reportedly injured in the incident.Witnesses said that miscreants set fire to a pickup-van in the area around 9:25pm.On information, fire fighters rushed to the spot

DHAKA: At least six people were injured as miscreants blasted a cocktail in TSC intersection area under Dhaka University on Sunday night. Witnesses said that miscreants blasted a cocktail in the area around 9:20pm, leaving them injured. However, the injured were rushed to Dhaka Medical

JOYPURHAT: At least seven persons, including district Awami League (AL) women’s unit president, were injured as two cocktails blasted at a peace rally held on Muktomancha of the district town.One of injured was identified as Rebeka sultana.Sources told banglanews that the blasts took

MUNSHIGANJ: A local activist of ruling Awami League was chopped to death by miscreants in Panchgharia area of the district town on Sunday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Hossain Mridha, 40, son of Abdus Sattar Mridha and resident of Sadar upazila of the district. Locals said

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina categorically on Sunday said BNP and its key ally Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami are now planning to launch grenade-attack for creating more anarchy in the country. The premier, also ruling Awami League president, made the assertion during her visit to the

DHAKA: BNP joint secretary general Salahuddin Ahmed Sunday said they would provide compensation to those who became the victims of government ‘attack’ while participating in the ongoing movement.People, who died during the movement, would be given the honor of ‘national hero’, he

NATORE: A Natore court on Sunday issued an arrest warrant against BNP senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman for his remarks that demeaned Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.Senior Judicial Magistrate Israt Jahan Munni passed the order in the noon.Assistant Public Prosecutor (APP) Rafiqul

DHAKA: People from different walks of life including artists, freedom fighters, teachers, physicians and intellectuals staged a human chain at Kamal Atartuk Avenue in city’s Gulshan area in protest against burning people to death in the name of political movement.Later, a

DHAKA: Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested two siblings with four petrol bombs and five cocktails from city’s Kadamtali area early Sunday.The detainees are Nur Hossain and his elder brother Kamal.Maksudul Alam, assistant director of RAB Legal and Media Wing, confirmed the

DHAKA: Two people were injured as a group of blockaders blasted four cocktails consecutively in city’s Karwan Bazar area on Sunday.A witness said that the cocktails were exploded around 12:20pm in front of CA Building in the area.Witnesses said the blast created panic among the

DHAKA: Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), in several drives, detained eight men of BNP, Jamaat-e-Islami and its students wing Chhatra Shibir from different places of the capital.The DMP media sources confirmed the matter to banglanews on Sunday. They were detained for their alleged

COX’S BAZAR: Detective Branch (DB) of Police detained the district unit president of Islami Chhatra Shibir with arms from Tarabonia’s Chharar graveyard road area of the town Saturday night.The detainee was identified as Zahedul Islam Noman, 24, son of late Abdus Samad of North

DHAKA: Five people including a minor boy and three female students were injured in separate bomb blasts at different places of the city on Saturday night.A 22-old-year man and his 9-year-old brother-in-law sustained injuries when miscreants exploded petrol bomb in front of a police

DHAKA: A fresh 72-hour hartal sponsored by BNP-led 20-party alliance has begun across the country since Sunday morning.The hartal has started from 6:00am of the day and will continue till 6:00am Wednesday, coupled with nationwide road-rail-waterway blockade for indefinite period.Prior

DHAKA: Police deployed in front of Khaleda Zia's Gulshan office did not allow a team of former Army officers carrying food items for the BNP chief to enter the office on Saturday noon.Lawmen obstructed the food supply some 200 yards away at the office gate, said a spot account.The

DHAKA: Five pedestrians were injured as miscreants blasted a cocktail in city’s Nilkhet intersection on Friday night.The injured are—Rashedul Islam, Hajji Mohammad Abul Kalam, Mohammad Musa Rahman, Mohammad Rakib Ahmed and Mohammad Sumon.Police sources said that a gang of anarchists

DHAKA: Miscreants blasted four cocktails in Shahbagh and Ramna areas of the city on Friday night. In Shahbagh, three cocktails were blasted by some miscreants in front of National Museum and Ganajagaran Mancha in the area around 8:45pm. Sub-inspector (SI) Jahangir of Shahbagh Thana