THAKURGAON: Law enforcers detained Baliadangi upazila unit Jamaat-e-Islami Nayeb-e-Ameer Morshedur Rahman on Friday evening.Officer-in-Charge of Baliadangi Thana Aminul Islam told banglanews that the Jamaat leader was detained from Laheri Hat area of the upazila.He was detained fearing

JESSORE: Police recovered body of an Awami League (AL) activist from Talshari area of Jhikargachha upazila on Friday.The deceased was identified as Humayun Kabir, 40, son of Abdul Aziz in Kundipur village of the upazila.Officer-in-Charge (OC) Mamun Rashid of Jhikargachha Thana confirmed

DHAKA: Criticizing government’s plan to arrest BNP chief, party joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Friday categorically said detaining Khaleda Zia would be the funeral of incumbent government.Ruhul Kabir Rizvi made the comment through a press release issued at noon.He

BOGRA: BNP-led 20-party alliance called 48-hour hartal from Sunday protesting the threat to arrest BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and arrest of countrywide BNP leaders and activists. District BNP office secretary Mahfuzur Rahman Raju confirmed the matter to banglanews, through a press

NOAKHALI: District unit of Islami Chhatra Shibir, student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, on Friday called a dawn-to-dusk hartal in the district for Saturday.The shutdown was called protesting the arrest of district Sadar unit Chhatra Shibir president Gias Kamal Saju and secretary Mahbube

DHAKA: Raushan Ershad, leader of the opposition in the national parliament, on Friday urged Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) to refrain from acts of violence in the name of strike and blockade.She made the request after visiting the burn victims at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital

DHAKA: Food Minister Quamrul Islam on Friday alleged that Amnesty International, the NGO that deals with human rights in the country, is a paid organization of BNP.Quamrul further said that the organization is criticizing and advising the government on the enduring political turmoil

DHAKA: Awami League (AL) publicity and publication secretary Dr Hasan Mahmud termed BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia as the ‘queen of terror’.He made the comment while addressing a rally at National Press Club in the city on Friday.Blaming Khaleda Zia for bomb, arson attacks and killings

DHAKA:  An auto-rickshaw driver was killed and two others were injured in Sylhet, a truck driver sustained burn injuries in Moulvibazar in arson attacks by blockaders late Thursday during the countrywide non-stop blockade enforced by BNP-led alliance.  Banglanews Sylhet

RUPGANJ, NARAYANGANJ: Blockaders blasted couple of cocktails and vandalized 10 vehicles in Napathar area in the upazila early Friday, 18th day of nationwide blockade called by BNPWitnesses said a group of blockaders blocked Asian Highway (bypass) setting fire on tyres at 1:30am. During

DHAKA: Miscreants torched three buses in Kamalapur, Rampura, Gabtali areas and vandalize human hauler in Mohammadpur area of the city on Thursday during the indefinite blockade called by 20-party alliance.In Kamalapur, a bus of Ekhusey Parubahan was torched in Maniknagar area around

BOGRA: Law enforcers detained district unit Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami Alamgir Hussain, also chairman of Shibganj upazila parishad, on Thursday on charge of creating violence.Police sources said that a special team of Sadar Thana Police led by Inspector (Investigation) conducted a raid

DHAKA: The hartal in Dhaka and Khulna divisions called by 20-party alliance for Wednesday and Thursday marked amid vandalism, arson and violence.Besides, Thursday is the seventeenth day of nationwide road-rail-waterway blockade enforced by the 20-party alliance.Though there was not a

DHAKA: The blockade supporters torched two passenger buses in city’s Maniknagar and Rampura areas on Thursday night.A passenger bus was torched as a gang of miscreants set fire to a parked passenger bus in Maniknagar area of the capital around 7:30pm.On the other hand, another passenger

DHAKA: Miscreants torched a covered van in city’s Rampura area on Thursday evening.Witnesses said that a gang of miscreants set fire to a parked covered van in the area around 5:45pm and fled the scene.However, the locals rushed to the spot and doused the blaze immediately.None was

CHANDPUR: The district unit secretary of Jamaat-e-Islami, Billal Hossain was arrested by police in the district town Thursday afternoon. Chandpur Model Thana Assistant Sub-Inspector Ahsanuzzaman Labu said that the Jamaat leader is charged in several violence cases.Billal Hossain was held

JESSORE: Police in nightlong drives held 75 people, including leaders and activists of BNP and its key ally Jamaat-e-Islami from different parts of the district.The drives were conducted from Wednesday evening to Thursday morning.Confirming the matter, Jessore police spokesperson

ASHULIA (DHAKA): An arson case was filed against 48 leaders and activists of BNP with Ashulia and Kaliakoir areas of Dhaka district as miscreants torched a bus in supporting ongoing nationwide blockade.Azibor, owner of the bus, which was torched at 8:00pm on January 20 on

DHAKA:  A Dhaka court on Thursday issued an arrest warrant against BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in a defamation case.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Ataul Haque passed the order in the morning.The court also asked authorities concerned to send the warrant to

TANGAIL: Local unit of BNP on Thursday announced a dawn-to-dusk hartal for Sunday (January 25) across the district protesting the arrest of 13 leaders of the party and its front organization.BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s advisor, also district BNP unit president, Advocate Ahmed Azam