DHAKA: Mentioning global rights groups Amnesty International (MI) and Human Rights Watch (HRW) as the ‘agents’ of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), the ruling Awami League (AL) leaders demanded end of these organizations’ activities in Bangladesh.The demand came from a

SIRAJGANJ: At least 10 people were injured when leaders and activists of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) locked into clash with police in the district town on Saturday - the fifth day of the nationwide blockade called by BNP. Details of the injured could not be known immediately.

DHAKA: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Saturday called his party leaders and activists to continue the anti-government movement by staying cautious.The BNP leader made the urge to his party people through reporters of several private

DHAKA: Miscreants blasted cocktails in front of the residence of Law Minister Anisul Haque in Banani area of the city Friday night. An Ansar member, who was on duty at the residence, was injured in the blast while a vehicle was damaged. Public Relations officer (PRO) of the law ministry

DHAKA: BNP on Friday claimed that India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah called confined BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to know about her health condition on Wednesday night.The party also repudiated the news that claimed ‘the news item on calling Khaleda by

DHAKA: The law enforcers again conducted a drive in the residence of BNP standing committee member Mirza Abbas, who is also the party convener of Dhaka Metropolitan Unit, in capital’s Shahjahanpur area Friday afternoon.Sources said the plainclothes police raided his house around

DHAKA: The news item that said Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of India’s president Amit Shah called BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to know about her health condition is totally a false news item.Rather, the first call was from Khaleda Zia’s office in city to Amit Shah’s office, not

SYLHET: District and metropolitan BNP called daylong hartal in Sylhet district for Sunday protesting the confinement of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and demanding release of BNP leaders including acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.Sylhet district BNP joint convener

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Friday placed BNP vice chairman Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury on five-day remand.Metropolitan Magistrate Imdadul Haque passed the order in response of 10-day remand plea sought by Shahbagh Thana inspector Shahidul Haque Bhuiyan at around 4:30pm.General Register

DHAKA: Awami League (AL) Advisory Council member Suranjit Sengupta on Friday categorically said blockade is similar to declaring war against the country.He also urged government to declare blockade as an unconstitutional, undemocratic and illegal program.He came up with the assertion

DHAKA: BNP Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Friday again urged mass people and 20-party alliance leaders and activists to continue nationwide road-rail-waterway blockade with full force.He made the call at a press conference at party’s Banani office in the capital in the

NARAYANGANJ: Blockaders vandalized 17 buses and torched another in Nitaiganj and Fatulla areas of the district on Friday, the fourth-day of nationwide blockade enforced by BNP-led 20-party alliance.Witnesses said a group of 15 to 20 youths intercepted a Dhaka- bound passenger bus of

RAJSHAHI: Three activists of Chhatra Shibir, student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, have been arrested from Assam colony area of the district over assaulting police on Tuesday, the first day nationwide blockade called by BNP.The arrestees are Ilius Sheikh, 35, son of Abdus Samad Sheikh,

Faridpur: Jatiyatabadi Swechchasebok Dal (JSD), volunteers’ wing of BNP, on Friday announced a dawn-to-dusk hartal in the district for Saturday protesting the ‘confinement’ of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia to her office.District unit convening committee made the announcement at a

NARAYANGANJ:  Blockaders, from a procession, vandalized 10 vehicles in Nitaiganj area of the district on Friday, the fourth day nationwide blockade enforced by BNP-led 20-party alliance.Sources said leaders and activists of BNP, led-by its district unit president Advocate Toimur Alam

DHAKA: At least five passenger buses were torched in the capital on Thursday, the third day of BNP-led 20-party alliance called nationwide blockade.Sources told banglanews that the incidents took place at city’s Banasree, Mohakhali, Motijheel, Shantinagar and Gulistan area.According

DHAKA: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) vice chairman Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury has been detained by detective branch (DB) of police on Thursday night.Plainclothes police picked him up from his Banani DOHS house in the capital around 11:00pm, sources told banglanews.The BNP leader,

DHAKA: Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) President Shawkat Mahmood, also adviser to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, on Thursday said the party chief put emphasis on continuing blockade until ensuring the victory.He was talking to journalists after meeting ‘confined’ Khaleda

DHAKA: A passerby was injured as miscreants blasted five cocktails in front of BNP’s Nayapaltan central office on Thursday night.The cocktails blasted at 8:38pm, banglanews24.com correspondent reports.None was held in this connection.BDST: 2115 HRS, JAN 08, 2015

DHAKA: Miscreants torched two passenger buses in city’s Mohakhali and Motijheel areas during the third day of BNP-led 20-party alliance called nationwide blockade on Thursday night.Fire service sources said that blockaders set fire to a passenger bus in Mohakhali around 7:15pm while