DHAKA: Miscreants blasted three cocktails in Badda and Rampura areas of the city on Sunday.In Badda area, two cocktails were blasted by miscreants in front of Holland Center of Uttar Badda around 6:40pm and a cocktail was remained unexploded.Being informed police rushed to the spot and

DHAKA: Miscreants shot and chopped a local BNP leader to death in Sadar upazila of the district on Sunday afternoon.Two other BNP men were also injured in the incident.The deceased was identified as Sirajul Islam, 47, former Union Parishad (UP) member of Shankarchandrapur and

BOGRA: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) district unit extended the hartal time in Bogra from previously declared 36 to 48 hours from Sunday.District BNP president and also 20-party alliance convener Saiful Islam made the announcement in a rally in Matidali Airport intersection of the

AFTER VISTING KHALEDA’S GULSHAN OFFICE AND DIPLOMATIC ZONE: Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) authorities have tightened surveillance in diplomatic zone and installed a camera in front of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s political office in city’s Gulshan area. It was seen during

BARISAL: A dawn-to-dusk hartal, enforced by Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led (BNP) 20-party alliance, is underway in a relaxed mood across six districts of Barisal division since Sunday morning.Sunday is the thirteenth day of nationwide road-rail-waterway blockade for indefinite period

DHAKA:  Transport workers-leaders threatened to besiege BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia Gulshan political office on January 22 if hartal-blockade was not withdrawn by January 21.  They also demanded arrest of Khaleda Zia making her accused for instigating followers to create anarchy and

HABIGANJ: A Habiganj district court on Sunday denied bail petition of suspended mayor of Sylhet City Corporation Ariful Haque Chowdhury in a case of killing former finance minister Kibria.Habiganj district and session judge Mahbub-ul-Islam passed the order after bail hearing. Defense

DHAKA: State Minister for Home Affairs Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said that the situation has not been created for the deployment of army.He made the comment while answering to a journalist at home ministry in city on Sunday noon.He further commented that the violence during the ongoing

KHULNA: Khulna Metropolitan Police (KMP) in a night-long drive have detained 29 including five BNP-Shibir men from different parts of the area.The lawenforcers conducted the drives from Saturday evening to Sunday morning in eight thanas of the metropolital area.Sources said 24 arrestees

COMILLA: Four policemen were injured in a clash between leaders-activists of BNP and Awami League in Kandirpara area of the city on Sunday noon. During the half-an-hour long clash that erupted at 11:45am, leaders-activists of AL vandalized BNP office located at Ranir Dighirpar and BNP men

RAJSHAHI: A 36-hour hartal, enforced by Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), is underway in a relaxed mood across eight districts of Rajshahi division since Sunday morning.Besides, Sunday is the thirteenth day of nationwide road-rail-waterway blockade called by BNP.Leaders and activists

DHAKA: Police once again locked BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s Gulshan political office early Sunday.Police locked the main gate of the office at 12:40am, sources of Khaleda’s press wing confirmed the matter to banglanews.Along with several party leaders and her media wing’s

DHAKA:  At least five people, including three of family, sustained burn injuries as miscreants hurled petrol bomb aiming at a passenger bus in city’s Mohammadpur area on Saturday night.Two more people were ianjured in this incident while trying to get down from the bus hurriedly,

DHAKA: At least five police personnel were injured as miscreants hurled petrol bomb aiming at a police van in city’s Ramna area on Saturday night.Of the injured, one received burn injuries in this incident, said a competent source.The injured are Sub-Inspector (SI) Abul Kalam Azad and

BHOLA: Police have nabbed BNP district unit general secretary Mohammad Faruk Mia in accusation of violence.The local BNP leader was held Saturday afternoon during a meeting in PTI area of the district town.Confirming the matter, Bhola police superintendent (SP) Mohammad Moniruzzaman said

RAJSHAHI: BNP-led 20-party alliance called a 36-hour nonstop hartal from Sunday in eight districts of Rajshahi division.The alliance called the hartal protesting the killing of Matiur Rahman, 25, vice-president of union unit Chhatra Dal.Earlier on Friday, he was killed in a

DHAKA: Law enforcers detained Dr Rezaul Karim, Ameer of Ramna Thana unit Jamaat-e-Islami, in the city on Saturday evening.Police held him from his Malibagh Chowdhury Para residence around 7:00pm.A competent source of police confirmed the matter to banglanews.BDST: 1955 HRS, JAN 17, 2015

FENI: The daylong hartal, called by BNP-led 20-party, was observed loosely in Chhagalnaiya upazila of the district on Saturday.However, no pickets were seen; no procession also was reported to be brought out in the upazila in support of the strike.Law enforcers were seen alert in Zero

NARAYANGANJ: Shipping Minister Shahjahan Khan alleged that BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia is involved in the conspiracy of killing Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, also ruling Awami League president.He made the allegation Saturday noon while addressing the handover ceremony of a

DHAKA: Food Minister and also Dhaka city Awami League joint general secretary Quamrul Islam said that no more chance will be given to BNP to create violence in the name of rally as a religious group Hefajat-e-Islam did it earlier.He came up with the assertion in a discussion in