DHAKA: The rally of Awami League at Suhrawardu Uddyan, which was scheduled to be arranged on Tuesday as a part of Victory Day Programme, was postponed.This was disclosed in a statement on Monday night, signed by party’s office secretary Abdus Sobhan.The statement said due to various

DHAKA: BNP-led 18-party alliance has called fresh non-stop 72-hour countrywide blockade from 6:00am Tuesday.The announcement came from a press briefing on Monday evening.BDST: 1818 HRS, DEC 16, 2013Edited by: Abul Kalam Azad, Senior Newsroom Editor

DHAKA: The law enforcement agency detained seven activists of Jamaat-e-Islami in the capital Monday. Police sources said that Jamaat men were detained from Jatiya Press Club around 10:00am where they came to join in a discussion.The detained were handed over to Shahbagh Thana.BDST: 1105

SATKHIRA: At least five Jamaat-Shibir activists were killed in separate clashes with law enforcers in various places in the district.Sources said a joint force comprising Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and police operated a special drive in various places of the district on Sunday night.At

DHAKA: Leaders and activists of opposition BNP paid tribute to the late president also founder of the party Ziaur Rahman’s Mazar premises to commemorate him on the occasion of country’s 43rd Victory Day.BNP standing committee member lieutenant General Mahabubur Rahman, Chairperson

Bangladesh never saw such political bloodshed in the past. The country earlier experienced anti-government movements--hartal, demonstration and procession--but it did not see the instance of brutality of burning people alive. It did not see killing people throwing bombs in a moving bus

PABNA: At least 15 people were injured in a clash between leaders and activists of Awami League and BNP-led 18-party alliance in Koladi-Jamtala area under Sadar upazila of the district on Sunday evening.Witnesses said that the leaders-activists of 18-party brought out a procession which

DHAKA: At least seven people including five Chhatra Shibir activists and one Awami League leader were killed in three separate incidents in Lalmonirhat and Joypurhat district on Sunday during dawn-to-dusk hartal called by Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami.  Our Correspondent reports: IN

LALMONIRHAT: District Jamaat-Shibir called dawn-to-dusk hartal (shutdown) for Tuesday in the district protesting the killings of three Shibir men in a clash with police at Patgram upazila on Sunday.District Islami Chhatra Shibir President Sirajul Islam confirmed the matter to

LAXMIPUR: A Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader was chopped to death by Jamaat-Shibir activists in Ludhua Bazar area under Raipur upazila of the district on Sunday evening.The deceased was identified as M Mirazul Islam Miraz, 27, organizing secretary of Laxmipur district Chhatra League

DHAKA: Jatiya Party (JP) senior leader Barrister Anisul Islam Mahmud attended an emergency cabinet meeting to discuss country’s prevailing law-and-order situations.The meeting started at home ministry conference room at secretariat around 3:00pm on Sunday.Barrister Anisul Islam is the

DHAKA: Ruling Awami League joint general secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif warned that the counter actions will be taken after Victory Day against the violent activities conducted by BNP-Jamaat.The spokesperson for the party came up with the forewarning while addressing a meeting organized by

FARIDPUR: Jamaat-Shibir activists attacked residence and business organization of war crimes witness Ranajit Kumar Nath alias Babu Nath in Rathkhola area of the district early Sunday.Babu Nath was a witness of war crimes case against Jamaat Secretary General Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid and

FENI: District unit office of Jamaat-e-Islami, its one business institution and a market owned by its two leaders were torched in Companiganj road area of the district on Sunday.District Jamaat Ameer AKM Najem Osman claimed that pouring petrol activists of local Chhatra League and Juba

DHAKA: Police in a drive detained two Shibir leaders with huge explosives from a mess of Chhatra Shibir, the student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, in capital’s Kallyanpur area on Sunday morning.The identity of the detainees could not be known immediately.Sources said that acting on a tip

DHAKA: Some 296 candidates of 12 political parties so far have withdrawn their nomination papers from the upcoming 10th general elections.Election Commission sources confirmed the matter to banglanews.Of them, some 149 candidates of Jatiya Party (Ershad), 44 from Awami League, 15 from JP

DHAKA: Opposition BNP Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir greeted people marking the great Victory Day.The BNP leader, in a statement, said: “I would like to hail all of the Bangladeshi nationals ahead of 43rd Victory Day.”He said, “After a nine month of bloodshed

KUSHTIA: Law enforcers held some nine Jamaat-Shibir leaders and activists from Boro Bazar Rail-gate area of the district on Saturday.Police sources said Jamaat-Shibir men brought out a sudden procession protesting the execution of senior Jamaat leader Abdul Quader Mollah. Police chased

NOAKHALI: At least three Jamaat men were killed in a clash with law enforcers in Basurhat under Companiganj of the district on Saturday afternoon.The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately as the some jargons arose on the matter.As per the district Sadar branch Shibir

NARAYANGANJ: Chhatra Shibir activists set fire to two police outposts in Chashara and Hajiganj areas of the district on Saturday.Witness said a group of Shibir activists brought out a procession from in front of Govt Tolaram College in support of Sunday’s hartal around 3:00pm.Shibir