Friday, 07 Mar, 2025

Politics

Full verdict to be published Dec 5

DHAKA: The full verdict given by the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court awarding death penalty to Jamaat leader Quader Mollah may be published on Thursday (December 5). Supreme Court sources said the full verdict was completed and the concerned department of the apex court will make

23 petrol bombs recovered in city

DHAKA: Police recovered 23 petrol bombs from rail gate area in front Malibagh super market in the capital on Thursday morning.Sources said that two women wearing burqa went to the on duty police man with two bottles as they failed to recognize it. In reply to a query, they bought those

2nd phase blockade enters day-6

DHAKA: The second phase countrywide road-rail-waterway blockade, enforced by the BNP-led 18-party alliance, is underway for sixth consecutive day amid stray incidents of picketing.Meanwhile, due to the blockade, the rail and road communications around the country are being seriously

JP ministers quit Thursday

DHAKA: Ministers and state ministers who are members of Jatiya Party (JP) are set to resign from the polls-time government on Thursday.Kazi Firoz Rashid, spokesperson of party chairman HM Ershad, came up with the disclosure to the journalists at Ershad’s Baridhara residence.Youth and

BNP leader Khoka held

DHAKA: Opposition BNP Vice-Chairman Sadek Hossain Khoka, also city BNP convener, was detained at Uttara in the city on Wednesday night.A team of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and police picked up the BNP leader around 10:00pm.Personal Assistant of the leader Monir Hossain confirmed the

India for political stability

DHAKA: Visiting foreign affairs secretary of India Sujatha Singh on Wednesday categorically said her country wants political stability and uninterrupted democracy in Bangladesh.She came up with the assertion at a meeting with opposition BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia at her Gulshan residence

BNP-cop clash kills 1 injures 50 in Feni

FENI: A Jubo Dal leader was killed and 50 others were injured in a clash with cops after blockaders attacked police outpost at SSK Road of the district on Wednesday afternoon.The deceased was identified as Harun, 32, vice president of Nogor Union Jubo Dal.Resident Medical Officer of Feni

RAB men enter Ershad’s residence

DHAKA: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel entered Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad’s house while additional forces of police were standing guard outside.       Sources said a team of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) entered his house in the evening immediately after the JP boss

BNP calls hartal in Cox’s Bazar for Thursday

COX’S BAZAR: Opposition BNP called dawn-to-dusk hartal in the district for Thursday protesting arrest of some BNP leaders including Swechchhasebak Dal president Azizur Rahman. District BNP office secretary Yusuf Badri confirmed the matter to banglanews on Wednesday.The shutdown will

JP quits all party govt

DHAKA: Jatiya Party (JP) chairman HM Ershad said his party would not participate in the upcoming election if participation of all political parties is not ensured.He said, “All ministers who are in all party government have been asked to resign. All nomination aspirants who submitted

Swechhasebak League leader killed in M’singh

MYMENSINGH: A Swechhasebak League leader was chopped to death in Siddique Master Road area of the city around on Wednesday afternoon.The deceased was identified as Arman Islam, 29.Officer-in-Charge of Kotwali Model Thana Golam Sarwar told banglanews that Arman might have been killed over

47 including Barura mayor nabbed

COMILLA: Law enforcers nabbed 47 people including Barura Municipality mayor and upazila Jubo Dal secretary Jasim Uddin Patoary during a secret meeting from a local hotel in the cantonment area on Wednesday afternoon.Officer-in-Charge (Investigation) of Katwali Thana Shamsuzzaman Khan told

BNP calls hartal in Manikganj for Thursday

MANIKGANJ: Opposition BNP called dawn-to-dusk hartal in the district for Thursday protesting exclusion of senior Vice-Chairman Tarique Rahman’s from voter list and arrests of central leaders. The district BNP leaders announced the hartal programme after a protest rally on Wednesday.The

Law and order improving, says Amu

DHAKA: Land, Disaster Management and Relief Minister Amir Hossian Amu claimed that the law-order-situation is improving day by day.The minister came up with the observation Wednesday afternoon while talking to journalists after first meeting of cabinet committee on law orders.Amu said,

Hartal underway in 7-upazila, 5-dist

DHAKA: The hartal, called by opposition BNP-led 18-party alliance, is underway in seven upazilas of Chittagong and Sirajganj, Chapainawabganj, Magura and Bhola districts on Wednesday.The alliance is enforcing the shutdown in protest against government actions and killing of opposition men

Ershad summons party candidates

DHAKA: Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad, also former President of the country, summoned candidates and senior leaders of the party.The senior leaders and candidates were asked to appear in front of the ‘President Park’, the residence of HM Ershad, in city’s Baridhara area on

Remand plea for Rizvi rejected

DHAKA: A Dhaka court rejected the 10-day remand prayer for interrogating BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed in a case filing for petrol bomb attack at Shahbagh.Metropolitan magistrate MA Salam of the Court of Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court passed the order on

Cocktails blasted in Mirpur, 4 held

DHAKA: Chhatra Dal men blasted eight cocktails in city’s Mirpur area on Wednesday morning, the fifth day of 131-hour roads-railways and waterways blockade, enforced by the BNP-led 18-party alliance.Law enforcers, however, nabbed four blockaders from the spot with petrol at around 7:30

Derailment kills 5 in Gaibandha

GAIBANDHA: Five people were killed and 40 others injured after derailment of an express train as miscreants removed fishplates of rail line near to Bonarpara rail station in the district early Wednesday. The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately. Railway sources said

Blockade underway for day-5

DHAKA: The fifth day of the countrywide 131-hour road-rail-waterway blockade, enforced by the BNP-led 18-party alliance, is progressing amid disruption of rail services in several districts.Meanwhile, due to the blockade, the rail and road communications around the country are being