DHAKA: The dawn-to-dusk hartal, called by 18-party alliance, is underway on Wednesday in Chandpur, Jhenaidah districts and Madhupur Upzaila of Tangail, Mohammadpur Upazila of Magura district.Our district correspondents report: In Chandpur, the first day of 2-day hartal, called by a

DHAKA: BNP Chairperson and opposition Leader in Parliament Khaleda Zia is scheduled to hold meeting with Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) and Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (BSD) on Wednesday.Sources said that the meeting will be held at Khaleda’s Gulshan political office at around

DHAKA: BNP standing committee member Dr Moeen Khan categorically said that the people would suffer an ominous spell of autocracy if opposition political party’s is barred to practice political responsibility.The BNP leader made the assertion while addressing a press briefing at city’s

DHAKA: Information and Cultural affairs minister Hasanul Haque Inu warned BNP Chairperson as she would be  thwarted  from politics if continues relation with war criminals, terrorists. He came up with the assertion while addressing a discussion titled ‘Election and Security Concerns

DHAKA: Opposition BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia through a video message on Friday urged countrymen to come to the Naya Paltan office on December 29 to join in the ‘March for Democracy’.In the meantime, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has denied 18-party to permit mass gathering in front

SATKHIRA: At least five people, including an assistant police super and a constable, were injured in a clash between Jamaat-Shibir and joint forces in Roichpur area in the district on Thursday morning. Besides, five people, including bullet-wound, were held from the spot. Assistant police

KUSHTIA: Swechhasebak Dal observed half day hartal in the district on Thursday amid bringing out procession and staging rally at key points of the town.Besides, the 72-hour roads-rail-waterways blockade, called by 18-party alliance, is underway in the district simultaneously.

CHANDPUR: Activists of Jamaat-Shibir torched a passenger bus, a pick-up van and a CNG-run auto- rickshaw in Khazuria area under Cochoowa upazila of the district early Sunday. Saudia Poribahan’s bus driver Chand Mia and CNG driver told banglanws that “In support of hartal,

DHAKA: Activists of Chhatra Shibir, the student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, brought out brisk processions and blasted couple of cocktails and clashed with police in capital’s Shyampur and Madartek areas on Sunday morning.  Law enforcers, however, nabbed at least eight activists of Chhatra

LALMONIRHAT: Three Chhatra Shibir men, including its Patgram upazila unit president, were killed and 15 other injured in a clash with police in Kafirbazar area in the upazila of the district on Sunday morning.The deceased were identified as Upazila unit Chhatra Shibir president

RAJSHAHI: At least 10 people were injured in a clash between activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and Chhatra Shinbir and law enforcers in Binodonpur area under Rajshahi on Sunday morning. Local sources said that Shibir activists brought out a pro-hartal procession at around 7:15am. Meanwhile,

DHAKA: Opposition BNP standing committee member Nazrul Islam Khan on Saturday categorically termed the upcoming elections procedure as staging a “comedy drama”. The BNP leader made the assertion while talking to journalists at chairperson’s political office at Gulshan in the

DHAKA: Jatiya Party called dawn-to-dusk hartal for Sunday in four districts of Sylhet division along with Rajshahi, Naogaon and Chandpur protesting arrest of Jatiya Party (JP) Chairman HM Ershad and demanding immediate release.Naogaon district JP Chairman Advocate Tofazzal Hossain

CHAPAINAWABGANJ: The law enforcement agency arrested Chapainawabganj municipality Jamaat Ameer Abul Hasan on charge of creating violence during hartal.He was arrested from his around 2:45pm on Tuesday.Officer-in-Charge Sadar Thana Jasim Uddin said Abul Hasan accused in 10 cases, including

DHAKA: Family members of Jamaat leader Abdul Quader Mollah, convicted in war crimes cases, visited him for the last on Tuesday evening.Hasan Jamil, son of Quader Mollah told banglanews that he along with other family members— his two brothers, two sisters, mother and maternal

CHITTAGONG: Jamaat-e-Islami called a dawn-to-dusk hartal in the district for Sunday in protest against killing of its activists of Mirsarai upazila.The announcement came after joint meeting of Chittagong city, district’s north & south units of Jamaat-e-Islami on Saturday.  City Jamaat

DHAKA: Opposition BNP Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed categorically said people are eagerly waiting to paralyze the country through movement if election schedule is declared under incumbent government. He came up with the claim while addressing a press briefing at BNP’s

DHAKA: Jamaat-Shibir activists locked into a clash with police at Merul Badda area of the capital on Saturday morning.Witnesses said that police prevented Jamaat-Shibir men when they tried to bring out a protest procession at around 08:30am in the area which triggered the clash.

DHAKA: Visiting US Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Desai Biswal asked to hold secretary general level talks between Awami League and opposition BNP.Nisha came up with the plea while addressing a press conference on Monday just before her flight after three

DHAKA: The election commission (EC) provided registration to Bangladesh Nationalist Front (BNF) as a political party.Election commission secretary Dr Mohammad Sadique handed over the registration certificate to BNF secretary general Abul Kalam Azad on Monday afternoon.Earlier the election