4 hurt as opposition men clash with police in Pirojpur
At least four persons were injured as BNP-Jamaat men clashed with police during a dawn-to-dusk hartal (shutdown) enforced by the BNP-led 18-party alliance in Zianagar upazila of Pirojpur this morning....
View ArticlePolls participation depends on environment: Ershad
Expressing doubt over holding a free and fair election, Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad today said it would not be possible for his party to take part in the 10th parliamentary elections. “Today, there...
View ArticleBNP to hold demonstration Saturday
The opposition BNP will stage countrywide demonstration tomorrow to protest the declaration of the January 5 elections date. BNP joint secretary general Rizvi Ahmed announced the programme at a press...
View ArticleBus torched in Mirpur
Unknown miscreants set fire to a passenger bus at Mirpur in the capital this afternoon. There was no report of casualties at the time of filing the report at 3:00pm. Sources in the fire department...
View ArticleCancel schedule, hold polls on consensus: Fakhrul
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today urged the Election Commission to cancel elections schedule and hold it based on consensus between the major political parties. He said...
View ArticleAnother blockade victim dies
Another youth who sustained burn injuries when miscreants set fire to a bus near ShishuPark in the capital died this afternoon at DhakaMedicalCollegeHospital. Robin, 22, succumbed to his injuries...
View ArticleFakhrul, Rizvi among Shahbagh bus arson accused
Police have filed a case against 16 opposition leaders, including BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, and two to three unnamed people in connection with Thursday’s arson attack on...
View ArticleMir Nasir sent to jail
Mir Mohammad Nasir Uddin, an adviser to opposition leader Khaleda Zia, landed in jail in a vandalism case while he received interim bail in another similar case. A metropolitan magistrate’s court in...
View ArticleAL finalises JS polls candidates
Awami League has finalised the list of its candidates for contesting the 10th parliamentary polls amid the opposition’s threat to foil the election. Syed Ashraful Islam, LGRD minister and general...
View Article1 shot dead in Cox’s Bazar clash
A man was shot dead and 15 were injured as BNP activists clashed with Awami League men and law enforcers in Chakaria upazila of Cox’s Bazar this afternoon. It was not clear whether Zakir Hossain, 50,...
View ArticleKhaleda condemns suing opposition leaders
BNP Chairperson Khaled Zia today condemned filing a case against senior leaders of the opposition alliance for instigating Thursday’s arson attack on a bus in the capital. “I strongly condemn and...
View ArticleKazi Zafar meets Khaleda
Kazi Zafar, who has been expelled from Jatiya Party by its chairperson HM Ershad, met with BNP chief Khaleda Zia at her Gulshan residence this evening. The points of their discussion were not available...
View Article72-hr blockade from Saturday
BNP-led 18-party opposition alliance today announced a countrywide 72-hour road, rail and waterways blockade from 6:00am tomorrow protesting polls schedule and arrest of its leaders. BNP Joint...
View ArticleShark attack kills teenager in Australia
A teenager died after being attacked by a shark in Australia yesterday, police said, one week after a surfer was fatally mauled in the nation’s west. New South Wales police said they were called to...
View ArticleVenezuela’s Maduro threatens arrests over prices
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro vowed Friday to arrest shopkeepers who defy government price controls, the latest salvo in a populist “economic war” ahead of key municipal elections. Maduro...
View ArticleNone will be allowed to play with people
Amidst escalation of political violence centring the upcoming parliamentary election, Gonoforum President Dr Kamal Hossain yesterday said none would be allowed to “play” with people’s voting rights....
View ArticleTalks on behind the scene
Communications Minister Obaidul Quader has said all the opposition leaders will be released if BNP reaches a consensus with Awami League. The minister makes the comment at a time when BNP leaders are...
View ArticleIt’s hard to cope with patients
Each hartal and blockade over the last month brought with it more arson victims at the burn unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital. The latest of them were 19 people, who were burnt on Thursday evening...
View ArticleRailway seeks BGB help for security
The Bangladesh Railway seeks support from Bangladesh Ansar and paramilitary Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) to guard its infrastructure as growing attacks on its network by blockaders threaten rail...
View ArticleGrave mistake
A 14-year-old boy sustained injuries when a crude bomb, which he mistakenly thought was a tennis ball, went off in his hand here in Banshkhali yesterday. Ariful Islam, son of expatriate Nurul Islam of...
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