Sunday, 16 Mar, 2025

Politics

Ex-Army officers barred to enter Khaleda office

DHAKA: Police deployed in front of Khaleda Zia's Gulshan office did not allow a team of former Army officers carrying food items for the BNP chief to enter the office on Saturday noon.Lawmen obstructed the food supply some 200 yards away at the office gate, said a spot account.The

5 injured in city cocktail blast

DHAKA: Five pedestrians were injured as miscreants blasted a cocktail in city’s Nilkhet intersection on Friday night.The injured are—Rashedul Islam, Hajji Mohammad Abul Kalam, Mohammad Musa Rahman, Mohammad Rakib Ahmed and Mohammad Sumon.Police sources said that a gang of anarchists

4 cocktails blast in city

DHAKA: Miscreants blasted four cocktails in Shahbagh and Ramna areas of the city on Friday night. In Shahbagh, three cocktails were blasted by some miscreants in front of National Museum and Ganajagaran Mancha in the area around 8:45pm. Sub-inspector (SI) Jahangir of Shahbagh Thana

AL man chopped dead in C’Nawabganj

CHAPAI NAWABGANJ: A local activist of ruling Awami League was chopped to death by miscreants in Dhobra Bazar area under Shibganj upazila of the district Friday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Abul Kalam, 30, son of Abdus Salam of the area. Police sources said a gang

14-party’s nationwide strolling Mar 8-10

DHAKA: The 14-party alliance announced to stroll across the country on March 8-10 protesting the killing people hurling petrol bombs and creating sabotages during hartal and blockade enforced by BNP-led alliance. Health Minister Mohammed Nasim, also spokesperson of the 14-party, made the

72-hr hartal from Sunday, protest Monday

DHAKA: The BNP-led 20-party alliance has called for a fresh 72-hour long nationwide hartal from Sunday morning.Moreover, the 20-party alliance will also bring out protest processions across the country on Monday.Joint Secretary General of BNP Salahuddin Ahmed made the announcement through

3-day hartal in Feni from Sunday

FENI: The district unit of BNP has called a spell of 3-day shutdown in the district from Sunday morning protesting the arrest of its acting president and general secretary.Feni BNP Office Secretary Sirajul Islam made the announcement through a press release on Friday noon.Earlier, the

Khaleda won’t go to Shaheed Minar

DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will not pay tribute in person to the language movement martyrs at the Central Shaheed Minar on Saturday, on the occasion of 'Amar Ekushey' and International Mother Language Day.BNP senior leaders led-by its standing committee member Lieutenant General

Apollo physician visits Khaleda Zia

DHAKA: Apollo Hospitals physician M Muzibur Rahman Bhuiyan visited BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia at her Gulshan political office in the city.The physician, a professor of Gastroenterology and Hepatology department, reached the BNP chief’s office at 9:15pm and was back from the office

BNP announces 21 Feb prog

DHAKA: BNP has chalked out its programs for 21 February as Martyrs Day and International Mother Language Day.The party’s joint-secretary general Salahuddin Ahmed informed the media through a press release on Thursday.According to the release, they will place floral wreath at Central

Passenger bus torched in city

DHAKA: A group of blockaders torched a passenger bus in city’s NABISCO area on Thursday night.None was reportedly injured in the incident.A witness rickshaw-van puller Mohammad Karim said that some blockaders set fire to a ‘Balaka’ bus while it was crossing NABISCO

DU student bus torched in city

DHAKA: Miscreants torched a double-decker student bus of Dhaka University in city’s Mirpur area on Thursday afternoon.The Mirpur-bound student bus, Chaitali, came under the arson attack around 3:45pm, said a spot account of the incident.Confirming the matter to banglanews, DU proctor

Ex-MPs among 6 detained near Khaleda office

DHAKA: Law enforcers detained six BNP leaders, including two former female members of the parliament (reserved), from in front of Gulshan political office of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Thursday noon.The detainees are Syeda Nargis Ali and Laila Begum, Dhaka City Mohila Dal leaders

24 BNP-Jamaat men held in city

DHAKA: Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) rounded up 24 leaders-activists of BNP, Jamaat-e-Islami and Islami Chhatra Shibir from different places in the city on charges carrying out sabotages.Of the detainees, five are activists of BNP and 19 others are Jamaat-Shibir men.Masudur Rahman,

Jubo Dal leader found shot dead

LAKSHMIPUR: Police recovered the body of a leader of Jubo Dal, youth front of BNP, from a canal of Neyamatpur Dolakandi area under Sadar upazila of the district on Thursday morning.The deceased was identified as M Babul, 25, assistant organizing secretary of Bhangakhan Union unit Jubo Dal

20-party hartal rolls into last day

DHAKA: The extended hartal sponsored by Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led (BNP) 20-party alliance has rolled into the last day on Thursday.The shutdown began at 6:00am on Sunday, coupled with a nationwide road-rail-waterway blockade for indefinite period. Later on Tuesday, the alliance

2 cocktails blasted in Tejgaon

DHAKA: Miscreants blasted two cocktails in front of Holly Cross School and College in city’s Tejgaon area on Wednesday evening.Tejgaon Thana Officer-in-Charge Mazhar Hossain said that they did not get any information yet on the matter.Police will take necessary steps regarding the

Aman-Tuku, 21 others face arrest warrant

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Wednesday issued an arrest warrant against 23 BNP leaders and activists, including joint secretary general Amanullah Aman and one of its top leaders Sultan Salahuddin Tuku, for vandalism and creating anarchy.Sources said that additional chief judicial magistrate

‘Govt labels movement as extremist activities’

DHAKA: BNP joint secretary general Salahuddin Ahmed on Wednesday claimed that the government has started a publicity war tagging people’s democratic movement as “terrorist and extremist activities”.The spokesperson for the party also alleged that AL’s hypocrisy about attracting

Sunamganj upazila Jamaat Ameer held

SUNAMGANJ: Law enforcers detained Sadar upazila unit Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islmai Maulana Anwar Hossain on charge of plotting for sabotage.He was detained from the Book-point intersection of the town around 4:00pm.Officer-in-Charge of Sunamganj Sadar Model Thana Maqbul Hossain Molla