DHAKA: On behalf of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, party joint general secretary Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Wednesday urged the BNP-led 20-party men to continue their countrywide blockade.He made the call through a video-message from an unknown place in the afternoon.Rizvi said, “Khaleda Zia is

DHAKA:  A Dhaka court on Wednesday sent BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir to jail in a case filed with Paltan Thana on charge of instigating violence.Metropolitan Magistrate passed the order after Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police produced

NETROKONA: Police on Wednesday nabbed Mojibur Rahman Chowdhury, BNP secretary of Madan upazila of the district.He was held around 9:30am during picketing from Puran Thana intersection area of the upazila on the second day of the nationwide indefinite rail-road-waterway blockade sponsored

RAJSHAHI: Some 11 activists of Chhatra Shibir, the student wing of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, were detained from different areas of the district for attacking policemen and snatching their firearms.The detainees are Masud Rana, Mostafijur Rahman, Rabiul Islam, Naiar, Jony, Ramzan,

MANIKGANJ: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has called a half-day hartal in the district for Thursday protesting the confinement of party chief Khaleda Zia.The strike, declared by BNP’s district unit, will be observed from 6:00am to 12:00 noon on the day, said a press release

DHAKA: The High Court (HC) on Wednesday granted anticipatory bail for four weeks to five pro-BNP lawyers, including Barrister Khandaker Mahbub Hossain and Advocate Sanaullah Miah, in an attempt to murder of police case.A HC bench of Justice Syed A. B. Mahmudul Huq and Justice Kashefa

DHAKA: A Dhaka court has adjourned till January 15 the recording of witness deposition in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case filed against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and others.Judge Abu Ahmed of Special Judge Court-3, setup on the premises of Alia Madrasah in city’s Bakshi Bazar

Shirajgonj: An auto-rickshaw passenger was killed and another injured in blockaders’ attack in Ullapara on Wednesday noon.The deceased was identified as Islmail Hossain, 35.Witnesses said that BNP-Jamaat activists attacked the CNG in the morning, leaving two passengers injured.One of

NATORE: Police in a drive detained the district president of Islami Chhatra Shibir, student wing of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, and its two activists from Naldanga’s Bashila village early Wednesday.The detainees, Natore Islami Chhatra Shibir chief Alamgir Hossain, 35 and two Shibir

LAXMIPUR: Two policemen were injured when a local criminal gang fired gunshots and hurled cocktails targeting a police outpost in Latifpur village under Chandraganj Thana of the district on Tuesday late night.The injured policemen-- Sub-Inspector Jahangir Alam and constable M

JESSORE: A sleeping helper was burnt severely as BNP-Jamaat activists set fire to a bus at 3:30am Wednesday at Khajura bus stand in district town.The helper named Murad, 20, was rushed to Jessore General Hospital after police rescued him from the burning bus.Doctor Kajal Kanti Mollick

DHAKA: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi’s brother on Wednesday paid the bill of Apollo Hospitals after he left the hospital secretly in the morning amid tight surveillance of law enforcers.A competent source from the hospital told

DHAKA: Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police is set to produce BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir before court on Wednesday with a 10-day remand in a case filed with Paltan thana on charge of instigating violence.Sources of DB police confirmed the

RANGPUR: BNP observed daylong hartal in eight districts of Rangpur division on Wednesday peacefully protesting the arrest of BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.However, inter-district bus services remained stopped. Chhatra Shibir brought out a procession in the

DHAKA: The ruling Awami League (AL) declared to celebrate ‘Victory Day of Democracy’ on January 10 merging it on ‘Bangabandhu’s Homecoming Day’ as the party postponed the previous program scheduled for January 5.The AL leaders made the declaration in a meeting on the preparation

RANGPUR: District BNP called a daylong hartal in eight districts of Rangpur division for Wednesday protesting the arrest of BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.District BNP organizing secretary Asadul Habib Dulu made the announcement in a press conference in

DHAKA: Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad, also special envoy to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, called for dialogues to overcome the prevailing political crisis in the country peacefully.A statement signed by his political and press secretary Sunil Shubha Roy, said on Tuesday.In the

DHAKA: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) joint secretary general Advocate Ruhul Kabir Rizvi termed the arrest of their party’s acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir as ‘shameful’.This incident will be a terrible example in history, he added.Rizvi, who is admitted to

DHAKA: Miscreants torched another bus in front of Hockey Stadium in Gulistan area of the city on Tuesday.Duty officer Shahjadi Sultana of Fire Service and Civil Defense Headquarters confirmed the matter.She said some miscreants torched the bus around 5:15pm.On information, two fire

THAKURGAON: District BNP started observing hartal in Thakurgaon immediately after Detective Branch (DB) of police detained BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday afternoon.The hartal would be observed till Wednesday 6:00pm.Earlier, the BNP senior leader was