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BNP looking to turn up the heat

The BNP is planning to intensify its oust-government movement by blending hartals and blockades with programmes like sit-ins right after the announcement of the election schedule, party insiders said.
9 November 2023, 18:00 PM

48-Hour Blockade: 7 more vehicles torched, 365 BNP activists detained

Over 350 people were arrested, 13 more cases filed and seven vehicles set on fire yesterday, with the 48-hour nationwide blockade, called by BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami, ending at 6:00am today.
9 November 2023, 18:00 PM

Don’t comment on diplomats’ remarks

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked her party colleagues not to comment on remarks made by foreign diplomats stationed in Dhaka.
9 November 2023, 18:00 PM

Bus torched in Mirpur

Receiving the information at 11:10pm, two fire engines rushed to the spot and doused the blaze at 11:35pm
9 November 2023, 17:57 PM

Polls will be held on time despite disruptions: home minister

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal today said the national elections will be held on time and all the steps have been taken by the government to make the elections free, fair, and impartial
9 November 2023, 16:29 PM

Jamaat calls 48-hour blockade from Sunday

Jamaat-e-Islami's acting secretary general Maulana ATM Masum announced the new blockade programme in a statement today
9 November 2023, 16:22 PM

15 arson incidents across country in 37 hrs: Fire Service

Of these, seven incidents were reported in the capital's Hazaribagh, Tatibazar, Kakoli, Mirpur, Dhanmondi, Baridhara, and Matuail areas
9 November 2023, 16:22 PM

KMP offers Tk 20,000 bounty to help catch arsonists

The Khulna Metropolitan Police (KMP) has announced a reward of Tk 20,000 to help catch arsonists during the BNP-Jamaat's blockade, a KMP press release said last night
9 November 2023, 15:22 PM

Khasru among four BNP leaders sent to jail after remand

Four BNP leaders, including its standing committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury, were sent to jail today on completion of their different terms of remands in connection with three separate cases
9 November 2023, 15:00 PM

92 vehicles torched, 200 vandalised in 13 days

At least 92 vehicles were torched and 200 more vandalised in 13 days of blockades, hartals enforced by BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami since October 28
9 November 2023, 14:51 PM

‘Put me in jail, but release my son’

Families continue to throng the court premises to have a glimpse of their loved ones
9 November 2023, 14:03 PM

2 journos assaulted by BCL men at Rajshahi college

The incident took place in the afternoon when the mathematics department barred certain students from sitting for the 4th year in-course exams for not having at least 50 percent class attendance
9 November 2023, 13:45 PM

BNP calls 48-hour blockade from Sunday

BNP has called a 48-hour countrywide blockade from Sunday demanding resignation of the government, election-time neutral government and release of BNP leaders
9 November 2023, 10:58 AM

13 vehicles torched in 27 hours till this morning: fire service

Unidentified persons torched at least 13 vehicles across the country between 6:00am yesterday and 9:00am today
9 November 2023, 07:02 AM

Truck torched in Sirajganj

Arsonists torched a truck on Bangabandhu Bridge West Link Highway, in Kamarkhand upazila of Sirajganj this morning during the ongoing 48-hour blockade called by BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami
9 November 2023, 06:46 AM

Brahmanbaria BNP leader Hafizur arrested in sabotage cases

Brahmanbaria District BNP's convening committee member Hafizur Rahman Mollah alias Kochi Mollah was arrested by Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) early today in connection with two cases filed over sabotage
9 November 2023, 05:24 AM

Truck, covered van torched in Bogura, Barishal

Unidentified miscreants torched a good-laden truck and a covered van in Bogura and Barishal respectively last night
8 November 2023, 19:27 PM

Another 515 BNP activists detained

The BNP claimed that at least 515 of its leaders and activists were detained yesterday, the first day of BNP and Jamaat’s fresh 48-hour nationwide blockade.
8 November 2023, 18:00 PM

‘Don’t intend to form a new political party’

BNP Vice Chairman Hafizuddin Ahmed yesterday denied any designs to form a new political party, as suggested by the information minister.
8 November 2023, 18:00 PM

BNP doing politics over dead bodies

BNP leaders are raising allegations of enforced disappearances whereas they themselves went into hiding to evade arrest, said Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday.
8 November 2023, 18:00 PM