SYLHET: Swechchhasebak Dal has called daylong hartal in four districts of the division protesting arrest and demanding release of BNP central and local leaders.Swechchhasebak Dal central vice-president Advocate Shamsuzzaman called the shutdown through a statement on Friday.Meanwhile BNP

BOGRA: 18-party alliance called dawn-to-dusk hartal in the district for Sunday protesting appeal decision of Anti-Corruption Commission in a verdict of money laundering case against BNP senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman.District BNP president and 18-party convener Saiful Islam made the

DHAKA: Miscreants blasted 10 cocktails in front of Bangla Academy on Friday noon.Miscreants hurled 12 cocktails while two remained fresh.BDST: 1519 HRS, DEC 06, 2013

DHAKA: A `Gayebana Janaza (funeral prayer in absence of the dead body) for the opposition men killed in the nationwide blockade was held in front of the party’s Nayapaltan office on Friday.BNP-led 18-party alliance arranged the janaza after Juma prayers and prayed for salvation of those

DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Kahleda Zia’s advisor Major General (retd) Ruhul Alam Choudhwry said central leaders of the party went into hiding as per directives of the party chief.Ruhul Alam Choudhwry made the assertion while addressing a programme organized by Jatiyatabadi Desh Bachao

DHAKA: Jamaat-Shibir men went berserk after Juma prayer at capital’s North Badda area on Friday noon.They torched four vehicles including police pickup van and vandalized 15 vehicles in the area.The people, who came out after 6-day-long blockade, got panicked and started running to &

PIROJPUR: Upazila unit of Juba Dal called a half-day hartal for Saturday in protest against the arrest, filing of false cases and harassment by police.The declaration of hartal was disclosed through a press release signed by Upazila Juba Dal general secretary Mizanur Rahman Ripon.  

DHAKA: Jatiyo Party chairman, also former president HM Ershad rejected the threat to commit suicide.On Wednesday midnight HM Ershad threatened that he would shoot himself to death if any attempt is made to arrest him.Over the matter, Ershad told journalists on Friday, “It is not true

DHAKA: President of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) Abdul Quader Bhuiyan Jewel and senior vice-president (Dhaka North) Shahrif Uddin Jewel were held from capital’s Uttara area early Friday.A team of Detective Branch of police picked up them at around 4:15am.BNP chairperson’s media wing

DHAKA: Oscar Fernandez Taranco, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs of United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, would hold a meeting with the opposition Chairperson Khaleda Zia at her Gulshan residence of the city on Saturday (December 7).Taranco is expected to

DHAKA: A meeting between BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and Jatiya Party’s self proclaimed chairman Kazi Zafar was held on Thursday.The hour-long meeting started at 8:20pm at Khaleda’s Gulshan office in the night.Several presidium members of Jatiya Party are accompanied with Kazi

KHULNA: The law enforcement agency arrested Khulna South district Jamaat Nayeb-e-Ameer Mufti Abdul Kadir.He was arrested from in front of Paikgachha Thana while he was crossing the road on Thursday afternoon.Officer-in-Charge of Paikgachha Thana M Mashiur Rahman said police arrested him

FENI: The law enforcement agency filed five cases against over 300 leaders and activists of the opposition BNP and its front organization on Thursday on charge of attacking a police outpost in the town.Five Assistant Sub-Inspectors of Sadar Thana police filed the cases.ASI Alamgir

DHAKA: Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakib Uddin Ahmed Thursday said the commission is not worried about the Jatiya party as the decision depends on a political party whether it would join the national polls.CEC came up with the observation while talking to journalists at the

DHAKA: Three ministers and two state ministers of Jatiya Party submitted resignation letters to party Chairman HM Ershad as he directed them.They are Rowshan Ershad, Health and Family Planning Minister, GM Quader, Commerce Minister, Ruhul Amin Hawlader, Civil Aviation and Tourism

DHAKA: State Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Advocate Quamrul Islam on Thursday said the verdict of Quader Molla would be executed within very short span of time. The ruling Awami League lawmaker came up with the assertion at secretariat after the full verdict of

DHAKA: A Dhaka on Thursday court granted BNP Vice-Chairman Sadek Hossain Khoka on a two-day remand in a case of Shahbagh Thana.Metropolitan Magistrate MA Salam passed the remand order in the afternoon. Earlier Opposition Sadek Hossain Khoka was handed over to Detective Branch (DB) of

FENI: District returning officer cancelled the nomination paper of Awami League leader Joynal Hazari’s on Thursday morning.Deputy Commissioner and District Returning Officer Humayun Kabir Khandaker came up with the declaration around 11:00am after hearing.Humayun said the nomination

DHAKA: Commerce Minister GM Quader went to his secretariat office amid Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad’s order to resign from the cabinet of the polls-time government.Meanwhile, GM Quader avoided journalists which created various rumors among politicians and others.On the other hand,

DHAKA: Three ministers of poll-time government from Jatiya Party Rawshan Ershad, Mujibul Haque Chunnu and Ruhul Amin Hawlader went to Prime Minister’s office on Thursday noon.Sources said that the Health and Family Welfare minister Rawshan Ershad, Biman and tourism Minister Ruhul Amin