DHAKA: The main opposition BNP Sunday morning continued its mass contact and leaflet distribution for the second day to make its scheduled mass march August 9 a success, with central leaders lading at different points of the capital. Under the 2-day warm-up move, leaders and activists are

KHULNA: A sedition case was filed against BNP Standing Committee member Barrister Moudud Ahmed and former Jamaat MP Dr Syed Abdullah Mohammad Taher here Sunday for delivering “provocative” speeches against the government.  Additional Public Prosecutor Advocate MM Sazzad Ali filed the

DHAKA: Awami League presidium member Begum Matia Chowdhury Saturday said BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia has been hatching conspiracy against the country from her Cantonment resident. “Khaleda Zia will be ousted from her cantonment resident through legal procedure. Law will go on its

DHAKA: The opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Saturday announced their plan to go for movement to compel the Awami League-led grand alliance government to cancel all the deals with India that “go against Bangladesh’s interest”.     “In order to cling to power, the

DHAKA: Opposition BNP leader and former minister Mirza Abbas was Saturday taken on a fresh three-day remand in a case of his alleged involvement in torching vehicles during the June 27 hartal.Metropolitan Magistrate Abdullah-al-Mamun passed the order giving him to police for grilling over

DHAKA: Barisal BNP’s simmering inner-conflict erupted into a factional clash at party’s Naya Paltan central office Saturday, leaving at least 10 wounded, including former mayor Mujibur Rahman Sarwar.Asadul Karim Shahin, assistant office secretary of the central BNP, was also injured

Senior Correspondentbanglanews24.com.bdDHAKA: Barisal BNP’s simmering inner-conflict erupted into a factional clash at party’s Naya Paltan central office Saturday, leaving at least 10 wounded, including former mayor Mujibur Rahman Sarwar.Asadul Karim Shahin, assistant office secretary

DHAKA: The main opposition BNP Saturday kicked off mass-contact campaigns to drum up their scheduled August 9 mass march, with central leaders lading agitprop groups at 26 points of the capital.Under the warm-up move, leaders and activists are carrying out mass contact, small processions

RAJSHAHI: At least 10 students were injured in a factional clash of Chhatra League on Rajshahi University campus on Saturday afternoon over a trifling matter, witnesses said. Campus sources said the supporters of Apu and Joy started trading gunshots at about 3:30pm following an

SAVAR: BNP leaders Friday alleged that the government has created a panicky situation through an “autocratic” act like bulldozing establishments owned by opposition leader Khaleda Zia in the name of eviction drive.The allegation came from a human chain and rally led by former BNP MP

DHAKA: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Friday forewarned that any move to sign any credit agreement with an Indian bank would be resisted through movement.BNP Standing Committee member MK Anwar made the announcement on the party stand at a press conference held at BNP chairperson’s

DHAKA: The main opposition BNP forewarned that the government might face a mass upsurge anytime for its “repressive” policy.Party spokesman Nazrul Islam Khan aired the apprehension on Friday morning after paying homage to the late president Ziaur Rahman at his grave marking the 21st

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Thursday urged the people to keep country’s sports sectors free from politics.“We are trying to develop the sports sector. It is also a priority for us. I urge all to be conscious so that the sector doesn’t fall prey to politics,” she said.The

CHITTAGONG: A Chittagong Court Thursday summoned three top BNP leaders, including Secretary-General Khandaker Delwar Hossain, to appear before it on September 23 in a sedition case for their “threatening” speeches against the Prime Minister.Senior Judicial Magistrate of Chittagong

DHAKA: The main opposition BNP forewarned that if the government stood in the way of its August 9 mass march in the capital, its consequences would not be palatable for the rulers.“We want to organize a peaceful mass procession led by party chairperson Begum Zia…the government will be

MEHERPUR: A local opposition BNP leader was injured critically in a bomb attack in Gangni upazila of the district on Wednesday night, police said.The injured, Abdul Alim, 45, is vice-president of Bamandi union BNP and member of Gangni upazila unit of the party.“Unidentified miscreants

FARIDPUR: Deputy leader of Parliament Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury Wednesday said Ziaur Rahman was involved in the killing of Bangabandhu “We have evidence that Ziaur Rahman was involved in the assassination of father of the nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman,” she said.   Sajeda

CHITTAGONG: Yet another sedition charge was filed against three top BNP leaders, including Secretary-General Khandaker Delwar Hossain, with a Chittagong court Wednesday for allegedly making threatening speeches against the Prime Minister.The two other opposition politicians sued are BNP

DHAKA: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel in separate drives detained four Islami Chhatra Shibir leaders from the capital and Gazipur district on Tuesday night. The crime busters said they also seized arms and ammunition and some organizational books during the raids.The detained are

DHAKA: Jamaat-e-Islami Wednesday came up with a resentful disapproval of the war-crime-trial move as the embattled party’s current leadership said the government has arranged a “farce in the name of” trying the Jamaat top brass out of “political vendetta”.ATM Azharul Islam, the