DHAKA: Main opposition BNP-led 18-party alliance is mulling to call another 60-hour non-stop nationwide hartal from Monday demanding election-time non-party neutral government.The shutdown will start from 6:00am Monday and continue till 600pm Wednesday.A reliable source of BNP said the

FROM SUHRAWARDY UDYAN: Opposition BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Thursday raised question over the proceedings of Pilkhana carnage case.She came up with the suspicion while addressing rally at Suhrawardy Udyan in the city marking the historic November 7.Khaleda Zia said there are

DHAKA: BNP organizing secretary and former student leader Fazlul Haque Milon alleged all bombs were blasted as per the directive of Chhatra League president Badiuzzaman Sohag.He came up with the allegation while addressing a rally at Suhrawardy Udyan on the occasion of historical November

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, also ruling Awami League president, on Thursday sought vote for Awami League in the next general elections.“Make a commitment by raising hands that you will cast vote for Awami League in the next general elections,” she indicating her audience.  

DHAKA: Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami cannot take part in next parliament elections as the High Court declared Jamaat’s registration illegal.Election Commissioner M Shahnewaz said the matter has already disclosed on the website of the election commission.The election commissioner came up

DHAKA: Home Minister Dr Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir on Thursday categorically said the law would be enacted soon to realize compensation from those who torched, looted people’s wealth in the name of hartal.The ruling Awami League lawmaker came up with the assertion while addressing a

DHAKA:  Nine ambassadors of European Union are set to meet Khaleda Zia, the opposition leader in the parliament, on Thursday evening.The meeting will be held in the chairperson’s Gulshan political office of the city at around 7:00pm.BNP’s media wing member Shairul Kabir Khan

DHAKA: Opposition BNP standing committee members are set to sit on Thursday night to fix next course of action demanding poll-time non-party caretaker government.The meeting will be held at Gulshan political office at around 8:30pm with party Chairperson Khaleda Zia in the chair.Party

DHAKA: Opposition BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will not attend the Thursday’s Suhrawardy rally marking the national revolution and solidarity day.She is set to address the rally through video-link in afternoon, says BNP chairperson’s press secretary Maruf Kamal Khan Sohel.He said that

GAZIPUR: The 14-year-old boy, who was completely burnt inside a torched covered van during Monday’s hartal, succumbed to his injuries early Thursday.  The deceased was identified as Moniruzzaman of Kaliakoir upazila in the district.Monir breathed his last at burn unit of Dhaka Medical

DHAKA: The 60-hour nonstop hartal called by BNP-led 18-party alliance observed on Thursday evening amid stray violence and killing. Pickets vandalized and torched vehicles and blasted cocktails across the country.Hartal supporters locked into clash with law enforcers and Awami League men,

DHAKA: Opposition BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday alleged that the Election Commission (EC) is playing hide and seek over the next general polls. The Election Commission is playing hide and seek over elections as it does not announce polls schedule.

DHAKA: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmed on Wednesday said the election commission would seek the assistance of army for holding the upcoming general elections in free and manner. The CEC came up with the assertion while talking to journalists at Election Commission

CHANDPUR: At least 30 people were injured in a clash between supporters of Awami League and opposition BNP at Bahoria Bazar under Sadar upazila on the district on Wednesday.Sources said activists of BNP and Awami League locked into clash over supporting and anti-hartal sentiment around

DHAKA: Opposition BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir cleared his party’s stand that it would wait for the dialogue on election-time non-party caretaker government.The BNP leader made the affirmation while talking to journalists at party’s Nayapaltan central

DHAKA: Miscreants set fire to an office of Sramik League, the Sramik wing of ruling Awami League, in Demra area in the city early Wednesday, the last day of the 18 party enforced 60-hour hartal.Witnesses said Islami Chhatra Shibir, the student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, brought out a brisk

DHAKA: At least seven people were injured as Jamaat-Shibir men exploded cocktails in Shajadpur area of Gulshan of the city on Wednesday morning, the last day of 60-hour hartal called by 18-party alliance.Witnesses said that hartal supporters brought out a procession in the area at around

DHAKA: The 60-hour countrywide non-stop hartal, called by 18-party alliance, is underway on Wednesday for third consecutive day amid stray incidents of blast, vandalism and arson.The alliance is observing the shutdown demanding restoration of poll-time non-party caretaker government.In

DHAKA: Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, US Congressman Steve Chabot said that United States want to see a free and fair election in Bangladesh next.He made the assertion while called on opposition BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia at her residence on Tuesday

DHAKA: Opposition BNP acting Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday termed the verdict which awarded life-term imprisonment to BNP leader Nasir Uddin Ahmed Pintu for his involvement with the BDR carnage as politically motivated.The spokesperson for the party made assertion at a press