Reuters,Washington :Washington is working to push through contracts for tens of billions of dollars in arms sales to Saudi Arabia,...
Detective Branch (DB) of police picked up eight BNP leaders including BNP chairperson’s adviser Khandaker Mahbub Hossain, BNP Vice-Chairman Selima...
At least two persons were killed and several others injured in incidents of violence in Feni, Sirajganj, Rajshahi and Chittagong on Tuesday. In Feni, driver of a covered van died and another suffered burn injuries as miscreants torched the covered-van with cocktail at Jatrashiddhi at Feni-bypass on Dhaka-Chittagong highway in the early hours of Tuesday The driver was identified as Shah Alam (35) who died after he jumped from the van with fire on his body while Al Amin,...
The United Nations, United States, Canada, Japan, Australia and Commonwealth also expressed their disappointment over the just-concluded parliamentary elections in...
Former president Professor AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury on Tuesday stressed the need for arranging fresh elections canceling the one-sided so-called January...
Headmaster of a government primary school who is also an activist of ruling Awami League (AL) was caught red handed while setting on fire to the school where he teaches. The person was identified as Abdul Mannan, Headmaster of Sujabad Government Primary school under Shahjahanpur Upazila, Bogra. He tried to use school staff Babul Hossain in setting on fire to school furniture on Tuesday morning to shift the blame on to Jamaat-Shibir. When the incident took place neither any teacher,...
UNB, Chuadanga : BNP activists burned Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad in effigy and declared him persona non grata in the district on Tuesday noon. Witnesses said, the BNP men brought out a procession from its Shaheed Abdul Kashem Road office in the district town in support of the ongoing 48-hour hartal around 12 noon. As the procession reached Shaheed Hasan Chattar, the BNP activists burnt the CEC in effigy. Later, a rally was held at the Chattar from...
The BNP-led 18-party alliance on Tuesday extended its ongoing 48-hour nationwide hartal by 12 hours until 6pm Wednesday demanding the cancellation of Sunday’s election results. The shutdown that will go alongside its ongoing nonstop countrywide blockade is also meant for protesting the arrest of its leaders and activists, including those picked up yesterday, and the killing of alliance activists ahead and after the election. BNP vice-chairman Selima Rahman came up with the announcement at a press conference at her Gulshan...
Amid the allegation of keeping her under house arrest, Canadian High Commissioner in Dhaka Heather Cruden met BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Tuesday night. The meeting was held at the BNP chairperson’s Gulshan residence around 7:30pm. BNP vice-chairman Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury and BNP chairperson’s adviser Sabihuddin Ahmed were present at the meeting. However, neither the Canadian envoy nor the BNP leaders talked to media people about the meeting. Expressing its ‘extreme disappointment’ over Sunday’s election results, Canada on Monday urged...
Pro-BNP and Jamaat teachers of Dhaka University (DU) on Tuesday formed a human chain in front of the Vice-Chancellor’s residence, demanding cancellation of the 10th parliamentary election. About 150 teachers from all departments and faculties of the university participated in the programme held at noon. The teachers said that without opposition parties’ participation, the 10th parliamentary election had lost its credibility. Dean of Arts Faculty Professor Sadrul Amin Presided over the programme while Professor Tajmary SA Islam, Professor Rashidul Hasan,...
The cloud overshadowing the post-election Jatiya Party leadership is only deepening. Party chairman HM Ershad is enjoying a friendly detention at Combined Military Hospital (CMH). People don’t clearly know whether his position is pro-government or an anti-government one. If his stance is anti-government he would have been in the jail, if he was pro-government he would have been openly contesting the polls and may be not facing the shameful defeat at Lalmonirhat-1 constituency where he had bagged only 7820 votes...