3 days of opposition blockade: 34 arson attacks reported across country
UNB, Dhaka : At least 34 incidents of arson have been reported across Bangladesh during the three days of blockade ending on Thursday evening. The...
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EC letter inviting for talks on polls delivered at BNP’s locked office
UNB, Dhaka : A staff of the Election Commission (EC) on Thursday left an invitation letter addressed to BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir...
BNP to enforce fresh 48-hour countrywide blockade from Sunday
UNB, Dhaka : Pausing its protest for two days, the BNP will again enforce a 48-hour countrywide road-rail-waterway blockade beginning from Sunday to mount pressure...
LPG price hiked again putting more pressure on customers
UNB, Dhaka : Customers, already struggling with rising cost of living, will have to pay an additional Tk 1.48 per kg to buy Liquefied Petroleum...
Actress Humaira Himu dies
Online Desk : Bangladeshi television actress Humaira Himu died today (2 November). Confirming the news to the media, Ahsan Habib Nasim, president of the Actors’...
Bus burnt, 2 others vandalised on last day of blockade in Ctg
UNB, Chattogram : On the last day of the three-day blockade called by BNP, Jamaat and likeminded parties, a bus was set on fire, and...
Hajj packages for 2024 to be cheaper
UNB, Dhaka : The government today announced the Hajj packages for 2024, reducing the cost by Tk 92,450. State Minister for Religious Affairs, Md Faridul...
BGB deployed to beef up security for garment factories in Dhaka, Gazipur
UNB, Dhaka : Amid the ongoing workers’ unrest in the garments sector, Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel have been deployed in Dhaka and adjacent areas...
Truck set on fire, vehicle vandalised in Feni
UNB, Feni : Miscreants have set a truck carrying sugar on fire at Lalpole in Feni Sadar upazila and vandalised a vehicle of a pharmaceutical...
Day 3 of blockade: 4 vehicles burnt in Dhaka, Narayanganj so far
UNB, Dhaka : Miscreants set four vehicles on fire in different parts of Dhaka city and Rupganj upazila of Narayanganj today, on the last day...
British envoy calls for maintaining restraint, avoiding violence
UNB : British High Commissioner to Dhaka Sarah Cooke on Wednesday expressed the UK’s call for all stakeholders to exercise restraint, avoid violence and work...
5-day remand for Abbas, Alal, 8 for Hasan Sarwardi
Court Correspondent : A Dhaka court yesterday placed BNP Standing Committee Member Mirza Abbas and BNP Joint Secretary General Syed Moazzem Hossain Alal on a...