Leaders and activists of Gonojagoron Mancha will lay siege to the Pakistan High Commission in Dhaka on January 20, protesting Pakistan’s denial of 1971 genocide.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday again skipped trial proceedings in Zia Charitable Trust corruption case due to her physical illness.

BNP standing committee member Dr RA Ghani died at a city hospital early today. He was 89.

A research organisation funded by the US state and education departments yesterday said recruitment of teachers

Saudi Prince Turki bin Abdullah Aziz Al Saud and his brother Prince Badar bin Abdullah met BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia last night.

Awami League-nominated mayor candidates won in four of the seven municipalities that went to re-elections yesterday.

BNP standing committee member ASM Hannan Shah yesterday held Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad responsible for the 1/11 political changeover in 2007.

At least 30 people, including 15 cops, were injured last night as police tried to quell a clash between madrasa students and traders in Brahmanbaria which ensued following an argument over the price of a cellphone.

BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said the party would take the right course of action in the light of the "change" in global politics to restore democracy in the country.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday came down heavily on BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia for “terming” voters, election officials and

Rights campaigners yesterday slammed the lawmaker of Thakurgaon-2 constituency for allegedly carrying out an attack on religious

Panel-mayor and councilor of Barisal City Corporation KM Shahidullah was arrested and a pistol with three bullets was found in his house in the city on Tuesday midnight.

Applauding the Supreme Court verdict that upheld war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami's death penalty, spokesperson for a faction of Gonojagoron Mancha Imran H Sarker said the verdict was a befitting reply to Pakistan for asking Bangladesh to withdraw its diplomat from Islamabad.

No single incident of violence took place centring the rallies held by the Awami League and the BNP yesterday in the

Inadequate security measures were provided by the then government for opposition leader Sheikh Hasina at an Awami League (AL) rally on Bangabandhu Avenue which faced a grenade attack on August 21, 2004, said an AL leader yesterday.

Traffic movement yesterday nearly came to a halt for several hours in many parts of the city as Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leaders and activists occupied many roads while going to the Dhaka University campus on trucks and in processions, causing untold sufferings to people.

Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu yesterday told a Dhaka court that the 2004 grenade attack on an Awami League rally was aimed at the assassination of party chief and then opposition leader Sheikh Hasina and other top leaders.

A Dhaka court yesterday asked Gulshan police to submit by March 3 the probe report on the case against the BNP chief and three others for killing 42 people during the BNP-led alliance-enforced anti-government movement last year.

The ruling Awami League yesterday said it would hold programmes in the capital on January 5 to observe the second anniversary of the 10th parliamentary election, hours after the BNP announced it would hold a protest rally in Dhaka the same day.

Law enforcers detain five persons including a central leader of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami with around Tk 1.5 crore in Banasri area of Dhaka.