BNP has called a 48-hour countrywide blockade from Wednesday morning

A water lorry was set on fire on the Bogura-Rangpur highway in Bogura's Shajahanpur upazila this morning, on the second day of the countrywide blockade called by BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi today said the ruling party leaders are making “unguarded” remarks as they were scared of the huge presence of opposition followers on streets amid widespread arrests and crackdowns.

A bus was set on fire in Dhaka's Gulistan area this afternoon, on the second-day of the countrywide blockade enforced by BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami

Unidentified miscreants allegedly burnt tyres on the railway tracks on the Dhaka-Mymensingh route early on the second day of the two-day countrywide blockade called by BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court today set November 12 for holding hearing on an appeal filed by Jamaat-e-Islami challenging a High Court verdict that scrapped its registration with the Election Commission

Two leaders and activist of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal and Swechchhasebak Dal were arrested in Kaliganj of Gazipur yesterday

A group of 15-20 plainclothesmen, identifying themselves as Detective Branch (DB) of police, detained him

As the BNP and its like-minded parties intensify their street agitation, the government prepares to go for a stricter crackdown on the opposition activists to quash the anti-government movement.

Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal activists claimed they padlocked multiple entrances at Dhaka and Jahangirnagar University early yesterday, as part of BNP’s nationwide 48-hour blockade.

There was an unusual silence at the Gabtoli bus terminal when this correspondent visited it yesterday morning. But amidst such an eerie atmosphere, this correspondent saw one 

The presence of Awami League leaders and activists on the streets were relatively thinner on the first day of the two-day blockade called by BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami, compared to last week.

Detective Branch and Uttara divisions of Dhaka Metropolitan Police yesterday claimed Jubo Dal and Chhatra Dal activists set fire to buses and police vans in Dhaka wearing vests and identity cards of journalists and rights activists.

Home boss tells transport workers

The candidates, Mohammad Rakib Hossain of Jatiya Party and Shamsul Karim Khokon of Zaker Party, alleged that agents of Awami League candidate Golam Faruk Pinku were casting fake votes and restricting other party's agents from several centres

Information and Broadcasting Minister Hasan Mahmud today said BNP is declaring programmes like Islamic State (IS) and Taliban

The nomination seekers of the ruling Awami League will now have to pay nearly double the amount they paid last time to collect nomination forms for the upcoming national election slated for January

A total of 4 buses set on fire in the capital on the first day of the second phase of blockade being enforced by BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami

A Dhaka court today placed BNP organising secretary Syed Emran Saleh Prince on a three-day remand in a case filed over vandalising the Muktijuddha Museum of Razarbagh Police Lines during a clash with policemen on October 28

Leaders and activists of Chhatra Dal, BNP’s student wing, of Jahangirnagar University unit today briefly locked several faculties at the campus on the first day of BNP’s 48-hour nationwide blockade