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Jubo League men block Dhaka-Tangail highway

Jubo League leaders and activists block the Dhaka-Tangail highway protesting the killing of one of its former leader.
22 August 2015, 11:02 AM

MPs’ motorcade attacked in Faridpur

Motorcade of Rajbari lawmaker Kazi Keramat Ali and researved seat MP Kamrunnahar Chowdhury comes under attack in Faridpur.
22 August 2015, 08:04 AM

Former Jubo League leader killed in Gazipur

A former upazila president of Jubo League, youth front of the ruling Awami League, was stabbed to death by rivals in Kaliakoir of Gazipur this evening.
21 August 2015, 14:46 PM

Olama League chief stabbed in Dhaka mosque

Unidentified miscreants stab Awami Olama League President Allama Ilias Hossain Bin Helali with sharp weapons at Baitul Mukarram mosque in Dhaka after juma prayers.
21 August 2015, 10:22 AM

The curious case of Joj Mia (video)

Petty criminal Joj Mia, was falsely implicated in the August 21 grenade attack cases. Officials of the Criminal Investigation Department arrested Joj Mia from his home on June 10, 2005. He was later found innocent and released from jail after around three years.
20 August 2015, 14:46 PM

Aug 21 carnage: Who did it? (video)

The gruesome killing on August 21, 2004 was one of the most shocking political crimes in the country's history. But what is more shocking is the list of the culprits behind the attack that has come into light after latest investigations.
20 August 2015, 13:42 PM

August 21: The day that changed politics, forever

That humid August afternoon changed Bangladesh politics, perhaps forever. An Awami League rally was in progress at the Bangabandhu Avenue and it was around 5.15pm at the fag end of the rally when Sheikh Hasina, then the opposition leader, started her speech from the top of an open truck.
20 August 2015, 11:41 AM

Snatching AL men from cops: Case filed

A case has been filed against 10 named and 60 other anonymous people over the incident of ruling party men snatching away detainees from police custody in Mymensingh.
20 August 2015, 09:51 AM

August 21 carnage: Living with pain and trauma (video)

300 leaders and activists of Awami League barely escape with their lives in the grenade attack which kill 24 people in a party rally at Bangabandhu Avenue rally in Dhaka on August 21, 2004.
20 August 2015, 09:24 AM

Latif’s JS membership: HC clears bar for EC hearing

The High Court upholds the Election Commission’s decision to hear the dispute on cancelling Abdul Latif Siddique’s parliament membership.
20 August 2015, 07:28 AM

Protest hartals on Aug 24, 25

Demanding immediate resignation of the ruling coalition, the mainstream opposition political parties yesterday called dawn-to-dusk hartals on August 24 and 25 to protest the grenade attack on the Awami League (AL) rally in the capital.
19 August 2015, 10:08 AM

Bullet-hit Dhaka Jubo League man dies

A ward-level Jubo League leader, who is shot by unidentified criminals in Dhaka yesterday, died at a hospital in Dhaka.
19 August 2015, 10:00 AM

Hasina blames govt, asks it to quit

Leader of the Opposition Shiekh Hasina blamed the BNP-led coalition government for August 21, 2004 bomb and gun-attacks that she had narrowly escaped and demanded its immediate resignation.
19 August 2015, 07:38 AM

Witness Account: When all hell broke loose

"All hell broke loose there, they made it look like doomsday," recalls Motaher Hossain, general secretary of the Krishak League, who was standing barely a yard from the dais raised on a truck when indiscriminate bombs and gunshots rocked the area.
19 August 2015, 07:17 AM

Kushtia AL man killed in ‘gunfight’

A ruling party activist allegedly involved in the August 15 infighting in Kushtia that left one dead is killed in gunfight.
19 August 2015, 04:34 AM

Golam Sarwar new PIB chairman

The government appoints editor of the daily Samakal Golam Sarwar as chairman of the board of directors of Press Institute of Bangladesh (PIB).
18 August 2015, 14:11 PM

Kushtia AL infighting: 7 leaders’ arms license cancelled

The district administration in Kushtia cancels licenses of 10 firearms of seven local Awami League (AL) leaders.
17 August 2015, 12:00 PM

Split order on Maya’s legitimacy as MP

The High Court gives split order on Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya’s legality in holding parliament membership with a conviction in graft case.
17 August 2015, 07:54 AM

JS goes into session Sept 1

President Abdul Hamid convenes the seventh session of the 10th parliament on September 1 exercising his power bestowed upon him by article 72 (1) of the Constitution.
16 August 2015, 12:42 PM

Kushtia AL infighting: 30 activists sued, OC suspended

A case has been filed against Kushtia unit Swechchhasebak League general secretary following yesterday’s clash between two groups of ruling party supporters that left one killed.
16 August 2015, 09:24 AM