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Govt using law enforcers to crush movement: BNP
BNP accuses government of carrying out killings, abductions and repression on the 20-party alliance men using law enforcement agencies and its political cadres
23 March 2015, 15:40 PM
AL backs Nasir for Ctg mayor
Awami League unanimously decides to back AJM Nasir, Chittagong city general secretary of the ruling party, as a mayoral candidate in the April 28 elections to Chittagong City Corporation
20 March 2015, 16:07 PM
Dhaka BNP declares programme demanding Salahuddin’s return
Dhaka city unit of BNP will bring out processions at all thanas and wards in the capital on Saturday demanding return of missing BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed
19 March 2015, 12:48 PM
Pabna BCL man killed in clash with AL activists
An alleged activist of Bangladesh Chhatra League killed during a clash with Awami League activists in Ishwardi upazila of Pabna
18 March 2015, 08:51 AM
Create atmosphere for talks, Ashraf tells Khaleda
Ruling Awami League calls upon BNP chief Khaleda Zia to create congenial atmosphere for talks for an inclusive election
14 March 2015, 07:18 AM
Movement to continue: Khaleda
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia once again announces that the ongoing movement will continue until its ultimate goal is achieved
13 March 2015, 10:20 AM
5 injured in Dhaka crude bomb blasts
At least five people, including two policemen, were injured in separate crude bomb blasts in Dhaka.
11 March 2015, 15:40 PM
Laxmipur Jubo Dal man succumbs to bullet injuries
A Jubo Dal activist, who sustained bullet injuries during a ‘gunfight’ with police at Char Lawrence Berarganj on Laxmipur-Ramgati road in Kamalnagar upazila on March 2, dies at a hospital in Dhaka.
11 March 2015, 11:30 AM
Pro-AL doctors issue 24hrs ultimatum to Khaleda
Pro-Awami League doctors give 24-hour ultimatum to BNP Chief Khaleda Zia for withdrawal of ongoing blockade, hartal (shutdown) and violence
11 March 2015, 09:00 AM
Police did not act, says Avijit’s wife
Rafida Ahmed Bonya, wife of murdered blogger-writer Avijit Roy, says she did not get proper cooperation from law enforcers when they came under attack on February 26.
10 March 2015, 14:18 PM
'Building owners to install CC cameras'
In the wake of some recent petrol bomb charges reportedly from the tops of city buildings, the government has decided to ask the owners of high-rise buildings in the capital to install close-circuit (CC) cameras.
10 March 2015, 12:11 PM
3 JCD men held at Shahbagh
Police today picked up three leaders of the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, student wing of BNP, near Aziz Super Market at Shahbagh in Dhaka.
10 March 2015, 11:58 AM
Tomorrow’s Dakhil exam postponed
The government postpones the Dakhil examinations scheduled for tomorrow (Wednesday) following extension of hartal by the BNP-led 20-party political alliance.
10 March 2015, 11:39 AM
Govt mulls ‘special unit to tackle hartal violence’
The government has plans to form a specialised unit of law enforcers to combat subversive activities during the ongoing blockade and hartal enforced by the BNP-led 20-party alliance.
8 March 2015, 15:31 PM
Govt mulls ‘special unit to tackle hartal violence’
The government has plans to form a specialised unit of law enforcers to combat subversive activities during the ongoing blockade and hartal enforced by the BNP-led 20-party alliance.
8 March 2015, 15:31 PM
72-hr hartal again from Sunday
The BNP-led 20-party alliance has called for a fresh spell of 72-hour countrywide hartal from Sunday morning to press home their demands that include general elections under a nonparty administration.
7 March 2015, 11:51 AM
SSC exams for Sunday, Tuesday postponed
The government has postponed Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and its equivalent examinations scheduled for Sunday and Tuesday after the BNP-led 20-party alliance called a fresh 72-hour hartal from tomorrow.
7 March 2015, 11:37 AM
14 hurt in Dhaka crude bomb blasts
At least 14 people, including a policeman, injure in separate crude bomb explosions in Dhaka
7 March 2015, 11:30 AM
PM addressing Suhrawardy rally
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is addressing a rally at Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka on the occasion of the historic March 7.
7 March 2015, 11:25 AM
Last call before things get out of hand
US president Abraham Lincoln once elaborated on the dangers facing the Americans. He said some trans-Atlantic military wasn't going to crush them with a blow. Nor all the armies of Europe and Asia “could by force take a drink from the Ohio River or make a track on the Blue Ridge in the trial of a thousand years.” He then said if destruction was the lot of the Americans, it must be them who will be its author and finisher. As a nation, he concluded, the Americans will either live as free men forever or die by suicide.
5 March 2015, 18:00 PM