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.

Pro-Awami League doctors give 24-hour ultimatum to BNP Chief Khaleda Zia for withdrawal of ongoing blockade, hartal (shutdown) and violence

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.

Police today picked up three leaders of the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, student wing of BNP, near Aziz Super Market at Shahbagh in Dhaka.

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.

High Court defers date of delivery verdict to March 15, on a plea filed by BNP chief Khaleda for quashing proceedings of Barapukuria coalmine graft case

Terming Khaleda Zia as the leader of the militants, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says that the BNP chief would have to face punishment for getting people killing in petrol bombs attacks.

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.

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.

British Foreign Minister Hugo Swire urged all political parties in Bangladesh, the government and others in society to take confidence-building measures necessary to stop the violence.

The High Court will deliver its verdict on March 10 on a petition for quashing the proceedings of Barapukuria coalmine corruption case against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia.

Detectives detained five activists of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) on Dhaka University campus for their alleged attempt to bring out a procession supporting the ongoing hartal and blockade .

The BNP-led 20-party alliance has once again threatened to enforce a fresh shutdown from Sunday if its demands including holding elections under a nonparty administration are not fulfilled.

ON Tuesday, foreign diplomats, including the US and EU ambassadors in Dhaka, met with BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia at her Gulshan office. Reiterating their urgent concerns about violence against innocent citizens of Bangladesh, the diplomats urged Khaleda to ensure that the violence resulting from her movement comes to an end.

Two people were injured in crude bomb explosions during a rally of the ruling Awami League-led 14-party alliance at Hazaribaghin Dhaka.

A Dhaka court upholds the arrest warrants issued against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in Zia Orphanage Trust and Zia Charitable graft cases

BNP is holding the chehlum of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s younger son Arafat Rahman Koko at her Gulshan office in Dhaka.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will not surrender before a makeshift court to seek bail in two corruption cases on security ground

A group of foreign diplomats including US and EU ambassadors has emphasised on the de-escalation of political conflict for the sake of human rights and democracy in Bangladesh.

Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury says foreign powers are behind the BNP-Jamaat's ongoing hartals, blockade and violence,