Wednesday, 20 Nov, 2024

Politics

12 cocktails blast at Paltan

DHAKA: Miscreants blasted some cocktails in city’s Paltan area during hartal enforced by Jamaat-e-Islami on Thursday.Witnesses said some miscreants blasted 10-12 cocktails near the National Mosque Baitul Mukarram and Paltan intersection in the evening.On information, police rushed to

BNP joint meeting Friday

DHAKA: A joint meeting of BNP will be held at Nayapaltan central office of the city on Friday.BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir will preside over the meeting.Joint secretary general, organizing secretary and president and general secretaries of the front and associate

Passenger bus torched in city, 2 injured

DHAKA: Activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Shibir torched a passenger bus during hartal hours in city’s Kadamtali area on Thursday noon.Police sources said a group of Jamaat-Shibir men brought out a sudden procession in the area and torched a passenger bus.Two passengers

Muhith terms BNP movement bogus

DHAKA: Finance Minister AMA Muhith has termed the movement of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson Khaleda Zia “just bogus”.“The speech of Khaleda Zia will be continuing and her movements are just bogus,” he said.The minister came up with the observation in response to

Pickets vandalize 11 vehicles in Gaibandha

GAIBANDHA: Pickets vandalized 11 vehicles at Polashbari upazila in the district during hartal hours on Thursday.They also blockaded Rangpur-Dhaka highway and vandalized 10 trucks and a passenger bus around 9:00am.They also brought out procession in support of hartal in the area.The law

Alal among 6 denied bail, sent to jail

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Thursday denied bail plea of Jubo Dal president Moazzem Hossain Alal and five other leaders and activists of BNP and its front organizations, in a case filed under the Special Powers Act.The five other accused include Saidur Rahman, M Jahangir, Kamrul Islam, Abul

Arrest warrant against Latif Siddique

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Thursday issued arrest warrant against recently sacked posts, telecommunications and ICT minister Abdul Lafit Siddique for his derogatory remarks on hajj and Tabligh Jamaat.Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Yunus Khan passed the order on Thursday.On September 28,

6 Shibir men held with petrol bombs in city

DHAKA: Six activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir, student wing of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, were detained with petrol bombs from Monipur area of Mirpur in the city on Thursday.The detainees are Ajgar Hamid, 22, Iqbal Hossain, 21, Mehedi Hasan, 23, Abu Nayeem, 25, Akash Mahmud, 24 and

Govt to make new list of Razakars

DHAKA: The government will make a new list of ‘Razakars’, and anti-liberation forces, who were the members of the paramilitary force organized by the Pakistan Army in the then East Pakistan during the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971.Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel

Vandalism, cocktail blasts in capital

DHAKA: Stray incidents of vandalism and cocktail explosions in capital marked the morning of first phase of Jamaat-e-Islami’s three-day hartal, which is underway across the country Thursday protesting death penalty to the party chief Matiur Rahman Nizami.  The Jamaat men along with

15 Jamaat-Shibir men among 87 held in Bogra

BOGRA: Police in special drives arrested a total of 87 people, including 15 men of Jamaat-e-Islami and its students’ wing Islami Chhattra Shibir, across the district in 24 hours from Wednesday morning. All arrestees are accused in different cases related to carry out vandalism and

Jamaat 1st day hartal progresses

DHAKA: The 1st phase of three-day hartal, enforced by Jamaat-e-Islami, is progressing across the country amid stray incidents of picketing. It began from 6:00am on Thursday. In Dhaka, the activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhattra Shibir torched a passenger bus

Rajshahi city Jamaat Ameer among 26 held

RAJSHAHI: Police detained Rajshahi city Jamaat Ameer Maolana Ataur Rahman among 26 early Thursday on charges of planning sabotage in hartal. Confirming the matter, Officer-in-Charge of Motihar Thana Alamgir Hossain said, “We had information that Ataur Rahman and five others were

Child pickets blast cocktails at Pallabi

DHAKA: Cocktails were blasted in front of a CNG Filling Station in Pallabi Thana area in city during countrywide hartal on Thursday protesting the death penalty of Jamaat-e-Islami chief Nizami. Police said that children hurled two cocktails in the area around 8:00am.  Confirming the

PM addresses media Thursday

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, also ruling Awami League president, will address a press conference on Thursday about the outcomes of her recent visit in United Arab Emirates (UAE).Confirming the matter, PM’s press wing said the press conference will be held around 4:30pm at

Nation passing critical time: Fakhrul

DHAKA: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday said the nation is passing critical time as people do not have basic rights, democracy, franchise and freedom of speechThe spokesperson for the party came up with the assertion

Govt satisfied with Nizami verdict: Anisul

DHAKA: The government is satisfied with the death sentence awarded by the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 to Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Motiur Rahman Nizami for his crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War.Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Haque

BNP rally now on Nov 8

DHAKA: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) will hold a mass rally at Suhrawardy Udyan on November 8 marking ‘National Revolution and Solidarity Day’.The decision came after a meeting of Dhaka city BNP leaders at its central office in city’s Nayapaltan area on Wednesday.Mirza Abbas,

‘Misjudged verdict’ won’t stand in SC: Tajul

DHAKA: Motiur Rahman Nizami’s lawyer Tajul Islam said the Supreme Court appellate division will rule out the tribunal verdict in the war crimes case against the Jamaat-e-Islami chief.Tajul made an instant reaction to the media at tribunal premises immediately after International

155 held in Pabna, Satkhira

DHAKA: Police in overnight derives detained a total of 155 people in Pabna and Satkhira districts to prevent atrocity centering the verdict in war crimes case against Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Motiur Rahman Nizami. Our Pabna Correspondent reports police in special drives detained a total of