Hartal

End hartal, urge guardians of examinees

Guardians of English medium school students urge the concerned authorities not to impose any hartal or blockade during the O and A-level examinations scheduled for the May-June session
20 March 2015, 07:21 AM

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

The case of the missing politician

SALAHUDDIN is not the first politician who has gone missing in Bangladesh and I think I echo the feelings of most of my fellow beings in this country that he is the last of any politician or any citizen to vanish.
18 March 2015, 18:00 PM

PM vows tough punishment for arsonists

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says tough punishment would be given to those BNP-Jamaat men resorting to militant acts in Bangladesh.
18 March 2015, 13:32 PM

Hartal extended till 6am Friday

BNP-led 20-party alliance has extended its countrywide hartal till 6:00am Friday demanding return of BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed who remains missing since March 10
17 March 2015, 11:07 AM

No more arson death: Hasina

Voicing her high hope that no more people will be burnt to death in the name of hartal and blockade, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina vows to turn Bangladesh into a nice and peaceful abode for all
17 March 2015, 10:13 AM

Garment industry faces ordeal

THE ongoing blockade and shutdowns are crippling the economy, with the garment sector seemingly set to receive the hardest blow.
16 March 2015, 18:00 PM

4 injured in Dhaka crude bomb blasts

At least four people including a policeman injured in separate crude bomb blasts in Dhaka
16 March 2015, 15:12 PM

Magura fisheries office set on fire

Miscreants set fire to the fisheries office in Magura town and exploded at least seven crude bombs there early Monday, police said.
16 March 2015, 06:59 AM

3 crude bombs blasted near Tangail school

Three crude bombs were blasted near a school in Tangail town during the first day of the BNP-led 20-party alliance’s 72-hour countrywide hartal (shutdown)
15 March 2015, 06:23 AM

No talks with Khaleda, reiterates Hasina

Ruling out again the possibility of any dialogue with Khaleda Zia, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says the best option for BNP chief to surrender to court
14 March 2015, 10:23 AM

Pro-AL body stages demo near Khaleda’s office

Socheton Torun Projonmo, a pro-Awami League organisation, stage demonstration in front of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s Gulshan office in Dhaka demanding immediate withdrawal of the ongoing nationwide blockade
14 March 2015, 08:46 AM

NU holds anti-blockade programme

Thousands of students and teachers of National University form human chains across the country demanding withdrawal of the ongoing blockade, which is badly hampering education
14 March 2015, 07:55 AM

20-party alliance calls 72-hr fresh hartal from tomorrow

BNP-led 20-party alliance calls 72-hour fresh hartal from 6am tomorrow protesting "arrest of BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed", says the alliance's press statement
14 March 2015, 05:40 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

Khaleda to hold press conference on ongoing political situation at 4pm tomorrow

BNP chief Khaleda Zia to brief the media tomorrow on the ongoing situation of the country
12 March 2015, 13:30 PM

Bus torched in Dhaka

Miscreants torch a bus on Mugda Biswa Road in Dhaka, Fire Service and Civil Defence sources say
12 March 2015, 04:36 AM

This is not cricket

THE country was rather pleasantly surprised by the BNP, whose so-called political programme has crossed the sixty day mark a week ago, announcing temporary relaxing of hartal ...
11 March 2015, 18:00 PM

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

Khaleda to be held once court order reaches police: PM

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia would be arrested and her Gulshan office searched once court orders reach police, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina told parliament
11 March 2015, 13:39 PM