Motorcade of Bangladesh’s opposition leader Khaleda Zia comes under attack

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's campaign for the party-backed mayoral candidate of Dhaka North was foiled as her motorcade came under attack by pro-ruling Awami League activists at the capital's Karwan Bazar yesterday.
20 April 2015

HC orders cops to continue search for missing BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed

The High Court yesterday ordered the police to continue searching for missing BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed and submit reports on their progress in this regard to the home ministry for the next six months or until he is recovered.
20 April 2015

Police evaluate popularity of AL-blessed, rival councillor candidates in Dhaka city polls

Apart from performing regular duties, officers-in-charge of police stations in the capital were busy assessing the popularity of Awami League-backed councillor candidates and the AL rebels to help the ruling party decide the fate of its dissidents in the city polls race.
20 April 2015

Bangladesh PM Hasina terms drama the attack on BNP leader Khaleda Zia’s motorcade

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday blamed her archrival Khaleda Zia for staging a drama centering the local body elections scheduled for April 28.
20 April 2015

Ctg mayor aspirants promise youths clean city

In the absence of four candidates including the two leading ones, a UNDP-sponsored dialogue between the mayor aspirants of
20 April 2015

Nasir, Manjur camps file complaints against each other

In favour of Awami League-backed mayoral candidate AZM Nasir Uddin, Sheikh Mohammad Ishak of Nagorik Committee lodged some
20 April 2015

Abbas unveils manifesto thru wife as he still not allowed to campaign

With the goal to make a liveable, ideal and international standard city out of Dhaka, BNP-blessed mayor candidate in the north Mirza
20 April 2015

Manhandled Ruta chief now calls it altercation

One of the Rajshahi University (RU) teachers who had been recently manhandled by Awami League (AL) men at the vice-chancellor's
20 April 2015

AL, BNP trade blame over attack

The Awami League and the BNP last night traded blame over the attack on Khaleda Zia's motorcade in the capital's Karwan Bazar in the afternoon.
20 April 2015

BNP leader Khaleda Zia faces obstruction in campaign for Dhaka city election

Obstructed by the ruling Awami League men, BNP chief Khaleda Zia's campaign for Tabith Awal was abandoned midway in the capital's Uttara last night.
19 April 2015

Most mayoral candidates skip views-exchange meeting in Ctg

Organisers Shushashoner Jannoy Nagorik (SHUJAN) and Shachetan Nagorik Committee delayed by around 45 minutes a views-
19 April 2015

Repetition of Jan 5 scenario will lead to awful situation

Terming it “undesirable” and warning of an “awful situation” if the Election Commission “again holds a heinous election like the January 5
19 April 2015

Khaleda's adviser Dudu seeks bail again

Shamsuzzaman Dudu, an adviser to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, yesterday filed four petitions with the High Court, seeking bail in
19 April 2015

HC starts hearing four petitions

Rejecting an adjournment prayer, the High Court yesterday started hearing four separate seven-year-old petitions of BNP Chairperson
19 April 2015

Stop recruitment ahead of Dhaka city polls, BNP tells govt

BNP demands that the government should stop all recruitment, allocation of shops and development projects in the two city corporation areas of Dhaka before the April 28 polls.
19 April 2015

Gunpowder, pistol, bombs seized

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized three kilograms of gunpowder from bordering Kaliganj village in Shibganj upazila on Friday night.
18 April 2015

Lightning kills eight in three districts

Eight people were killed and three others injured by lightning in Sunamganj, Sylhet and Dinajpur districts yesterday and on Friday night.
18 April 2015

Khaleda hits campaign trail for Tabith

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia starts campaign for her party-backed mayoral candidate Tabith Awal in the Dhaka North City Corporation elections.
18 April 2015

Ilias Ali can be traced if govt takes it seriously

Tahsina Rushdir Luna, wife of missing BNP leader Ilias Ali, yesterday said although Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina assured them of locating
17 April 2015

Mirza Fakhrul gets 62nd bail

Though the High Court yesterday granted ad-interim bail to BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir for six months in a
16 April 2015