Law and order deteriorates in port city
CHATTOGRAM, Aug 06: The law-and-order situation has worsened in the port city in the absence of police from discharging their routine duties following the fall of the Awami League government.Spot accounts of the situation revealed on Tuesday students were controlling the traffic system with no police presence there. However, few...
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AL-BNP clash leaves one dead in Rajshahi
RAJSHAHI, Aug 06: A BNP activist died and several others, including a BNP leader and a student, were injured during a clash with Awami League (AL) activists in Mohonpur upazila of Rajshahi on Tuesday.The deceased was identified as Zainal Ali, 32, the son of Puranu Mandal, and a resident of...
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Yunus declares BD 'liberated' after Hasina's resignation
Nobel laureate Dr. Muhammad Yunus described Bangladesh as a "free country" following the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday after weeks of violent protests, reports UNB."We were an occupied country as long as she (Sheikh Hasina) was there. She was behaving like an occupation force, a dictator, a...
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BNP rally today
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) will hold a rally today ( Wednesday) at Naya Paltan in the capital.Member of BNP media cell Sairul Kabir Khan confirmed the matter to the FE.He said that BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman will address the rally virtually from London. The rally will start at 2:00...
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EU appeals all parties to reject communal violence, protect rights of all
The European Union (EU) Heads of Mission in Dhaka has expressed concern about incoming reports of multiple attacks against places of worship and members of religious, ethnic and other minorities in Bangladesh, reports UNB."EU heads of Mission in Dhaka are very concerned," said the EU Embassy in a brief statement...
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212 BNP-Jamaat activists freed on bail in Pabna
PABNA, Aug 6: More than two hundred leaders and activists of various parties, including BNP and Jamaat, who were arrested in various police stations in Pabna during the quota reform movement, have been released on bail. They got bail from the court on Tuesday. Later they came out of the...
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