Rail track sabotaged in Ctg, hartal, blockade in Dhaka peaceful

Miscreants removed some fishplates of a rail track causing two coaches and its locomotive of Mymensingh Express to derail in Mirsarai upazila of Chittagong early Monday, the second day of the BNP-led alliance’s 72-hour countrywide hartal coincided with non-stop blockade, a TV channel reports.

Arson victim dies, buses, trucks torched

BNP threatens nonstop hartal if phone, internet, satellite cable services to Khaleda’s office not restored

DESCO unaware of severing power line to BNP Gulshan office

Dhaka Electric Supply Company on Saturday denies its involvement in snapping the power supply line to Khaleda Zia’s Gulshan office.

Maximum security to SSC examinees, says IGP

The Inspector General of Police, A K M Shahidul Hoque, said on Saturday that police will adopt maximum security measures for the safety of the Secondary school Certificate examinees and deploy additional forces to all exam centers during the exams amid countrywide non-stop blockade enforced by Bangladesh Nationalist Party.

BNP-led alliance’s blockade steps into 26th day

The countrywide indefinite transport blockade, sponsored by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led alliance, entered the 26th day marking with some stray incidents on Saturday.

BNP-led alliance’s blockade steps into 25th day

The countrywide indefinite transport blockade, sponsored by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led alliance, entered the 25th day on Friday, reports United News of Bangladesh.

Ershad asks people to leave AL, BNP

Jatiya Party (JP) Chairman HM Ershad on Thursday called upon all concerned to leave both the ruling Awami League and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and join his party.

Blockade continues, hartal underway with no major incidents

The 24-hour general strike in Dhaka metropolitan city alongside the non-stop road-rail-waterway blockade enforced by Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led alliance was underway without any major incidents.

Business leaders want immediate resolution of political stalemate

Business leaders on Wednesday appealed to the ruling and the opposition alliances to immediately resolve the prevailing political standoff to save the economy, public life and property.

Arafat buried after thousands attend janaza

Thousands of people from all walks of life attended the namaz-e-janaza of Arafat Rahman, the youngest son of Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia and former president Ziaur Rahman, at the Baitul Mukarram national mosque in the city on Tuesday.