BNP can no longer be suppressed by attacks, arrests: Fakhrul

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir warned on Friday that the movement his party's activists have thrown themselves into can no longer be suppressed by attacks and arrests. "We want to make it very clear that the movement can never be suppressed by such terrorist attacks, by killing, arresting and

Govt creating anarchy with attacks on opposition: BNP

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday alleged that the government is trying to create anarchy in the country by attacking opposition leaders and activists and their houses in different parts of the country. "The Awami League cadres have established a reign of terror across the country. They have

Convict of Hasina assassination attempt dies in Satkhira

A 45-year-old man who was serving jail terms in a case filed over the attack on the motorcade of then Bangladesh opposition leader and current Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Satkhira in 2002, died at a hospital early on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Zabid Raihan Lucky, former president of

The August 21 carnage

As dusk fell on 21 August 2004, I received a desperate phone call from a diplomat (his identity cannot be disclosed). His voice was very urgent and said his Head of Mission demands to know whether Sheikh Hasina is safe. Hasina was an opposition leader of the Awami League and was

4 injured in attack on BNP leader Annie’s Laxmipur house

At least four persons including the son of BNP`s Publicity Secretary Shaheed Uddin Chowdhury Annie, were injured in an alleged attack by Jubo League and Chhatra League men in his residence in Laxmipur district on Monday. The others injured are Annie's brother Arif Chowdhury, caretaker Shiblu and housemaid Md Manik. AL

PM blames BNP-Jamaat govt for August 21 carnage

 Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said that the August 21 grenade attack was carried out with direct patronisation of then BNP-Jammat government to kill her and wipe out the top leadership of her Awami League party 18 years ago.  "Without having any government patronisation, this kind of heinous attack could

DMCH interns go on strike

Interns at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) have decided to abstain from work for an indefinite period in protest against the failure of the police to arrest those who attacked one of their peers on Monday. The work absention was called by DMCH Intern Doctors' Council on Thursday. Earlier, the

Dhaka condemns attacks on Al Aksa mosque

Bangladesh Monday strongly condemns the attacks of terrorist nature and violence unleashed on the innocent devotees and civilians at Al Aksa mosque compound, said a statement by the ministry of foreign affairs. The statement also condemned the evictions of Palestinian families in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood and transfer of civilian population