Bangladesh

A chase and counter-chase took place between BNP men and police near Kakrail Jame Mosjid after the party men vandalised some vehicles there. They exploded some cocktails targeting police members. To bring the situation under control, policemen fired tear gas shells and rubber bullets. The incident happened at about 12:45pm on Saturday when the opposition BNP is busy with their ...

Leaders, activists, and followers of the ruling Awami League have started gathering at the South Gate of Baitul Mukarram National Mosque for the party’s “peace and development” rally. Awami League has organised the rally on the same day BNP is holding its protest rally in Nayapaltan. Visiting the rally area, the UNB correspondent found hundreds of supporters and activists of the party ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has inaugurated the much-anticipated Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Tunnel constructed beneath the Karnaphuli River. The premier unveiled the plaque of the tunnel connecting city’s Patenga with Anwara upazila named “Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Tunnel” at Patenga on the north bank of Karnaphuli at 11.40am on Saturday and took first ride through the tunnel. Then, she crossed ...

Around 200 BNP leaders and activists were detained during a raid at a building in the city’s Kakrail area early Saturday. Harun Or Rashid, chief of the DMP’s detective branch, alleged that the detained men threw cocktails targeting police members. After that, police raided the building and detained them. Most of them came to Dhaka from different districts to participate ...

Initial work on a tunnel project to build ‘One City, Two Towns’ on the model of Shanghai city of China, on both banks of the Karnaphuli River in Port City Chittagong, began as early as 2017. This project is jointly funded by the governments of Bangladesh and China (G2G). Though initially estimated to cost some Tk 8400 crore, over time ...

Different law enforcing agencies have taken massive security measures over the Saturday’s grand rallies by two opposition parties of the country. In sequel to it, some 1,500 members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have been deployed in the capital. RAB Legal and Media Wing Director Khandakar Al Moin stated it to mass media on Friday afternoon. Moin said, “A total ...

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has accorded permission to main opposition BNP and ruling Awami league to hold their grand rallies at Naya Paltan and south gate of Baitul Mukarram National Mosque in the capital respectively tomorrow (Saturday). But, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami was not given any permission to hold its grand rally at Motijheel Shapla Chattar in the capital. However, the DMP ...

Gano Forum founder president Dr Kamal Hossain has got relief from the party’s president. He made the announcement at the party’s special national council held at National Press Club auditorium in the capital on Friday. In his written statement, Dr Kamal said, “I walked along with you since the party’s foundation and tried to resolve the national problems and crises. ...

Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq on Friday said law enforcement agencies would take action against BNP if they create any indiscipline and chaos in the name of grand rally. “Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has made it clear that it is the right of the political parties to launch movement, but action would be taken against BNP if ...

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said that they will hold their Saturday’s grand rally in front of the party’s Nayapaltan central office in a peaceful manner. If it is obstructed, the government will have to take full responsibility. Fakhrul made the statement in a press conference held at the party office on Friday morning ahead of Saturday’s ...