Countrywide blockade
Three buses torched in 90 minutes in city
Arsonists torched three buses in the capital’s Dhanmondi, Mirpur, and Gulistan in the span of just 90 minutes last night, on the eve of BNP’s dawn-to-dusk blockade.
Railway attacks during hartal-blockade: Hotspots and patterns
Since the foiled BNP rally on October 28, the political situation has heated up with near-constant blockades and hartals. This has resulted in sustained violence across the country, with railway passengers and infrastructure becoming major targets
Last Day of Blockade: Seven cops hurt in clash, crude bomb attack
A clash between police and BNP in Chattogram and a crude bomb attack on the police from a BNP procession in Bogura left at least seven policemen injured yesterday -- the last day of the 36-hour nationwide blockade enforced by BNP and its allies.
36hr Blockade: 2 buses, lorry set on fire
Two buses and a lorry were set on fire and three vehicles were vandalised yesterday, the first day of BNP and its allies’ 36-hour nationwide blockade.
2 buses set on fire in Mohammadpur, Tikatuli
Two buses were set on fire by unidentified arsonists in the capital's Mohammadpur and Tikatuli areas tonight, on the eve of the BNP's 36-hour blockade
Bus set on fire in Ashulia
Unidentified arsonists torched a bus of Itihas Paribahan on Nabinagar-Chandra highway in Ashulia of Savar this evening, on the eve of BNP's 36-hour blockade
263 vehicles, 15 properties set on fire since Oct 28
Miscreants vandalised one ambulance and set on fire to 162 buses, 44 trucks, 23 covered vans, 8 motorcycles, and 26 other vehicles
10th Round of Blockade: 15 vehicles torched in two days
At least four vehicles were set on fire in the country yesterday, on last day of the 10th round of 48-hour blockade enforced by BNP and its allies.
2 buses torched in Dhaka within half an hour
A total of 4 buses set on fire in the capital on the first day of the second phase of blockade being enforced by BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami
Chhatra Dal activists lock buildings of JU faculties
Leaders and activists of Chhatra Dal, BNP’s student wing, of Jahangirnagar University unit today briefly locked several faculties at the campus on the first day of BNP’s 48-hour nationwide blockade
Two-day blockade: 65,000 Ansar, VDP members to be deployed
As many as 65,000 Ansar and VDP members will be deployed across the country to ensure smooth movement of rail, road, and river transport during the two-day blockade called by BNP and Jamaat from tomorrow
BNP leader Mujibur Rahman Sarwar detained
Police have detained BNP Joint Secretary General Mujibur Rahman Sarwar
BNP leader Amir Khasru detained
Detective Branch of Police detained BNP Standing Committee Member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury this morning. He was held from a house in Dhaka's Gulshan around 1:00 am
AL continues to dominate Dhaka streets
Leaders and activists of Awami League and its affiliated organisations remained on the streets yesterday as well on the final day of the three-day blockade programme called by BNP.
‘Our lives at stake’
A group of day labourers was waiting for employers to come and hire them to work on construction sites at Mirpur-11 yesterday morning.
‘Ma, will I survive?’
This is what 19-year-old Rabiul Islam kept asking his mother Yeasmin Akter whenever she went to see him at the HDU unit of Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery.
Jamaat calls for 48-hr countrywide blockade from Sunday
The Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has called for a 48-hour blockade from Sunday across the country
Blockade: Bus set on fire in Mirpur
Unidentified miscreants torched a bus in Dhaka's Mirpur area this evening, on the third day of the countrywide blockade declared by BNP and Jamaat