Hartal/Rallies

Hartal/Rallies

Protesting Parliament Session: BNP may call hartal or lay siege to JS

BNP plans to observe protest programmes like hartal or lay siege to the parliament building on the first day of the parliamentary session of the new government as part of the movement for its one-point demand.

11m ago

BNP shelves plans for hartal, blockade for now

BNP will not go for any hartal and blockade-like programmes over the next few days even though the party outright rejected the poll results.

11m ago

BNP men asked to avoid clashes, confrontation

The BNP does not want to take the responsibility for violence over tomorrow’s election even though the party called a countrywide two-day strike that includes the election day.

11m ago

BNP calls hartal on election day, the day before

The BNP has called for a 48-hour nationwide hartal from tomorrow morning, which includes the voting day, in protest of the January 7 national election.

11m ago

Nationwide Hartal: 28 injured in police-BNP clashes in two districts

A bus was set on fire and another was vandalised during yesterday’s countrywide hartal enforced by BNP and its allies.

1y ago

BNP defers today’s hartal to tomorrow

The BNP has deferred the countrywide hartal it had called for today to tomorrow.

1y ago

BNP seeks permission for Victory Day rally

Bangladesh Nationalist Party has sought permission from Dhaka Metropolitan Police to hold a rally on December 16, marking Victory Day.

1y ago

Victory Day Celebrations: BNP plans rally, procession in city

The BNP wants to hold a rally in Dhaka on Victory Day.

1y ago

In guise of passengers, arsonists torch bus in Manikganj

Arsonists boarded a Dhaka-bound bus in the guise of passengers and later set it on fire in Manikganj Sadar upazila this morning, amid the dawn-to-dusk hartal called by BNP

1y ago

Two arrested for killing constable Amirul

Police today arrested two people in the case filed over killing constable Amirul Islam Parvez during yesterday’s clash between law enforcers and BNP men in the capital's Fakirapool.

1y ago

Faridpur BNP leader says wife died of heart attack during police raid

A BNP leader in Faridpur alleged that his wife died of a heart attack during a police raid at their house around midnight.

1y ago

AL 'peace rally' begins at Bangabandhu Avenue

The "peace and development rally" organised by Jubo League's Dhaka south unit started around 2:30pm in the capital's Bangabandhu Avenue.

1y ago

BRTC double-decker torched in Tongi

Arsonists torched a BRTC double-decker bus at Tongi this morning, amid the nationwide hartal called by BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami

1y ago

BNP’s top leaders can’t avoid responsibility for violence, cop murder: home minister

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan today said the top leaders of BNP cannot shrug off their responsibility for yesterday's violence in Kakrail and the murder of a policeman

1y ago

BNP men, police clash in several areas of Sylhet city

Multiple clashes between BNP men and police in various Sylhet city areas took place this morning in the midst of a nationwide hartal called by BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami

1y ago

BNP’s Nayapaltan office being treated as a crime scene

Police this morning cordoned off BNP's office in Nayapaltan with yellow tape, and are apparently treating it as a crime scene

1y ago

Another bus torched, this time in Mohammadpur

Another bus was torched at Mohammadpur area in Dhaka this morning.

1y ago

Hartal underway amid arson attacks

No long-distance buses left or entered Dhaka since morning.

1y ago