22nd Anniversary 2013 - Infrastructure, Food Security, Climate Change and Extremism
Khoka denied bail, sent to jail again
In this December 5 Focus Bangla photo, BNP leader Sadeque Hossain Khoka waves to party activists while being taken to a Dhaka court.
Wise words from Mandela
Mandela with Hasina and Justice Shahabuddin Ahmed at Bangabhaban in 1997 during the silver jubilee celebrations of Bangladesh's independence. Photo: File
Man shot dead in Mirpur
A man was shot dead by extortionists at the capital's Mirpur this evening.
Qamruzzaman Sumon, 30, a caretaker of construction agency, was declared dead around 9:00pm when he was rushed to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
A gang of three criminal riding a motorbike fired shots at Sumon, around 8:30pm, his father told The Daily Star at the hospital.
Police arrested Mohammad Sohag, who used to work for Sumon as a driver, said Kamal Hossain, assistant commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (Pallabi zone).
BNP calls hartal in capital Sunday
BNP has called a 24-hour hartal in the Dhaka city from Sunday morning to protest the arrest and remand of the party's Vice-President Sadeque Hossain Khoka.
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No respite for people
Two more lives were lost yesterday, the last day of the opposition's 131-hour blockade of roads, rail and waterways, that led to clashes, arson, vandalism and blasting of crude bombs across the country.
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India wants ‘continuation of democracy in Bangladesh’
Indian Foreign Secretary Sujatha Singh meets with opposition leader Khaleda Zia at the latter's Gulshan residence in the capital today. Quoting the visiting official, a BNP spokesman said India wants to see stability and continuation of democracy in Bangladesh. Photo: STAR
Fake claim to avail free treatment
The Daily Star in its first edition yesterday published a report on the front page saying that six-month pregnant Shirin Akhter was seriously injured when pickets set a bus alight at Tarabo in Rupganj, Narayanganj.
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Govt spreading propaganda: Fakhrul
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today alleged that the government is spreading propaganda to derail the opposition's ongoing movement.
In a statement this afternoon, he said: "Some ministers said talks are going on behind the scene. But I am saying clearly that the illegal government do not want any consensus and they have no interest in it."
Saying the government is losing its strength day by day, Fakhrul alleged the government agents are spreading rumours in the media and social media.
He said the BNP activists are committed to continue the movement until the victory comes.
Fakhrul demanded immediate release of the BNP leaders and withdrawal of "false cases" against them.
3 cops hurt in Dinajpur attack
Three policemen were injured, one critically, as the activists of BNP and its key ally, Jamaat-e-Islami, attacked the law enforcers in Dinajpur today, on the fourth day of the opposition's 131-hour countrywide blockade.
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Train rides get risky
Placing logs on the line and pelting the locomotive with brick chunks, opposition activists try to stop a train from leaving Dinajpur town yesterday morning. Photo: Star