BNP blockade

Bus set on fire in Dhanmondi

Arsonists torched a bus in Dhaka's Dhanmondi area this morning, on the second day of the 36-hour blockade called by BNP and its allies

No hartal and blockade on Sunday

BNP has refrained from calling any programmes on Sunday marking International Human Rights Day

48-Hr Blockade: Arsonists torch 11 vehicles

At least 11 vehicles were set on fire in arson attacks across the country, as BNP and its allies enforced the 10th round of blockades yesterday.

BNP calls 48-hr blockade from Wednesday

BNP today announced a fresh 48-hour countrywide blockade from Wednesday morning

Vehicles set on fire in Dhaka, Gazipur

Unidentified criminals set fire to a bus and a pickup in Dhaka and Gazipur tonight, on the first day of BNP's 48-hour blockade.

Bus set on fire in Gulistan

Arsonists torched the bus of Victor Classic Paribahan around 2:50pm

Arsonists set fire to truck on Dhaka-Tangail highway

Arsonists set fire to a truck on the Dhaka-Tangail highway in Gazipur's Kaliakoir area this morning, on the first day of 48-hour blockade called by BNP and its allies

Fresh 48-hour blockade from Sunday: BNP

The BNP today called a fresh two-day countrywide blockade from 6:00am on Sunday

Blockade on Wednesday, hartal on Thursday: BNP

The BNP today declared a countrywide blockade on Wednesday, and a countrywide hartal on Thursday

November 6, 2023
November 6, 2023

228 BGB platoons deployed across the country

A total of 228 platoons of BGB have been deployed across the country to help law enforcers maintain law and order on the second day of the 48-hour countrywide blockade called by the BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami

November 6, 2023
November 6, 2023

Govt plans harsher clampdown on BNP

As the BNP and its like-minded parties intensify their street agitation, the government prepares to go for a stricter crackdown on the opposition activists to quash the anti-government movement.

November 6, 2023
November 6, 2023

Nationwide Blockade: Arson, arrests, clash in second phase too

The first day of the BNP-Jamaat’s two-day blockade was marked by clashes with police, arson and vandalism of vehicles, and detention of opposition leaders across the country.

November 5, 2023
November 5, 2023

Spare the students please

Students are unsure whether their examinations will be held on time amid the political turmoil

November 5, 2023
November 5, 2023

Buses plying Dhaka roads, but passengers in short supply

Public transport companies have been facing a commuter crisis on Dhaka streets on the first day of the 48-hour blockade enforced by BNP-Jamaat and its allied parties this morning

November 2, 2023
November 2, 2023

Blockade causing bottlenecks in container movement

A vessel bound for Singapore yesterday delayed its departure from Chattogram port as a good number of its export containers failed to reach on time amid a nationwide blockade that began on Tuesday.

November 2, 2023
November 2, 2023

Countrywide Blockade: Arson, sporadic clashes continue

At least 11 vehicles were torched, and chases and counter-chases took place between police and BNP men in Dhaka and some other districts yesterday -- the second day of the BNP-Jamaat’s three-day nationwide blockade.

November 1, 2023
November 1, 2023

Are we doomed to repeat past mistakes?

Politicians owe it to the people to give dialogue a chance

November 1, 2023
November 1, 2023

Cargo transport slows

The transport of export and import containers between private inland container depots (ICDs) and the Chattogram port faced little disruption yesterday, the first day of the three-day blockade enforced by BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami.

November 1, 2023
November 1, 2023

BNP leaders Abbas, Alal held

BNP standing committee member Mirza Abbas and Joint Secretary General Syed Moazzem Hossain Alal were arrested in the capital’s Shahjahanpur and Kathalbagan areas last night.