Violence claims 3 more lives
Spate of transport arsons leave scores injured, spread panic in cityAt least two more arson victims died in hospital and an auto-rickshaw driver was killed after a truck rammed the three-wheeler while trying to escape a petrol-bomb attack on Friday, the 18th day of the blockade enforced by the BNP-led alliance.
Happy again Rubel looks forward
Pace bowler Rubel Hossain on Wednesday insisted that he has managed to overcome his recent mental trauma to put all his attention on next month’s World Cup. Rubel hogged the headlines for all the wrong reasons during the last few weeks as film actress Naznin Akter Happy accused him of ‘rape’ and ‘false marriage promise’ and filed a case against him under the women and children repression act on December 13.
Blanket arrests panic anti-govt protesters
Wholesale arrests and alleged targeted killings by the law enforcement agencies, since they began a joint drive instilled fear and panic among anti-government protesters in their strongholds.
Arson marks first day of hartal
Blockade continuesA woman in Barisal and three other people in Feni received burn injuries in petrol bomb attacks, as incidents of arson, vandalism and petrol and crude bomb explosions marked the first day of the 48-hour general strike called by the BNP-led alliance on Wednesday.
Over 7000 arrested during blockade
The government on Wednesday disclosed that a total 7,015 people, most of them activists of Bangladesh Nationalist Party and Jamaat-e-Islami, have been so far arrested in connection with violence across the country during the ongoing blockade.
Playing it like in Down Under
The Australian wickets, condition and big venues kept the Bangladesh cricket team occupied as they are preparing for next month’s ICC World Cup,
JCD leader killed in ‘gunfight’ after DB picks him up
Detectives picked up a Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal leader, who was later killed in a ‘gunfight’ in the capital’s Khilgaon early Tuesday, a day after a Jamaat-e-Islami-backed ward councillor was killed in the capital in the same fashion.
Arson attack marks blockade; hartal underway in Dhaka, Khulna
At least six persons were injured in a bus arson in Barisal early Wednesday during the countrywide non-stop blockade enforced by Bangladesh Nationalist party-led alliance.
130 crude bombs recovered, 5 Shibir men held in city
130 crude bombs recovered, 5 Shibir men held in city
IMF downgrades global growth forecast
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has lowered its forecast for global economic growth for this year and next.
