BGMEA, top chambers urge govt to step up, resolve standoff
Urging the major political parties to resolve the current impasse, Bangladesh’s apparel manufacturers and their allied industries have expressed grave concerns over the standoff which they said was destroying national economy.
Authorities do not permit Koko’s burial at army graveyard
Kalyan Party chairman Syed Md Ibrahim on Tuesday said they did not get permission to bury Arafat Rahman Koko in Banani army graveyard.
Facebook comes back
The much famous social networking site went offline around 12:40pm and came back around 1:10 pm today.
Body of Arafat reaches Dhaka
The body of Arafat Rahman Koko, the youngest son of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia and former president Ziaur Rahman, reached Dhaka after flying from Malaysia on Tuesday morning.
Blockade, hartal underway without major incidents
The non-stop rail-road-waterway blockade’s 21st day coupled with a 36-hour general strike across the country enforced by Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led alliance was passing without any major incidents on Monday.
7 suspected robbers lynched in Narsingdi
Villagers lynched seven suspected robbers while injured another one at Takshal in Sadar upazila of Narsingdi early Monday.
Shamim Eskandar flies to Malaysia to bring back Arafat Rahman’s body
Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia’s brother Shamim Eskandar and two of her other relatives flew to Malaysia to bring back the body of Arafat Rahman, her youngest son, who died of massive heart attack on Saturday.
36-hr strike underway amid stray incidents
A 36-hour general strike enforced by Bangladesh Nationalist Party and its allies protesting power price hike proposal and the government’s ‘conspiracy of sabotage acts and arrest of 10,000 leaders and activists of BNP-led coalition’ began on Sunday amid stray incidents across the country.
Arafat Rahman dies
Arafat Rahman, the youngest son of Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia and former president Ziaur Rahman, died of a heart attack in Malaysia on Saturday.
Primary school headmaster shot dead in Kushtia
Miscreants gunned down a primary school headmaster at Mahendrapur village in Kumarkhali of Kushtia early Saturday.
