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.
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.
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.
