Saiful Islam Firoz, senior joint secretary of the Sewaksebak Dal, a wing of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, said people from outside Dhaka had started gathering in the capital a few days ago. Soon after the announcement of the venue in the afternoon, he left for Golbagh. Majeda Aktar, president of the Mahila Dal’s Matiranga upazila […]
DMP’s Detective Branch Additional Commissioner Haroonor Rasheed said the police would visit both the places on Friday before taking a decision. “We have reached a consensus.”Facing questions from reporters on the impasse, Bulu said: “Politics is full of stunts. The police will not allow us to hold the rally at Naya Paltan and we will […]
Police have detained hundreds of BNP workers in a raid on their headquarters in Dhaka’s Naya Paltan, which left one person dead and several injured in clashes ahead of the party’s December 10 rally. About 10 prison vans filled with opposition activists left the party office on Wednesday evening and sporadic sounds of tear gas […]
Mohd Hayatul Islam Khan, deputy commissioner of police of Motijheel division, said that no venue has been decided yet for the December 10 rally. Despite this, party workers blocked both sides of the road near the Naya Paltan headquarters on Thursday, he said. Khan said that he made several requests to the workers to leave […]
He warned of legal action against BNP office-bearers if they did not back down from their hardline stand of holding the rally in Naya Paltan area, home to the party’s headquarters. “I hope they [BNP leaders] Will continue to follow the law of the country to maintain order,” he said before adding in the same […]
Mirza Fakhrul said, “I am confident that the professionals will again lead the country out of the crisis, as they have always done.” The BNP leader said the movement is not aimed only at Khaleda’s unconditional release or the withdrawal of cases against her son Tariq Rahman, who is serving as the party’s acting vice-president […]
Ariful Islam of Noakhali had planned to go to Dhaka for work-related matters around December 10. They first thought of bringing their teenage children with them as their school year has already ended. But later, Ariful shelved his plan to bring them together fearing for the children’s safety. Instead, he himself came ahead of schedule […]