Thousands of members of Bangladesh’s Shia community participated in the procession. Most participants wore black as a symbol of mourning. Many carried replicas of nishans (standards), alams, zuljanah (duldul), paws and other religious symbols. The participants beat their chests in mourning and repeatedly chanted ‘Ya Hussein’, filling the area with expressions of grief over the […]
Regarding Moin Khan’s detention, the police officer said that they took him from the spot because they had intelligence about his security threat. When asked about the type of security risk, he said it is personal and physical risk. Regarding the allegation of harassment during custody, ADC Salah Uddin rejected it outright and claimed that […]
The participants in the procession sang three different songs, ‘Karar Oi Loho Kobat’, ‘E Shikol Pora Chola’ and ‘Durgomo Giri Kantar Moru’. He played drums, dotora (a musical instrument with two strings) and guitar to accompany the songs. Artist Farzana Wahid (Shayaan), artist Arup Rahi, journalist Mehboob Morshed, artist Amal Akash, poet Firdous Ara, organizer […]
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leaders and workers took out a torch procession in Sylhet city on Saturday evening in support of their nationwide strike. However, the police dispersed them by firing blanks. According to eyewitnesses, BNP men marched into the city from Rang Mahal Tower Point at around 7 pm. At one point, they dropped […]
Earlier, the Islamist party held a rally at the northern gate of Baitul Mukarram National Mosque at around 3:30 pm. Later they took out a procession and marched towards the Election Commission building. The police blocked their way by installing barbed wire barriers in Shantinagar. The protesters attempted to remove the road blockade, but ultimately […]
Today, September 1, is the 45th founding anniversary of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). The party has organized various programs including a procession to make this day memorable. The procession will be taken out in front of the BNP central office in Naya Paltan area of the capital and will end at Rajdhani Bazaar. This […]
BNP senior joint general secretary Ruhul Kabir Rizvi announced the programs at a press conference at the party’s Naya Paltan central office at 8:00 pm on Tuesday. He said the BNP is using the event to emphasize its one-point demands for the removal of this fascist regime, the dissolution of parliament, the handing over of […]
Various anti-government parties and coalitions, including the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), will hold simultaneous public marches in different parts of Dhaka today, Friday, demanding the government’s resignation. The BNP will take out public processions in two parts of the city at 3 pm. Others, including Gantantra Manch and the 12-party alliance, will take out public […]
Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Khandaker Ghulam Farooq cited Jamaat-e-Islami’s failure to obtain permission to hold the procession as the reason police stopped the party’s rally in the capital. “They (Jamaat-e-Islami) did not seek or take permission from the police [for the procession,” Faruq said at a media briefing on Saturday, a day after 11 people […]
According to Mohammad Shahidullah, Deputy Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s Ramna Zone, the Jamaat activists did not have permission to march and their procession was blocking the road. Shahidullah said that these people were carrying Jamaat banners and when the police ordered them to stop the procession, they started pelting bricks and stones at the […]
Party sources said the Dhaka city northern unit of the Awami League would hold positions in seven places. They are Uttara, Mohakhali, Farmgate, Shyamoli, Gabtoli, Mirpur-10 Golchakkar, and Rampura-Badda U Loop. The Dhaka City South unit of the Awami League will hold rallies in front of the party headquarters at Bangabandhu Avenue and Jatrabadi roundabout. […]