Sayrul Kabir Khan, a member of the BNP’s press wing, earlier told ALO that members of the Detective Branch (DB) of the police detained two top leaders of the real opposition party from their residence in the capital. Citing Fakhrul’s wife Rahat Ara, Sayrul said that the DB police went to Fakhrul’s residence in Uttara, […]
The government hoped to resolve the dispute with the BNP over the venue of his Dhaka rally, but the issue turned violent. Finally, the two sides have reached a consensus on this matter. BNP general secretary Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir had said on Thursday evening that they would hold a rally in Naya Paltan, defying […]
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 […]
As such, there was doubt whether public transport would be available on that day. The decision to operate the bus service in Dhaka on December 10 was taken at a meeting of the Dhaka Road Transport Owners Association on Thursday. He said bus services would remain normal on Dhaka city, suburbs and inter-district routes. Khandkar […]
Those jailed in Paltan police cases include Abdus Salam, advisor and convenor to the president of the Dhaka Metropolitan South Unit, joint general secretary Khairul Kabir Khokon, publicity secretary Shahid Uddin Chowdhary Annie and special assistant to the president Shamsur Rahman Shimul Biswas. Another advisor to the Speaker, Amanullah Aman, and Abdul Kader Bhuiyan Jewel, […]
US ambassador calls for protecting the rights of meetings and rallies
The general secretary made the announcement at a press conference at the party’s president’s office in the capital’s Gulshan. Asked how they would hold the rally there after the place was cordoned off by law enforcement agencies, Mirza Fakhrul said, “We will go there on December 10. Then people will decide what will happen.”
Barbed barricades have been installed at Nightingale and Fakirapool intersections to maintain law and order following the clashes. Reacting to being barred from entering the BNP office, Mirza Fakhrul said, “I am the general secretary of the BNP, but I was not allowed to enter my party office. [police] are giving which are completely wrong. […]
Following the clash, the police raided the BNP headquarters and detained several hundred leaders and activists, including Amanullah Aman, Abdus Salam, Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, Khairul Kabir, Shahiduddin Chowdhary Annie, Shimul Biswas and Abdul Kader Bhuiyan, former president of the student wing . When the police raided the BNP headquarters, the party’s general secretary Mirza Fakhrul […]
Taking shelter in nearby lanes, BNP workers retaliated by throwing bricks and stones. To pacify the protesters, police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at them, injuring more than 50 people. About 200 workers took shelter inside the BNP office, falling ill after inhaling tear gas shells. Later, police raided inside the office and arrested […]
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 […]
The advisory was issued on a day when one person was killed and dozens injured in clashes between BNP leaders and workers and police in Dhaka’s Naya Paltan area. Following the clash, police detained dozens of BNP leaders, including the party’s senior joint general secretary Ruhul Kabir Rizvi. The embassy said that the next general […]
