Homemade bombs exploded in Bangladesh's capital and police fired tear gas at demonstrators as opposition parties enforced a general strike on Thursday, demanding that the government to restore an election-time caretaker administration. Schools and businesses were closed in Dhaka and other major cities and towns during the eight-hour shutdown. Nationwide transportation was largely disrupted during the second ...
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Advocate Hossain Ali Khan Hassan filed the case with the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court of Dhaka in the morning on charge of making an attempt to kill him on the court premises on May 16. In the case, he mentioned the names of former Lalbagh division DC Khurshid Hossain and five other police officials as accused. A pro-BNP lawyer filed an attempted murder case against 41 policemen including former depu ...
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Sohel Molla, alias Sohel Rana, was arrested last month after being beaten up by supporters of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University at Trishal, 80 kilometres (50 miles) north of Dhaka. "Some students became angry after they saw his remarks on Facebook where he said opposition leader Ilias Ali had no chance for freedom because he was caught by Sheikh Hasina," Trishal po ...
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BNP has expressed the hope that the government would take initiative to create a peaceful political atmosphere for a dialogue for the welfare of the people and transfer of power in a democratic manner. “BNP hopes that the government will take steps to resolve all the prevailing crises through discussions,” said Tariqul Islam, a standing committee member of the main opposition party, at a press conference at ...
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More than 100 unnamed lawyers loyal to BNP were sued on Tuesday for vandalising two windows of Dhaka district and metropolitan sessions judge's courts earlier in the day. Ruhul Amin, a court official (nazir), of the Dhaka District Judge's Court, filed the case under Speedy Trial (Law and Order Disruption) Act with Kotwali Police Station. On Tuesday, Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Forum boycotted all the judge’s and m ...
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