Nazrul Islam Manju, Administrator of the Khulna City Corporation (KCC) and former president of the Khulna Metropolitan unit of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), has voiced grave alarm over the sharp deterioration of law and order across the southern city. Speaking on Friday while offering condolences to the bereaved family of slain BNP leader Zakir […]

Two local offices belonging to the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and its youth wing, the Jubo Dal, were vandalised and set on fire in Tungipara upazila of Gopalganj on Saturday night, 14 November. Activists of the Awami League, whose political activities remain banned, along with its affiliated organisations, reportedly carried out the back-to-back attacks. The […]

Md. Badiuzzaman Mintu, Senior Joint Convener of the Gournadi Upazila unit of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) in Barishal, found himself locked inside a female party colleague’s flat late on Friday night, 13 November. His two sons and several political associates later broke the padlock with an iron crowbar to free him. The episode has […]

Four journalists were allegedly abducted, confined, and assaulted in Palashbari upazila of Gaibandha on Saturday afternoon while returning from covering an administrative crackdown on illegal sand extraction. During the ordeal, assailants snatched their mobile phones and recorded staged videos after forcing cash into the reporters’ hands. The injured media workers are Anwar Hossain Shamim, ajrul […]

ABM Ashraf Uddin Nizan, Member of Parliament for Lakshmipur-4 (Ramgati-Kamalnagar) and Whip of the Jatiya Sangsad, has voiced sharp anger against members of his own party over allegations of extortion, land grabbing, and illegal brokering at police stations. Addressing party leaders and activists at his Lakshmipur residence on Friday evening, 13 November, the lawmaker delivered […]

A criminal case has been filed against Abdul Halim, father of reserved-seat Member of Parliament and National Citizen Party (NCP) leader Nusrat Tabassum, over allegations of land grabbing, assault, vandalism, and looting in Kushtia. Idris Ali, a 67-year-old resident of the Bagoan Tension Mor area in Mathurapur Union under Daulatpur upazila, lodged the complaint with […]

A local leader of the Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Jubo Dal has been expelled from the party following his arrest on narcotics charges in Brahmanpara upazila of Cumilla. Mozammel Haque Bhuiya was stripped of all organisational responsibilities, including his primary membership, after police apprehended him with 225 pieces of Yaba tablets and a motorcycle. The disciplinary action […]