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Bangladesh opposition announces countrywide blockade

DHAKA, Jan. 5 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh’s 20-party opposition alliance has announced indefinite blockade across the country. Ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, who remained confined in her office since Saturday night, made the announcement on Monday evening. Khaleda Zia made several attempts to leave the office to join her 20-party alliance’s anti-government rally. Hundreds of police personnel […]

2 dead, dozens injured in Bangladesh clashes

DHAKA, Jan. 5 (NsNewsWire) — Two people were killed in a violent clash between ruling Bangladesh Awami League party and its main opponent ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia’s Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) men in Natore district, some 210 northwest of capital Dhaka, on Monday morning. Tense political standoff over the opposition alliance’s demand for a fresh […]

DMP bans political rallies indefinitely

DHAKA, Jan. 4 (NsNewsWire) — Dhaka Metropolitan Police have imposed an indefinite ban on meetings, processions and rallies in capital Dhaka from Sunday evening. DMP spokesman Monirul Islam in a press briefing said, “All indoor and outdoor meetings, rallies and human chains will be banned for an indefinite period in the capital city from Sunday […]

BNP headquarters, chief Khaleda Zia besieged

DHAKA, Jan. 4 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chief Khaleda Zia has remained cordoned off inside her office since Saturday night. Police have also locked down the BNP’s headquarters after searching it. Detectives arrested BNP Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi at the party headquarters during the search. Tensions are running high across Bangladesh […]

Fear looms large as ruling, oppostion parites plan street programs on Jan. 5

DHAKA, Jan. 3 (NsNewsWire) — Tensions are running high across Bangladesh as the country’s political situation is once again heating up centering on the 1st anniversary of Jan. 5 parliamentary elections, which 21 parties including ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia’s Bangladesh Nationalist Party boycotted. A year on, the BNP-led alliance now wants to observe Jan. 5 […]

U.S. sanctions North Korea over Sony hacking

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 (NsNewsWire) — The Obama administration imposed sanctions Friday on three entities and 10 individuals tied to the North Korean government, describing it as the first step in response to the devastating cyberattack on Sony Pictures Entertainment. White House officials said there was no evidence that the 10 officials took part in ordering […]

Violent brawl likely between Bangladesh ruling, opposition parties over elections

DHAKA, Jan. 1 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladeshi ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia has tabled a seven-point proposal to the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasian’s government for an immediate “inclusive general elections” under a non-party caretaker government. Khaleda Zia, also chairperson of Bangladesh Nationalist Party ( BNP), at a press briefing in capital Dhaka on Wednesday night unveiled the […]

Bangladesh Jamaat enforces strike over party leader’s death penalty

DHAKA, Dec. 31 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami party has enforced a dawn-to-dusk nationwide strike for Wednesday.Bangladesh The party has called nationwide strike for Wednesday and Thursday in protest against the death sentences handed over to its leader for war crimes against humanity during the country’s Liberation War in 1971. Jamaat in a press release published […]

Bangladesh sentences Islamist leader to death

DHAKA, Dec. 30 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami party’s Assistant Secretary General ATM Azharul has been sentenced to death for committing war crimes including mass killings. The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 pronounced the verdict Tuesday afternoon on a crime against humanity case, awarding death sentence to Islam, now behind the bar. He was indicted in November […]