40 more burned in capital and north
In the latest spate of petrol bomb attacks by blockaders, some 40 people got burnt in the capital, Rajshahi and Bogra yesterday.
The worst since the Rangpur incident earlier this month, the arson attack in the capital saw 30 people receiving burn injuries as two pickets threw two petrol bombs on a bus packed with passengers at Jatrabari around 9:30pm.
Country awaiting catastrophic consequences
People of the country are now stuck between a rock and a hard place as both Awami League and BNP have adopted a hard line on defusing the major political crisis prevailing over the past 19 days.
The Awami League-led coalition government believes it has reached a boiling point from where no reversal is possible while BNP thinks this time it is a do-or-die battle for it.
‘Arrest of Khaleda will see government’s political funeral’
Issuing a note of warning BNP yesterday said the government would see its “political funeral” done once it arrested party Chairperson Khaleda Zia.
“The government elected in a voter-less election believes that 20-party’s movement would end if Begum Khaleda Zia was arrested, Ruhul Kabir Riavi, joint secretary general of the party, said at a press release.
Police exhausted from blockade duty
Dabiruddin Ahmed, a sub-inspector at Kalabagan police station, has had difficult weeks this month, being constantly on alert during the ongoing blockade by the BNP-led 20-party alliance.
When this correspondent approached Dabir and his five-member police team near Kalabagan around 5pm yesterday, they all looked beaten down with exhaustion.
Saudi King Abdullah dies, Salman takes throne
The king of Saudi Arabia died early yesterday leaving his country and much of the world at risk from the politics based on religious sentiment that his kingdom has long patronised and financed.
He has been laid to rest in an unmarked grave in the al-Ud public cemetery in Riyadh.
President, PM call to build prosperous Bangladesh
President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday called upon all to be inspired with the spirits of the mass upsurge of 1969 and the Liberation War to build a prosperous Bangladesh.
They made the call in separate statements marking the historic Mass Upsurge Day and expressed profound respect for those who had embraced martyrdom in the historic movement in 1969.
Jisan Bahini leader killed in RAB ‘gunfight’
A former Chhatra Dal leader of Lakshmipur has been killed in a “shootout” with Rapid Action Battalion in Comilla, who police claimed was a wanted terrorist.
Solaiman Uddin Jisan, leader of Jisan Bahini and son of Abu Bakkar of Paschim Latifpur village under Chandraganj union in Lakshmipur Sadar upazila, died in a gunfight at Daulatpur in Daudkandi upazila late Thursday night, according to police.
Political crisis to be over soon, hopes Rawshan
Leader of the opposition in parliament Rawshan Ershad yesterday hoped that the current political problem will be resolved very soon as they do politics for the welfare of people.
“We hope this problem will be resolved within a short time. The current situation can’t continue,” she said while talking to reporters after visiting the burn unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
