The activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and Islami Chhatra Shibir stabbed dead a union-level leader of Awami League in Kaliganj upazila of Satkhira, hours after locals vandalised a Jamaat office there. Another activist of the ruling AL also sustained injuries in the…
Leaders and activists of Awami League bulldozed the houses of Satkhira district and upazila Jamaat chiefs in presence of law enforcers this evening. Some hundred aggravated ruling party men bulldozed the houses of district Jamaat Ameer Abdul Khaleq and Satkhira…
Many Hindu families and Awami League men in Patgram upazila of Lalmonirhat fled their homes yesterday following repeated threats from Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir. As violence continued to escalate, four people were killed in the upazila…
Police detained two bullet-hit activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir, the student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami after a clash with the activists in Narayanganj during the Jamaat-enforced countrywide daylong hartal (shutdown) today. The activists also clashed with the law enforcers and restored…
Jamaat-Shibir activists have continued to target the ruling party men and law enforcers to avenge the execution of war criminal Abdul Quader Mollah. The activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing, Islami Chhatra Shibir, today hurled petrol bombs at police…
The activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing, Islami Chhatra Shibir, clashed with law enforcers in Companiganj upazila of Noakhali this afternoon, leaving six Shibir men dead and 15 injured. All the six died on the spot but three deaths…
The house of State Minister for Home Shamsul Haque Tuku in Pabna municipality area went up in flames when unknown miscreants hurled at least five bombs there early today. The three-storey building, which the minister has rented out, now houses…
Four people including a child have been killed as Jamaat-Shibir men attacked and clashed with Awami League activists in Satkhira and Pirojpur early today, hours into their leader Abdul Quader Mollah was executed. Two Awami League men and child —…
An activist of Islami Chhatra Shibir was killed and at least 38 including three cops were injured as police opened fire during a clash with Jamaat-Shibir activists in Monohorganj upazila of Comilla this evening. The deceased was identified as Anwar…
Blockaders torched two buses and vandalised a human hauler in the capital’s South Jatrabari and Sobhanbagh today, the third day of the countrywide blockade enforced by the BNP-led 18-party opposition alliance. Hartal picketers torched a bus at Sobhanbagh around 6:30pm,…
At least eight people were killed and 30 injured as violence flared up across the country centring blockade today. Three deaths were reported from Chittagong and Satkhira each while two from Chandpur. The victims include a covered van driver, a…
An activist of Islami Chhatra Shibir, student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, was killed and five including three law enforcers were injured when police, after being attacked, opened fire on the opposition men in Kotchandpur upazila of Jhenidah today, on the first…
At least six people were killed and 75 others including 27 policemen injured in blockade violence across the country today, on the second day of the opposition-combine called 60-hour blockade. So far 13 people have been killed in the two…
An activist of Jamaat-e-Islami died early today, five hours after he came under an attack by unknown miscreants in Mirsarai upazila of Chittagong. Protesting the death, Jamaat has enforced a daylong hartal in Chittagong district for tomorrow, our correspondent reports.…
Police have arrested 17 people in connection with the killing of Abu Raihan, organising secretary of Debhata upazila Awami League unit, in Satkhira. Criminals stabbed Raihan indiscriminately with machete killing him on the spot while he was gossiping with some other…
An activist of Islami Chhatra Shibir who sustained wounds in a clash with police during opposition-called hartal on October 28 succumbed to his injuries at a hospital in the capital this morning. Deceased Mahmudul Hasan, 18, was an Alim student…
A former Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader of Rajshahi University was stabbed to death allegedly by the activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir in Sadullapur upazila of Gaibandha this evening. Khalilur Rahman Mamun, former BCL president of Shah Makhdum hall at…
The activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing, Islami Chhatra Shibir, vandalised around 20 vehicles and exploded at least 20 crude bombs, sending panic among commuters during the morning rush hours in Gulistan of the capital. No information of casualty…
IT is unfortunate that the majority of citizens portray our current politics as a ‘dirty business’ and politicians are seen as people pursuing their self-interests. Generally speaking, it is true that politicians in any country comprise a class apart from…
Rab arrested an alleged Islami Chhatra Shibir activist on Sunday night for posting, sharing and tagging on his Facebook page derogatory photos and remarks about Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and other top ministers and government officers.…
A Jamaat-e-Islami activist, who was injured in an attack by alleged Awami League activists in Tala upazila Sunday, succumbed to his injuries on the way to Dhaka early today. The deceased, Abdus Sabur, 32, hailed from Sarulia Bazar area under…
General Niazi’s strategy of “stretched out fingers rolling back into an iron fist” to hammer the enemy was falling apart as the Indian army and Muktibahini were racing fast towards Dhaka in December, bypassing his army outposts. The Pakistan general…
Rajshahi University unit of Islami Chhatra Shibir early yesterday put up posters on the walls of students’ dormitories inviting students to join jihad. The posters carried the slogans “Islam is the only guarantee for independence and sovereignty of Bangladesh” and…
Activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir, student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, vandalised some 10 vehicles on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway during a clash with police in Sitakunda upazila here yesterday. They staged a demonstration against the arrest of their fellows, blocking the busy…
With 47 arrest warrants for him still active, the president of Islami Chhatra Shibir’s Rajshahi University unit attended a rally in Rajshahi city for around three hours yesterday and then left unscathed, right under the nose of law enforcers. Addressing…
Miscreants hacked and cut the tendon of a leader of Government Azizul Haque College unit of Bangladesh Chattra League (BCL) at Bogra town this afternoon. The victim, Benjir Ahmed, 23, of Khondakar Borboria village of Nandigram upazila, is the BCL…
Activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and pro-Jamaat student body Islami Chhatra Shibir once again showed their brutality by hacking eight people and slitting the tendons of three of them during hartal yesterday. Of the victims, Swapan Shil, 35, a barber of Pirojpur,…
Unidentified miscreants blasted crude bombs in front of the houses of Supreme Court Justice SK Sinha and Law Minister Shafique Ahmed in the city yesterday ahead of the 60-hour hartal enforced by BNP-led 18-party alliance from today. The law minister…
Miscreants blasted numerous crude bombs at more than 85 places in the capital this evening, sending panic to the city dwellers undergoing an acute sense of insecurity due to heightened political uncertainty. The blasts took place immediately after the telephone…
Jamaat-e-Islami, a key ally in the 18-party alliance, and its associate student body Islami Chhatra Shibir yesterday staged huge showdowns in the capital and elsewhere, apparently sidelining the main opposition BNP. Shibir looked well organised and it captured the focus…
Hundreds of activists of Jamaat-e-Islam and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir occupied large portion of the rally venue — Suhrawardy Udyan — to voice their demand of release of their leaders either convicted or undergoing trial for war crimes.…
Activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir, Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) and Jubo Dal clashed at Suhrawardy Udyan over taking position near the podium set up for the opposition’s rally. The scuffle began around 1:15pm when a group of Shibir, student wing…
It will be all hands on deck for Jamaat and Shibir today with the organisations calling in support from nearby districts to the capital to back BNP in today’s opposition rally. Sources said pro-Jamaat student body Islami Chhatra Shibir also…
The eight-hour long hartal (shutdown) in four southwestern districts called by Islami Chhatra Shibir ended peacefully on Sunday. Shibir, the student body of Jamaat-e-Islami, enforced the shutdown protesting killing of one of its activists in police firing in Chuadanga. The…
When the Hindu community started celebrating their biggest religious festival, Durga Puja, across the country yesterday, the Hindus at Damurhuda upazila in Chuadanga witnessed vandalism at one of their places of worship. Activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir attacked a puja…
Jamaat backed Islami Chhatra Shibir yesterday attacked law enforcers and fought pitched battles with them across the country that left one Shibir activist dead and 13 other people injured. They also blasted crude bombs and vandalised several vehicles demanding release…
An activist of Islami Chhatra Shibir was killed in a police firing when the Shibir men vandalised a puja mondop in Damurhuda upazila of Chuadanga this afternoon. Rafiqul Islam, 23, a Kamil student of Badarganj Baqi Billah Madrasa, hailed from…
The activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir, student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, vandalised several vehicles and blasted three crude bombs in Mohakhali and Kamalapur areas of the capital on Thursday, police said. In both the places, Shibir men also brought out brisk…
At least five policemen were injured as the activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir attacked the law enforcers in Comilla and Jhenidah towns during their countrywide demonstration programme Thursday morning. Three constables were hurt in Comilla while two in Jhenidah when…
A leader and an activist of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) unit of Rajshahi University were injured as Islami Chhatra Shibir men attacked them in Rajshahi city Tuesday. Of the injured, Saddam Hossain, organising secretary of the university BCL unit, was…
Activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing, Islami Chhatra Shibir, brought out a brisk procession in the capital’s Pallabi area Sunday morning. Around 10 Jamaat-Shibir men brought out the procession at Pallabi of Mirpur-11 around 10:30am, said Abdul Latif Sheikh, officer-in-charge…
The activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir blasted five crude bombs and blocked roads in different areas of Rajshahi as the organisation observed a daylong hartal (shutdown) in four northern districts on Sunday. Shibir, the student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, enforced the…
Police arrested five Shibir men after they clashed with the former in Rajshahi city yesterday. Around 100 activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir, student body of Jamaat-e-Islami, were taking preparation for bringing out a procession in New Market area in the…
Five activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir were arrested after they brought out a procession and clashed with police protesting the arrest of the general secretary of Rajshahi University unit Shibir. Twelve activists of the party also sustained rubber bullet wounds…
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) personnel arrested the general secretary of Islami Chhatra Shibir’s Rajshahi University unit and its seven activists early Thursday on charges of violence and attacking police. They also recovered 13 hand-made bombs and a firearm loaded with…
The activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir brought out a brisk procession in Badda area of the capital and vandalised several vehicles there Thursday. During the nearly 10-minute demonstration that was staged as part of the organisation’s countrywide…
Thirty suspected activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir, student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, were detained from Chittagong city Wednesday on charges of plotting anarchy. Police detained them from different points of DC Hill area in the port city during a 30-minute raid…
Police detained 34 leaders and activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir, student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, from different parts of Chittagong city Tuesday on charges of hartal violence and plotting anarchy. The detention was made during a two-and-a-half-hour long raid beginning from…
At least 16 people, including six police personnel, were injured and several vehicles vandalised in violence unleashed by Jamaat-Shibir in the capital and six other districts yesterday. Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir, demanding release of their top…
Activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing, Islami Chhatra Shibir, clashed with police in New Market area in the capital demanding immediate release of their leaders. The protesters vandalised several vehicles during the clash. Police picked up three suspected Shibir…
