Tag Archives: Section 144

MNA National Desk: The administration in Brahmanbaria has imposed Section 144 restricting people’s movement in four Upazilas to avert untoward situations as tension mounts high over a dispute between two local Members of the Parliament (MP) of the ruling Awami League (AL). The ban was imposed in Brahmanbaria Sadar, Bijoynagar, Sarail and Ashuganj upazilas. Two platoons of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), five sections of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and more than 150 policemen also have been deployed in the important points of the district. Bijoynagar upazila AL called a day long strike in the upazila to block fisheries and livestock ...

MNA International Desk: Amnesty International has called on Pakistan to release hundreds of opposition activists detained before a planned mass protest, as police used tear gas and rubber bullets overnight to prevent demonstrators from entering Islamabad. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is under growing pressure from opposition parties, mainly Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI). It plans to lock down the capital Wednesday as it calls for him to resign over his children’s offshore bank accounts, revealed in the Panama Papers leak. Police have detained around 1,000 PTI supporters from across the country since last week after imposing a ban on all ...