STAFF REPORTER: BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday said the ruling Awami League has started its journey towards authoritarianism by abandoning all norms and morality of the democracy when the opposition was tying to establish the…
Awami League President Sheikh Hasina was sworn in on Sunday as Prime Minister of the country for the second consecutive term following her party’s ‘massive victory’ in the much-talked-about election to the 10th parliament.
Dhaka – Former chief justice and caretaker government chief Muhammad Habibur Rahman passed away at city’s United Hospital on Saturday night. He was 85. Sources at the hospital said Habibur Rahman, who was the chief adviser of the 1996 caretaker…
Dhaka – The BNP-led 18-party alliance has postponed its countrywide nonstop blockade programme from 6 am on Monday till further announcement. “BNP acting secretary Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has made the announcement of postponing the blockade,” party assistant office secretary…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will form her new Cabinet taking the oath of office on Sunday for the second consecutive term following her Awami League’s massive victory in the much-talked-about election to the 10th parliament.
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia went to her Gulshan office this (Saturday) evening after a gap of 14 days and a week after the January-5 violent national election boycotted by her party and its allies.
Jatiya Party chief HM Ershad, who had flip-flopped on Jan 5 polls, has told the Speaker that he had agreed to take oath as an MP since people of Rangpur elected him. The former military dictator, who won Rangpur-3 seat…
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said the new government to be formed on Sunday would be an autocratic one without representing the people and it would not be acceptable at home and abroad.
The Chairman of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee Robert Menendez has written to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia urging them to end political deadlock and eschew violence.
The US Senate has adopted a resolution on Bangladesh, stressing a ‘critical need’ for political dialogue. The first session of the 113th Congress on Tuesday (Jan 7) adopted the resolution, the details of which have been published on Thursday (Jan 9).
Urging the BNP chairperson to engage in talks to solve problems, if any, shunning the path of killings, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday said her government would get tough as much as needed to protect the lives of people and their…
Dhaka – Issuing a note of warming that the government cannot stop their movement by resorting to any evil-design, BNP on Friday asked the opposition leaders and activists to continue their agitation until the caretaker government demand is realised.
Dense fog and heavy traffic have brought to a halt vehicular movement on highways connecting Dhaka to Northern and Southern parts of the country on Friday, the first day of the 2-day blockade break.
Dhaka – Seven people were killed and 16 others injured in separate road accidents in Chittagong, Tangail and Comilla districts on Friday. In Chittagong, three motorcyclists were killed in a road accident on Dhaka-Chittagong highway at Boro Kamaldah in Mirsarai upazila in…
Dhaka – Law enforcers in their drives arrested 74 opposition activists from separate places in six districts from Thursday night to Friday afternoon. The districts are Bogra, Chittagong, Bagerhat, Sherpur, Panchagarh and Sylhet.
BNP’s acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has condemned and protested the inhuman and the barbaric attacks on minority people in different parts of the country and called upon the leaders and activists of 18-party alliance to stand besides oppressed Hindu…
The newly-elected Members of Parliament were sworn in on Thursday, three days after the January 5 general elections. Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury administered the oath to 284 lawmakers of 10th Parliament in the Oath Room of Jatiya Sangsad in…
Dhaka – BNP on Thursday said taking oath by the newly elected MPs before January 24 when the tenure of the ninth parliament will expire is a clear violation of the Constitution. “According to the Constitution, so-called persons elected in…
The BNP might someday decide on parting ways with the Jamaat-e-Islami, its Chairperson Khaleda Zia tells The New York Times. The influential American newspaper’s online version in a report published on Monday quoted her as making the suggestion. It said…
The European Union has urged all parties in Bangladesh to refrain from violence and engage in a “genuine dialogue” putting Bangladesh’s interest above everything else. Through dialogue it urged them to agree on “a mutually acceptable way forward to strengthen…
Speaker of the outgoing parliament Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury on Thursday declined to comment on ‘two parliaments’ now virtually exist in the country after the oath taking of new MPs, saying ‘it’s a legal matter’. The Speaker made the comment…
Dhaka – President Abdul Hamid on Thursday invited Awami League President Sheikh Hasina to form the next government as her party won absolute majority in the 10th parliamentary elections.
A Dhaka court on Thursday rejected the bail petitions of six top BNP leaders in three cases and also refused remand pleas of police and asked police to interrogate the opposition leaders at the jail gate within seven days. The…
The newly elected Members of Parliament (MPs) will take their oath at Parliament Bhaban on Thursday. Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury will conduct the oath to the new MPs at oath taking room of Parliament at 10:00am, says a press…
The countrywide road, rail, waterways blockade will continue, says the BNP. In a statement on Wednesday, the party’s Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir called upon people, ‘on behalf of Khaleda Zia’, to continue the ‘peaceful’ strike. The 18-Party…
Dhaka – Failure and frustration have marked the conversation between India and the Bangladesh National Party (BNP), particularly its chief Khaleda Zia, who is possibly one opposition politician of a neighbouring country every important Indian leader met in the past…
A court of Dhaka on Wednesday granted a two-day remand to quiz Bangladesh Bar Council Vice-Chairman Khandker Mahbub Hossain and BNP Organising Secretary Fazlul Haq Milon in a case against them on charges of crude bomb explosions in front of…
A Dhaka court on Wednesday framed charges against human rights activists, Odhikar Director ASM Nasiruddin Elan and its Secretary Adilur Rahman Khan in a case filed under Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act. The two functionaries of the right’s group…
Dhaka – Voicing grave concern over the post-polls violence, chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Prof Mizanur Rahman on Wednesday urged the government to use its force, if required, to resist the evil forces to put an end…
Nearly two weeks after the virtual siege, the barricades in front of opposition leader Khaleda Zia’s Gulshan residence have been removed and the additional law enforcers deployed there pulled out. No restriction on traffic in front of Khaleda’s house was…