Category: Lead News

Indian’s External Affairs minister Salman Khurshid has said that India does not take sides in “friendly” Bangladesh — or bother with who wins elections there.

Dhaka – British High Commissioner Robert Gibson met BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia at her Gulshan residence, now under virtual siege, on Monday afternoon.

Dhaka – Bangladesh Bar Council, a statutory body regulating the lawyers, on Monday claimed that democracy will get buried if the national election is held on January 5.

BNP chairperson and leader of the opposition Khaleda Zia has said the March for Democracy programme will continue until Monday to retrieve the country’s democracy and sovereignty.

Dhaka – The BNP-led 18-party alliance on Sunday could not stage its ‘March for Democracy’ programme in the city due to strong resistance by law enforcers and ruling party activists.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday slammed the eminent citizens who had suggested the government to defer the January 5 parliamentary elections to make it participatory and credible.

Dhaka – Two people were killed in the capital and scores of others injured in separate incidents of violence over the opposition’s ‘March for Democracy’ programme across the country on Sunday.

Dhaka – At least six pro-opposition lawyers were injured as police and Awami League activists swooped on them on the Supreme Court premises on Sunday .

Dhaka – Opposition BNP on Sunday strongly protested Awami League general secretary Syed Ashraful Islam’s remark about its chairperson Khaleda Zia and termed it a delirium.

Reminding the opposition that no government could be unseated through such agitation programmes, Awami League general secretary Syed Ashraful Islam on Sunday alleged that opposition leader Khaleda Zia wanted to stage a drama and she has been successful to do that.…

Leader of the Opposition Khaleda Zia will join party’s Naya Paltan headquarters Sunday anyhow to make the ‘March for Democracy’ programme demanding electing under a non-party neutral administration and postponement of the 10th parliamentary poll, party insiders said.

Dhaka – Opposition BNP on Saturday night alleged that its chairperson Khaleda Zia has been confined to her Gulshan residence after withdrawing her police protocol.

Dhaka – Apprehending streams of people towards BNP’s Nayapaltan central office in the capital on Sunday to join its ‘March for Democracy’ programme, the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has taken an uncompromising stand to make the gathering point free from public…

Sticking to her guns, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said there is no scope of scrapping the election schedule for the 10th parliamentary polls.

Ameer of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh (HIB) in an open letter on Saturday called upon the people to come forward to defend the country, nation and faith.

Opposition BNP on Saturday alleged that the government itself has created a non-stop blockade against people with the help of the administration in a bid to foil the 18-party’s march for democracy programme.

With the government determined to foil Opposition leader Khaleda Zia’s ‘march for democracy’ to Dhaka from all over Bangladesh, those trying to reach the capital are finding it almost impossible to reach the capital.

Nearly 500 people, most of whom are opposition activists, have been arrested from different parts of the country during the ongoing drive by the joint forces in the past 24 hours on charges of vandalism and acts of sabotage.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday wrapped up the 1st leg of her two-day electioneering in three districts ahead of the 10th national election calling upon the countrymen to go the polling centers and cast their votes, fully prepared to…

Dhaka – Communication of the capital with several districts remained snapped since Friday morning as bus and launch services have been suspended “fearing violence” ahead of the opposition’s March for Democracy towards Dhaka scheduled to be staged on Sunday.

Despite the denial of permission by the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), opposition BNP is still hopeful that the government will finally permit them to hold their much-hyped rally in the city.

The special security arrangement has been made as the Commission felt that only police escort would not be enough to carry the ballot papers for the January 5 elections amid the opposition’s agitation for scuppering the polls.

Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh (HIB) will not participate in the Sunday’s March to Dhaka for Democracy under its banner, according to a central leader of the organisation.

Dhaka inaccessible to BNP leaders barring the party chief herself and women’s wing General Secretary Shirin Sultana. Khaleda entered her office, cordoned by police personnel, a little before 9pm on Thursday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday categorically said that the country’s people want election and no one has the power to foil the next national election billed for January 5 next year.

Efforts by three political parties for a few years saw the birth of the NDF comprising Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB), Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) and Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Janata League (BKSJL) on Thursday ahead of January 5 elections.

Dhaka – Charging the current regime with indulging in a cruel game of oppression, opposition BNP on Thursday alleged that the government is harassing, repressing and arresting opposition leaders and activists in the name of a drive by joint forces only…

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Rakib Uddin Ahmed on Thursday said taking measures to resist opposition’s March to Dhaka for Democracy is not under the jurisdiction of the Election Commission.

A Dhaka court on Thursday fixed January 6 to hear the remand pleas of Dhaka’s Detective Branch against BNP leaders including Standing Committee members Moudud Ahmed MP, MK Anwar MP and Barrister Rafiqul Islam Miah a case filed with Motijheel Police…