Category: Lead News

India wants to see political stability in Bangladesh and hopes that the people of this country would take whatever measures necessary to this regard.

The Opposition has set a deadline of 5pm, Thursday for the government to meet its demands, failing which it threatened to launch a tougher movement.

The 5th day of the road-rail-waterway blockade, enforced by the BNP-led 18-party alliance, was marked by incidents of violence at different parts of the country on Wednesday, leaving six people dead.

Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad has ordered his party’s ministers and advisor to resign from ‘all-party’ cabinet, a day after he announced boycott of general elections.

Voicing grave concern over the ongoing violence across the country,

Awami League general secretary Syed Ashraful Islam on Wednesday said the election will be held in time and under the present government headed by Sheikh Hasina.

Making a U-turn again, Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad on Tuesday announced that his party will boycott the 10th parliamentary polls slated for January 5 next.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said she had information that the blockaders have a dirty plan to sink launches and ferries in their intensified efforts to destabilise the country in the name of movement.

Opposition Leader Khaleda Zia has said the door to an agreement with the government to end the political deadlock is still open. “There is still chance to reach an understanding by quitting the path of torture, suppression,” the Opposition Leader…

The United States and Canada still believe that the ruling Awami League and opposition BNP can find a way out to hold a credible election in Bangladesh.

Dhaka – Opposition BNP on Tuesday urged people to continue the ongoing movement for saving the country and its democracy now in peril, saying that their victory is imminent.

At least eight people were killed and over 150 injured as the 4th day of the road-rail-waterway blockade, enforced by the opposition alliance, passed off amid the escalation of violence at different parts of the country on Tuesday.

Amid the country’s political turmoil over its general election, Indian Foreign Secretary Sujatha Singh arrives here on Wednesday on a two-day visit to Bangladesh.

The BNP led 18-party opposition alliance has extended the countrywide blockade until 5:00pm on Thursday for another 59 hours in protest against Election Commission’s failure to postpone the election schedule.

Filing of nomination papers for the next parliamentary polls ended at 5 pm on Monday. Candidates of the Awami League, Jatiya Party and others submitted their nomination papers to the returning officers on the last date for filing.

Dhaka – BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Monday night urged the Election Commission to postpone the schedule announced for the 10th parliamentary election and thus save the country.

The 3rd day of the 72-hour opposition’s road-rail-waterway blockade passed off amid bomb blasts, vandalism, clashes, arson attacks on buses and railways across the country on Monday, leaving two people dead.

Opposition BNP on Monday alleged that the government is going to put the last nail in the coffin of democracy by arranging a ‘one-sided farcical election’.

Japanese Ambassador Shiro Sadoshima on Monday urged all the political parties to engage in a constructive dialogue to find a mutually acceptable solution for holding the coming general election in a free, fair, credible, inclusive and peaceful manner in the…

Kazi Zafar Ahmed has demanded the release of all Opposition BNP leaders, including the party’s Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi.

Dhaka – Voicing deep concern over the rising scale of political violence in Bangladesh, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Sunday urged political leaders on both sides to stop their ‘destructive brinkmanship’.

Dhaka – Lawyers loyal to BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami on Sunday said all the current political problems will be over if Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina hands over the premiership to a BNP man or one chosen by its chairperson Khaleda Zia.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has accused Leader of the Opposition Khaleda Zia of starting a ‘genocide’, equating the recent deaths in Opposition-enforced strikes and blockades to mass murder.

Dhaka – The second day of the 72-hour rail-road-waterway blockade programme, sponsored by the BNP-led 18-party alliance, passed off on Sunday amid violence, disrupting the normal life and wreaking havoc on the economy and education across the country.

Dhaka – The European Union is yet to decide whether it will send polls observers to Bangladesh ahead of the 10th parliamentary elections slated for January 5 next.

Issuing a warning that people will not accept one-sided polls, opposition BNP on Sunday called upon the Election Commission to take steps for holding a credible election with the participation of all parties.

The schedule for the election will not be changed, the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) has categorically stated amid the Opposition’s demand to suspend the roadmap.

Bar Council Vice-Chairman and BNP leader Khandker Mahbub Hossain has said that the police raid at BNP headquarters is an assault on democracy.

Dhaka – Four people were killed and over 170 others injured in violent incidents at different parts of the country on the first day of the nationwide 72-hour rail-road-waterway blockade sponsored by the BNP-led 18-party opposition alliance.

It fixed Dec 4 to hear his bail petition and the police’s plea for a 10-day remand.