Opposition MPs on Wednesday placed BNP chief and opposition leader Khaleda Zia’s proposal for forming a polls-time interim-government and urged the Prime Minister to accept it for maintaining peace and stability in the country’ for the sake of its democracy.
Senior Treasury Bench member Tofail Ahmed on Wednesday urged the opposition to come up with their interim-government proposal as per the rules of procedure for having discussions on how the polls will be held.
Election Commissioner Md Shah Nawaz on Wednesday said the election code of conduct will be changed again if the two major political parties reach a consensus over the election-time government.
BNP, the main opposition party, has threatened to launch a tough movement if the ban imposed from Thursday on meetings, rallies and processions in Chittagong city is not lifted.
The ‘Extradition Treaty’ signed between Bangladesh and India came into effect on Wednesday as the two neighbouring countries exchanged instruments of ratification of the agreement.
The World Bank on Wednesday projected that Bangladesh’s GDP growth rate will slow down to 5.7 percent in the fiscal 2013-14 due to political turmoil.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday came down heavily on the opposition leader as she rejected her offer to form an all-party election-time government. “I offered to form an all-party government for the election period, but she (Khaleda) didn’t like…
The BNP’s Oct 25 rally would be peaceful and the government should lift its ban on rallies and meetings to help the opposition organise peaceful programmes, BNP spokesperson Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said.
Election Commissioner Brig Gen (retd) Zabed Ali on Tuesday said the ministers and MPs will not able to enjoy government facilities other than security during their electioneering.
Khaleda Zia has come up with an offer of a polls-time ‘partisan non-party government’ in the name of a ‘neutral government’ for holding the next general election, says Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu.
Dhaka – Amid the country’s fast-evolving political situation, the main opposition BNP has planned to place its polls-time government formula in Parliament on Wednesday.
Dhaka – A day after rolling out an alternative polls-time government formula, opposition BNP on Tuesday sent a letter to Awami League seeking initiatives from the ruling party to arrange dialogue over the issue.
Dhaka – The European Union (EU) on Tuesday urged both ruling Awami League and main opposition BNP to engage in constructive dialogue to bridge the gap between them, and to arrive at a politically acceptable way forward.
Greenwatch Report Bikalpadhara President Prof Dr AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury has extended his party support to opposition leader Khaleda Zia’s alternative proposal to form a neutral government to conduct the forthcoming general elections.
The Cabinet will continue to hold its regular meetings after Oct 24, the day the 90-day countdown to next general election begins, Cabinet Secretary Muhammad Musharraf Hossain Bhuiyan has said.
BNP chief Khaleda Zia’s offer of interim poll-time government has turned the spotlight on the advisors to the caretaker governments of 1996 and 2001.
There will be no election without a non-party, poll-time government to oversee it, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has said.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had a meeting with a delegation of Jatiya Party (JP), a key component in the ruling Awami League-led grand alliance, at her Ganobhaban residence.
Dhaka’s Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court on Sunday fixed October 30 to pronounce the verdict of the killing case in connection with BDR carnage at Pilkhala in the capital on February 25-26, 2009.
A court here on Sunday issued a warrant for the arrest of suspended General Manager (East Zone) of Bangladesh Railway Yusuf Ali Mridha and four others in two corruption cases.
A fear of violence looms large in the port city as Awami League and BNP have announced to hold their respective rallies at the same venue and same time.
Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu on Sunday said there is no place for violence or religious discrimination in Islam.
Home Minister Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir on Sunday said BNP is talking rubbish against the ban on holding rallies and processions as it has forgotten the constitution.
Although some technocrats have given a mixed reaction to the address to the nation made over radio and television on Friday it has yet to evoke positive response from the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party and the component parties of…
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Saturday said all the citizens of Bangladesh are equal and there is no minority community in the country.
A day after offering to form an all-party interim government to oversee the next general election, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday hoped that her party would be able to return to power with people’s mandate through the next election.
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Saturday imposed a ban on holding any kind of rally and bringing out procession in the capital from 6 am Sunday.
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday accused the government of snatching people’s democratic rights by imposing a ban on holding rallies and meetings in the capital.
Salinity intrusion into the aquifers of the country’s coastal districts has reached an alarming proportion due to unplanned use of groundwater in agriculture and seawater seeping into underground due to sea-level rise caused by global warming.
Tiger census using camera trapping method under Bengal Tiger Census and Monitoring project begins in the Sundarbans on Sunday.