BNP senior leaders failed to meet their chairperson Khaleda Zia at the Old Dhaka Central Jail in the capital on the Eid day on Wednesday.
Category: Politics
Serving people with pain in heart: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said she is trying hard to serve people so that they could properly celebrate their festivals despite having all the pain of tragedies like August 15, 1975 and August 21, 2004 in heart.
BNP senior leaders want to meet Khaleda on Eid
Dhaka, Aug 21 – BNP senior leaders would like to visit jailed chairperson Khaleda Zia at Dhaka Central Jail on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha, set to be celebrated Wednesday.
BNP, Khaleda, Tarique involved in Aug 21 grenade attack: PM
Dhaka, Aug 21 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said there is no doubt that BNP, its chief Khaleda Zia and her son Tarique Rahman were involved in the brutal grenade attack on August 21, 2004.
Bangladesh turns into true ‘repressive state’: Fakhrul
Dhaka, Aug 20 – BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday night alleged that Bangladesh has now turned into a true ‘repressive state’ as the government has no accountability to people.
Chilling accounts of torture, deaths in Iraq – HRW
Investigate Abuse During Interrogations in Mosul Beirut – Two former detainees and the father of a man who died in detention have provided details of ill-treatment, torture, and death in facilities run by the Iraqi Interior Ministry in the Mosul…
Eid passengers suffer on highways for ‘mismanagement’: BNP
BNP on Monday alleged that homebound eid holidaymakers are going through immense sufferings due to the ‘poor condition’ of highways and ‘mismanagement’.
BD political leaders B Chy, Dr Kamal decide on greater unity
Dhaka, Aug 20 – Jukto Front chairman and former president Dr AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury and Gono Forum president Dr Kamal Hossain on Sunday announced their decision to forge an alliance of greater ‘unity’ in the ‘interest of the nation’.
Safe Road, Quota protests: Court grants bail to 42 students
Dhaka, 19 Aug – Amid widespread call for their unconditional release, a total of 42 students involved in the recent student protests for safe roads and quota reforms have been given bail.
Election after freeing Khaleda for restoring democracy: BNP
Dhaka, Aug 19 – The BNP on Sunday reiterated that the party would take part in the next elections after freeing chairperson Khaleda Zia for the restoration of democracy.
JP to compete alone if BNP abstains from polls: Ershad
Prime Minister’s Special Envoy and Jatiya Party (JP) Chairman Alhaj Hussein Muhammad Ershad has said his party will compete in all 300 parliamentary constituencies if BNP abstains from the next general elections.
BNP making blueprint of violence like in 2014: Quader
Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today said BNP is making a blueprint to carry out widespread violence across the country ahead of the forthcoming national polls like in 2014.
Gov’t using ICT Act against students: SC Bar
Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President advocate Zainul Abedin on Sunday claimed that the government was using ‘controversial’ Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) Act against the protesting students of quota reform and safe road movement.
AL plotting to keep BNP away from election: Fakhrul
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday alleged that the ruling party is again ‘plotting’ to keep BNP away from the next general election ‘creating a chaos’ in the country.
AL sensing 1/11-like situation for its past conspiracy: BNP
BNP senior leader Nazrul Islam Khan on Sunday said Awami League is now sensing the smell of a ‘1/11 like dangerous’ situation as the party was behind such a conspiracy in 2007.
6 killed Saturday in BD Hill Districts internecine fight
Dhaka, Aug 17 – After three months of killing five leaders of the local political parties in Chattagram hill tracts, seven people have been killed and three others injured in shootouts at Swanirborbazar, Narankhaiya and Parachora areas in Khagrachari on…
Pakistan’s Imran Khan sworn in as prime minister
Pakistan’s cricket star-turned-politician Imran Khan was sworn in as prime minister on Saturday despite protests by opposition parties, which accuse the security services of intervening on his behalf in last month’s elections.
Govt will be responsible for disorder over unilateral polls
BNP on Saturday warned the government that it will be held responsible for the emergence of any ‘disorder’ if the next general election schedule is announced without any discussion with political parties.
Quader confined Moudud to his ancestral home: BNP
BNP on Saturday alleged that its senior leader Moudud Ahmed has been kept confined to his ancestral home at Companiganj, Noakhali since Friday morning at the behest of Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader.
Plot on to wage movement like student one: Quader
Claiming that the opposition conspired to make gains mixing intruders into the peaceful movement of students, Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Saturday said this conspiracy is still going on.
Job quota protesters for immediate release of Luma
Dhaka, Aug 17 – Leaders of Bangladesh General Students Rights Protection Council (BGSRPC) on Friday demanded an immediate release of Eden College Student Lutfunnahar Luma, also a leader of the quota reform movement.
‘Political standoff’ won’t go with Khaleda in jail: BNP
Dhaka, Aug 17 – BNP senior leader Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan on Friday said the government will not be able to overcome the country’s political ‘deadlock’ without freeing their chairperson Khaleda Zia from jail.
Imran Khan elected Pakistan prime minister
Islamabad, Aug 17 (AP/UNB) — Pakistani lawmakers on Friday elected former cricket star and longtime politician Imran Khan as the country’s next prime minister, in a step toward the country’s third civilian transfer of power.
BNP terms PM’s remark on Khaleda centring on 15 Aug absurd
BNP on Friday termed ‘absurd and imprudent’ Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s comment involving its chairperson Khaleda Zia in the August-15 carnage conspiracy.
Woman held in Dhaka for ‘spreading rumour on FB’
Dhaka, Aug 17 – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) on Thursday night arrested a woman from Dhaka’s Dhanmondi area for spreading a rumour on social networking site Facebook to instigate the recent student movement for road safety.
Why Trump cancelled the Iran Deal
By Eric Zuesse The following is entirely from open online sources that I have been finding to be trustworthy in these matters in the past. These sources will be linked-to here; none of this information is secret, even though some…
Govt seeks stay against bail of Khaleda Zia
Dhaka, Aug 16 – On behalf of the government two separate petitions were filed with the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court seeking stay on the High Court orders that granted bail to BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia in two…
‘EC nearly completes prep for next BD general polls’
Dhaka, Aug 16 – The Election Commission (EC) on Thursday said it has no plan to hold any further dialogue with the registered political parties ahead of next parliamentary polls.
Trump’s attack on media draws editorials in 300 US outlets
More than 300 news outlets have launched a campaign to counter US President Donald Trump’s attacks and promote a free press.
BNP criticises Inu for his ‘Criticism of ‘Zia Family’
BNP senior leader Nazrul Islam Khan on Thursday suggested the government to create a new ministry styled ‘Zia family criticism affairs’ and give current Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu its charge.