Police arrested 41 Shibir leaders and activist while they were allegedly holding a secret meeting at a restaurant of Firmgate area in the city on Friday afternoon.
Category: Politics
NBR clarification over VAT on private universities eyewash, says BNP
The BNP sees a deception in the assurance the National Board of Revenue (NBR) gave to students who were demonstrating against VAT on tuition fees at the private universities. The party says VAT should not be collected from either the…
JSD Rab blames AL for paving way of Bangabandhu killing
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (Rab) yesterday claimed that it was Awami League that had paved the ground for killing of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. “The party of those are now blaming JSD for preparing ground for killing of Bangabandhu was responsible…
BNP slams Muhith for ‘neglectful, insulting’ comments about teachers
BNP Standing Committee Member ASM Hannan Shah slammed Finance Minister AMA Muhith for his comments about university teachers saying they were ‘insulting’ and reflected his ‘negligyence’. He also told reporters on Wednesday after a programme in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar about his…
Ershad angry with Bnp for praising his remark against Govt
Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad on Tuesday claimed BNP is the party that has done the utmost damage to the country’s politics “Who ruined the country most? BNP. They damaged country’s politics most. They started politics of vengeance here. They…
13 Jamaat leaders on 3-day demand in explosives case
A Dhaka court on Tuesday placed 13 leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh and its student front IslamiChhatra Shibir on a three-day remand each in a case filed under the Explosive Substances Act. Dhaka’s Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) Mohammad…
Comparing AL with snake Khaleda urges Hindus to rally round Bnp
Comparing Awami League with a snake, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Monday night urged the Hindu people to rally around her party changing their traditional mentality of supporting Awami League. “You should make your family members understand that it won’t…
Law enforcers again killing opposition workers sans trial: Bnp
BNP yesterday alleged that law enforcers are once again resorting to extra-judicial killing and abduction of opposition workers. “After the killing of some ruling party men in crossfire, we feared that the opposition men will again be subjected to enforced…
Hearing against Rizvi 129 others Nov 26
A Dhaka court on Sunday fixed November 26 for hearing in a case filed against 130 BNP leaders and activists, including its Joint Secretary Generals, Ruhul Kabir Rizvi and Amanullah Aman.
Bnp-led 20-party demo staged against gas, power price hike
BNP-led 20-party alliance yesterday staged demonstrations and bought out processions in different parts of the city and elsewhere in the country protesting price hike power and gas. However, police allegedly charged batons on 20-party leaders and activists in different places…
Cops foil demo protesting gas, power price hike
Police on Sunday foiled a demonstration programme of BNP in the district town protesting the gas and power price hike.When a procession of Barisal district unit (Dakhshin) of BNP reached Nazirpul area of the town around 10:30am, police obstructed them,…
BNP contradicts IRI survey on Govt, demands Mayor Mannan’s release
BNP on Saturday termed the International Republican Institute’s (IRI) opinion survey that showed increase of popularity of Sheikh Hasina led present government as contradictory. “The survey shows that most of Bangladesh people want caretaker government. Then, how does popularity of…
Saifur’s 6th anniversary of death observed
The sixth death anniversary of M Saifur Rahman, the country’s longest-serving finance minister, was observed with various programmes on Friday. Leaders and activists of local BNP placed wreaths at the grave of Saifur Rahman at Baharmardan village in Moulvibazar Sadar…
Bnp asks Govt to test popularity by holding acceptable polls
BNP standing committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy on Friday challenged the government to test its popularity through holding an acceptable election, as a survey conducted by the US-based International Republican Institute (IRI) found it has gained popularity. “Why are they…
Bnp-led 20-party demo against gas power price hike Sunday
The BNP-led 20-party alliance will now stage countrywide demonstrations on Sunday instead of Saturday, in protest against the price hike of power and gas. The programme was rescheduled a day after party standing committee member Nazrul Islam Khan on Wednesday…
Khaleda promises no revange if Bnp back to power
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Tuesday urged the government to arrange an election under a non-party election after reconstituting the Election Commission with neutral people and promised to the ruling Awami League that her party will not go for any…
Shaukat Mahmud on fresh remand again
Two different courts of Dhaka on Tuesday placed BNP Chairperson’s Adviser and journalist leader Shaukat Mahmud on a four-day fresh remand in four cases filed with Paltan, Motijheel and Rampura police stations in the capital. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM)…
Govt’s uneasiness hints at fresh elections soon: Moudud
A senior BNP leader believes that the government would hold a fresh election in the country soon. “The government is at unease that indicates that there will be an election in the country very soon,” said BNP standing committee member…
Bnp founding anniversary Tuesday
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) is going to celebrate its 37th founding anniversary on Tuesday with minimum programmes as the party is passing through a troubling time with its leaders and workers facing innirable cases filed durinhg movements. Some BNP…
2 Jamaat-Shibir men held in Rajshahi
Police arrested 62 Jamaat-Shibir men from a mosque at Chak Chhatari in Bagha upazila on Sunday night.Tipped off, a team of police raided Chak Chhatari Mosque in the area and arrested the Jamaat-Shibir men while they were holding a meeting…
Bnp-led 20-Party to take up demo against energy price hike
The BNP-led 20-party alliance is likely to announce a two-day demonstration programme soon to protest the fresh hike in power and gas tariffs. The decision was taken at a meeting of the top leaders of the alliance held at BNP…
Khaleda for UN-led probe of enforced disappearances
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Sunday urged the United Nations to take an initiative for forming an international probe team to look into enforced disappeasrances in Bangladesh and alleged that all such incidents took place at the behest of the…
Arrest warrant against Mirza Abbas 19 others
A Dhaka court on Sunday issued arrest warrant against BNP Standing Committee member Mirza Abbas and 19 others in two separate arson cases filed with Mirpur Police Station of the city in June of 2010. Metropolitan Magistrate Md Mahbubur Rahman…
Ctg police foil BNP demo protesting gas, power price hike
Police on Saturday foiled BNP’s demonstration and human chain programmes they arranged in the port city protesting the price hike of power, gas and essential commodities.The leaders and activists of the party, led by city BNP general secretary Dr Shahadat…
Govt of harassing Bnp leaders disregarding court verdicts: Khaleda
The government is dishonouring verdicts delivered by courts, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has said. She has alleged that her party leaders and activists are being arrested even after their securing bail from the High Court. In a statement issued Friday,…
Political parties protest against gas, electricity price hike
Different political parties and organisations have started staging demonstration and issuing statements against the increase of gas and electricity prices and called for withdrawing the same. The Bnp, the Islami Andolan Bangladesh, the Islami Oikya Jote, Nezame Islam Party, Gono…
Kazi Zafar to be laid to rest at ancestral home in Chauddagram
Jatiya Party (Z) chairman and former prime minister Kazi Zafar Ahmed will be laid to rest beside his parents graves at Cheora village in Chauddagram upazila, Comilla on Saturday. “Four more janazas of Kazi Zafar Ahmed will held in Camilla…
Work together for sustainable democracy, Khaleda urges Hasina
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Friday called upon her arch rival Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to work together for a sustainable democratic system in the country as they did it in the past. In a statement, the BNP chief said,…
Charges against Tarique bullshit stories, says Bnp leaders
BNP on Thursday termed the charges against its senior vice chairman Tarique Rahman as “bullshit stories.” Addressing a press conference, standing committee member Nazrul Islam Khan claimed that the charge sheet against Tarique Rahman was submitted to diver the attention…
Kazi Zafar Ahmed passes away in massive heart attack
Legendary political leader Kazi Zafar Ahmed is no more. Chairman of his faction of the Jatiya Party the ailing leader suffered a massive heart attack early in the morning and passed away at the United Hospital in Gulshan where he…