BNP standing committee member Nazrul Islam Khan yesterday said the ruling Awami League (AL) always speaks about democracy but acts against it. He said this while addressing a book launching ceremony at Jatiya Press Club. The BNP leader alleged that…
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Mymensingh dist, Agri Varsity BCL units clash: 10 hurt
At least 10 activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) were injured as activists of the district unit of BCL and its Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) unit. locked in a clash at Kewatkhali WAPDA intersection in the district town on Tuesday…
Hezafat wants Gaffar Chy citizenship scrapped
Hefazat demands stripping Gaffar Chaudhury of citizenship for blasphemous comments on Allah and prophet Amir of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh Allama Ahmed Shafi in a statement yesterday urged the Government to strip the citizenship of writer- Journalist Abdul Gaffar Chaudhury for what…
Change in party soon, go to grasssroots sufferers, says Khaleda
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Monday night asked her party’s senior leaders to visit their respective areas before and during eid for carrying out organisationa activities and stand beside grassroots leaders and activists affected during the party’s last movement. The…
Govt seeks stay on Rizvi’s HC bail
The Chamber Judge of the Appellate Division on Monday sent to the full bench of the division a petition filed by the state seeking a stay order on the bail granted by the High Court to BNP joint secretary general…
BCL men on rampage in capital
Some activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League’s (BCL’s) Government Titumir College unit reportedly went on a rampage vandalising 20 vehicles and some shops in front of the college in the city’s Mohakhali area on Monday. Officer-in-charge of Banani Police Station Bhuiyan…
Arrest warrant against 16 BNP leaders including Rafiq
A Dhaka court yesterday (Monday) issued arrest warrants against BNP Standing Committee member Barrister Rafiqul Islam Miah and 15 others in a case filed for torching and vandalising a bus in the capital’s Mirpur area during a strike sponsored by…
Get united for fair election to better tomorrow: Khaleda
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday called upon all concerned to get united by fotgetting all the differences of opinion and views. “A fair election should be held in participation of all for a beautiful tomorrow. Those will win the polls,…
Bnp blames AL, wants probe of Gaffar words against Allah
BNP on Sunday demanded an investigation into the matter to find out whether he was provoked my any quarter. The party also demanded punishment of Bangladesh’s permanent representative to the UN Dr AK Abdul Momen for presenting Gaffar Chowdhury with…
Jamaat calls 2-day program for Mojaheed other leaders
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami yesterday announced a two-day programme demanding the immediate release of detained top party leaders secretary general Ali Ahsan Mohammed Mojaheed before the Eid-ul-Fitr. Acting secretary general of Jamaat Dr Shafiqur Rahman announced the programme through a press statement…
Election project withdrawal proves no-confirence of donors: Bnp
BNP on Saturday said that foreign donors have expressed their no-confidence in the current government’s election management by withdrawing funds for an Election Commission project. Addressing a press briefing at the party’s Nayapaltan central office, BNP spokesman Asaduzzaman Ripon urged…
Khaleda to perform Umrah, meet Tarique
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia will perform the holy Umrah this year in Saudi Arabia where she is expected to join by her elder son Tarique Rahman. Reliable source closed to Tarique Rahman in London yesterday confirmed that he would fly…
Govt fears facing people in polls for massive graft: Khaleda
Bnp chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia said on Thursday that the government if afraid of facing the people in election because of the wrath the ministers and their cohorts have earned by resorting the corruption and misrule. Addressing an iftar mohfil…
Jamaat activist held over murder, sabotage
Police arrested an activist of Jamaat-e-Islami on charges of murder and subversive activities from Kurikaunia village in Ashashuni upazila on Wednesday morning.
Youths harbour negative impression about politics: TIB study
As the trust of youths in public service is fairly low, the country’s youths show highly negative impression about the level of integrity in politics, according to a new TIB study. It reveals that about 86 percent of youth have…
Islami Parties give Govt ultimatum to rearrest Latif
Different Islamic parties and organizations yesterday gave ultimatums to the government to arrest the sacked minister, Abdul Latif Siddique by Thursday otherwise they threatened to tougher movement including enforcing non-stop hartal. Leaders of the organizations made the ultimatums a day…
Govt unable to understand its miserable fate: Khaleda
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Monday said the current ‘repressive’ government is unable to realise what dire consequences it awaits for its ‘misdeeds and misrule’. “This oppressor regime must go. But, those who are now talking tall talks and committing…
HC rejects Khaleda plea to cancel trust graft plaintiff’s deposition
The High Court on Monday rejected the petition filed by BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia for cancelling the plaintiff’s deposition in the trial of Zia Orphanage Trust graft case against her. An HC bench comprising Justice Moinul Islam and Justice JMB…
40 BNP and Jamaat-Shibir men charged in Dinajpur
Police on Sunday submitted two separate chargesheets accusing 40 BNP and Jamaat-Shibir activists in a case filed over injuring a truck driver and a helper by exploding petrol bomb in Ghoraghat upazila. Sub-inspector Dulal Haque of the Ghoraghat Police Station,…
Judiciary politicisation affects life of ordinary people: Khaleda
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Sunday alleged that the opposition leaders and activists as well as common people are deprived of justice due to politicisation of judiciary. She made the allegation while addressing an iftar mahfil organised by Doctors Association…
Khaleda would be in prison, Inu – Irrational talk to save job: Ripon
BNP leader Asaduzzaman Ripon has claimed that Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu has been making ‘irrational’ remarks against Khaleda Zia to safeguard his ministerial berth. BNP’s International Affairs Secretary Ripon addressed a press briefing at the party headquarters at Dhaka’s…
Khaleda urges political leaders to unite, rid people of suferings
BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia on Saturday urged political parties to get united to save the country and its people from misrule as the current “unelected” government she said has no responsibility towards them. “Many top leaders of different political…
Bnp asks for immediate relief supply to greater Chittagong
The BNP on Friday demanded of the government to send relief materials to flood affected areas in greater Chittagong immediately. Party spokesperson Dr Asaduzzaman Ripon made the demand through a press statement. He said about 20,000 people of Chittagong, Cox’s…
Govt actions cripple local government bodies: Bnp
BNP on Thursday alleged that the government is crippling local government bodies through politicisation by removing the opposition-backed elected public representatives on ‘fabricated’ charges. “The opposition-supported elected public representatives are being removed from local government bodies, including upazilas and municipalities,…
No basic human rights in the country now: Khaleda
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Thursday alleged that basic human rights have got obliterated in Bangladesh with the disappearance of rule of law. In a statement, she said, “In the countries where authoritarian governing system has been introduced snatching people’s…
Jamaat leader held in C’nawabganj
Police in a drive arrested a local leader of Jamaat-e-Islami from Chandlai area of the district town on Wednesday noon on charges of sabotage.
The case of alleged house garbbing against Moudud
The High Court’s rejection of BNP leader Moudud Ahmed’s review petition against the legality of the cognizance by a lower court of ACC’s charge that he grabbed a government house is by no means a certificate in support of the…
Arrest warrant issued against Bnp’s Alal
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka yesterday (Tuesday) issued arrest warrant against Syed Moazzem Hossain Alal, President of BNP’s youth wing Jubo Dal, in a case lodged with Ramna Model Police Station for obstructing police from performing their…
Fakhrul secures bail in Bangabandhu defamation case
A Dhaka court yesterday (Tuesday) granted bail to BNP Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in a case filed on the charge of defaming Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Magistrate Ataul Haque of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of…
Bnp leader Papia’s bail petitions rejected
A Dhaka court on Monday rejected the bail petitions of BNP leader and former lawmaker Syeda Asifa Ashrafi Papia in nine cases filed in connection with the alleged arson attack and sabotage during the BNP-led 20 party alliance’s countrywide shutdown and…