BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed, now undergoing treatment at Civil Hospital in Shillong, is unlikely to be produced before the court very soon as he developed some problems in his kidneys and screen rashes, according to different sources in Shillong. Independent…
BNP on Thursday urged the government to demonstrate a human attitude by assisting the family members of its leader Salahuddin Ahmed to safely bring him back home from India instead of doing foul politics over his disappearance. “We’re very happy…
BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed has told two of his relatives who met him at a hospital in Shillong that he had been brought there blindfolded after changing vehicles for several times, according to a report released by BBC Bangla on…
Police arrested a union level leader of Jamaat-e-Islami from Baro Pathar village in Jakiganj upazila on Wednesday.The arrestee was identified as Abdul Jalil,45, president of Birshri union of Jamaat.
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday expressed her deep concern over the reports that many of the party leaders and activists including party’s acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir have seriously sick in jails. In a press statement, she called…
Hasina Ahmed, wife of BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed, yesterday sought cooperation of the government to bring back her husband from India. “I always sought cooperation of the government since nothing is possible without their assistance,” she said while talking to…
Salahuddin Ahmed, the joint secretary general of BNP who went disappeared for over two months, says he does not know how he surfaced in this mountainous state capital of Meghalaya on Monday morning. Ahmed, who identified himself as a senior…
BNP joint secretary general Salahuddin Ahmed, who was missing for over two months, has been traced on Monday morning at a mental hospital in the north-eastern Indian state of Meghalaya, closed to the Bangladeshi border. Sources in the capital city…
BNP on Monday alleged that the government is importing duty-free rice affecting the country’s farmers only to create scopes for pro-ruling party businessmen to make quick buck. “On one hand the government is carrying out propaganda that it has attained…
The BNP on Monday condemned Sunday’s police attack on Chhatra Union’s programme protesting the sexual harassment on women during the Bangla New Year celebration in Dhaka University premises. Addressing a press conference at party headquarters in the evening, BNP spokesperson…
Awami League-backed candidates were unofficially declared elected in all the posts in Daudkandi upazila election held amid boycott by the BNP-backed contestants on Saturday.Returning officer Bibhar Kumar Biswas announced the polls results around 10:30pm.
Members of civil society group – Concerned Citizens – on Sunday placed some proposals to bring amendments to the Constitution for establishing banance of power by ending concentration of too much power in the hands of the Prime Minister. Representatives…
BNP chief Khaleda Zia on Saturday night said that her party’s joint secretary general Salahuddin Ahmed was in Rab custody, warned that the consequences will not be good if the Rab does not return him to his family unharmed. “We’ve…
BNP-backed chairman candidate of Daudkandi Upazila election Abul Hashem Sarkar on Saturday boycotted the election, much like the boycott of BNP-backed candidates during the Dhaka and Chittagong city corporation elections on April 28, alleging capture of polling stations and vote-rigging.…
Tulip Siddiq, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s niece, has become a member of British parliament winning comfortably in what had been described as the tightest race in the 2015 UK election. After a nervy night for their Labour party which suffered…
BNP expects that the enquiry committee formed earlier to investigate into the death of party former lawmaker Nasiruddin Ahmed Pintu would place proper information to the nation. BNP international affairs secretary Dr Asaduzzaman Ripon said this while talking to reporters…
Rajshahi BNP on Friday demanded the government cancel the order suspending the party- supported Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) elected Mayor Mosaddek Hossain Bulbul. Rajshahi city and district BNP made the demand at a press conference at the city BNP’s office.…
Left political leaders, media workers and rights group activists on Thursday said while the government has lost a golden opportunity to demonstrate through the just concluded city elections its will and ability to hold credible elections, the election commission has…
BNP backed mayor candidate for Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Tabith Awal yesterday questioned the sincerity of the Election Commission in discharging its duties during the just concluded April 28 three city polls following the Constitution. “It unfortunate that the…
Condemning the submission of chargesheet against its chairperson Khaleda Zia in Jatrabari arson attack case, BNP on Wednesday alleged that the government has done it just to harass her. In a statement, the party said, “We got stunned over the…
Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Wednesday urged Nobel Laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus to clear his position on the allegation of his role in having the fund for the Padma Bridge project cancelled by the World Bank. “I would like…
The Detective Branch (DB) of police on Wednesday submitted the charge sheets to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka against BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and 37 others including senior BNP leaders in two cases filed for Jatrabari…
At least 10 activists were injured in a clash between two rival groups of Bangladesh Chattra League (BCL) on the Begum Rokeya University campus on Tuesday.Witnesses said a group of expelled BCL activists of the university unit, led by Hamiduzzaman,…
Advocate Abdul Mobin, chairman of Bangladesh Islamic Party (BIP), an ally of BNP-led 20-party alliance, died of stroke Lab Aid Specialised Hospital in the city yesterday. Abdul Mobin, 63, left behind his wife, five sons, one daughter and a host…
The condition of ailing BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir was termed stable, by a panel doctors of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University where he was transferred to a prison cell as his on Tuesday as his health…
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir was set to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital for treatment from Kashimpur jail on Tuesday morning. Basanta Kumar, senior jail super of Kashimpur jail, said they sent Fakhrul to the hospital…
The High Court (HC) on Monday adjourned hearing on petitions submitted by BNP leader Mirza Abbas seeking anticipatory bail in two cases lodged for committing subversive acts, till May 24. The HC bench of Justice Md Ruhul Quddus deferred the…
Former BNP lawmaker Nasir Uddin Ahmed Pintu was to rest at Azimpur graveyard in the grave of his father after his third namaz-e-janaza at the Leather and Technology Institute in Hazaribagh after Asr prayers on Monday. Earlier his second namaz-e-janaza,…
Police in a drive arrested three BNP and Shibir activists from different areas of Ullapara upazila on Sunday on charge of subversive activities.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has dismissed claims of international dissatisfaction over city corporation polls and said there is no reason to bow to foreign pressure. “Let me be clear about this, we did not commit any crime that would force…