Bnp’s joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Wednesday alleged that opposition young leaders and workers now in movement were being snatched from mothrs’ laps killed by law enforcing agencies spreading manufactured stories of gunfight in the country. He said…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urged the people irrespective of their political belief and opinion to extend their support to the law enforcing agencies to nab criminals and restore peace and stability in the society in the interest of country’s development.…
Arafat Rahman Koko, the younger son of late President Ziaur Rahman and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia was laid to rest at Banani Graveyard at about 6:53pm after his namaz-e-janaza at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque on Tuesday. The body of Koko…
The application seeking for the burial of Arafat Rahman Koko, younger son of late President Ziaur Rahman, also a former army chief, and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, at Banani Army Graveyard in the capital was turned down by the authorities…
The Nababganj City College unit Islami Chhatra Shibir president, Asadullah Tuhin, was killed as a truck ran over him at Lalapara in Sadar upazila early Tuesday while members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) along with him were reportedly carrying out…
BNP on Monday accused the heads of law enforcement agencies of giving free hand to their forces to use arms and ammunition “as if those have been procured with the ruling party’s money”. “The remarks of the chiefs of law…
BNP called a 24-hour hartal in eight districts of Rajshahi division for Wednesday protesting filing of case against its Chairperson Khaleda Zia and demanding release of their detained party leaders and activists.
Diplomats and ambassadors from different countries, politicians, businessmen and former national players on Monday visited BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s Gulshan office following her younger son’s death in Malaysia. Envoys from Sweden, Turkey, Spain, Indonesia, Malaysia, Norway, Kuwait, Oman, Nepal and…
Awami League leader Dr Hasan Mahmud on Monday called upon the BNP chairperson, who heads the 20-party alliance, to withdraw their nationwide indefinite transport blockade programme, as a devastated mother who realises the pain and agony of the parents who…
Chairman of Jatiya Party (JP) and prime minister’s special envoy, Hussain Mohammad Ershad, has appealed to all political parties, registered with the Election Commission (EC), barring the Jamaat-e-Islami, to resolve the prevailing problems facing the country through a national convention.
“The power usurper government has set another brutal and inhuman example by filing a false case against Khaleda Zia when she is in deep shock following the death of her son. We strongly condemn and protest it,” BNP joint secretary…
Newspaper editors on Sunday urged the government to resolve the country’s current political standoff through dialogue. The request was made at a views-exchange meeting between the newspaper editors and some senior ministers of the government at the Secretariat with Information…
President of Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh Dr AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury on Sunday threatened to go on hunger strike together with people if the chiefs the two major parties do not sit in talks within a week. “The country’s economy is on…
Controversy over Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s inability to see Bnp chief Khaleda Zia to sympathise with her at the death of her son Arafat Rahman continued in table talks and telephone calls across the country on Sunday. People who participated…
Jatrabarhi Police Sub-Inspector KM Nuruzzman filed the case on Saturday afternoon, a case in which 18 BNP leaders including Khaleda Zia stand accused of ‘conspiring and instigating’ the bomb attack. This cames two days after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had…
The government on Saturday termed ‘inhuman, discourteous and devoid of political etiquette’ the refusal of BNP to allow Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to meet its chief Khaleda Zia. Addressing a crowed press briefing, PM’s Media Adviser Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury said…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina last evening went up to Bnp chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia’s Gulshan office gate but could not see and comfort her at the passing away of her youngest son Arafat Rahman. Khaleda’s special assistant Shimul Biswas told…
Taking a swipe at Amnesty International (AI) for its statement on Bangladesh’s ongoing political situation, Food Minister Quamrul Islam on Friday termed it a ‘BNP-paid organisation’ as it what he said speaks in BNP’s tone. “They’re criticising the government accusing…
Bnp joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said on Friday that the current illegal government will have its political funeral if it arrests Khaleda Zia as the agitators are active in the hartal and blockade programmes despite the so-called gunfight…
An auto-rickshaw driver was killed and four people, including two truck drivers, suffered burn injuries as two trucks came under petrol bomb attacks during the 20-party’s blockade in Dakkhin Surma and Biswanath upazilas Thursday midnight. Quoting witnesses, police said auto-rickshaw…
The countrywide indefinite transport blockade, enforced by the BNP-led 20-party alliance entered the 19 day on Friday as its 48-hour hartal in Dhaka and Khulna divisions ended amid stray incidents at 6am. The the transport blockade is continuing with one…
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday expressed her concern over imposing on broadcasting news on private TV channels making her doubt whether the people would be able to know the facts since the government ministers summoned the TV channel owners and…
At least 15 vehicles were damaged as blockaders hurled crude bombs at a convoy plying under the escort of law enforcers in the city on Thursday, leaving two people injured. Police and witnesses said a fleet of 50 vehicles, including…
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed on Thursday told Parliament that it was a mistake for Awami League to join hands with BNP in the anti-Ershad movement. “It was a mistake we together with BNP had waged a movement…Had we not done…
Bangladesh Nationalist Party yesterday slammed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s Wednesday’s remarks in Parliament about Khaleda Zia involving her in sabotage. “The government has been hatching conspiracy to arrest BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia to remove her from politics,” said BNP joint…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the foreign ministry officials, particularly those deputed in country’s missions abroad, to project the positive image of the country abroad. Sheikh Hasina was addressing the officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) during…
Bangladesh Sarak Paribahan Sramik League yesterday issued an ultimatum to BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia to lift the countrywide blockade programme within two-days other they will resort to fast unto death in front of the National Press Club from January 25…
A student leader of JCD, Bnp’s student affiliate has died from wounds suffered during an explosion while reportedly ‘making bombs’ in a house at Old Dhaka’s Lalbagh. Mahbubur Rahman Bappi passed away around 6am Thursday, said SI Mozammel Haque of…
Bangladesh has arrested more than 7,000 opposition activists since the start of nationwide protests two weeks ago, ministers have said. The authorities are struggling to deal with unrest in which activists have bombed vehicles and blockaded roads, and 29 people…
The BNP led 20-party alliance yesterday called for bringing normalcy as soon as possible to reach a consensus by shunning the path of violence and repression. “The consequence of slender campaign and threat against top opposition leadership ignoring the call…