Besieged at her Gulshan political office, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Sunday expressed her firm stance about taking to the street on Monday to mark the day as ‘Democracy Killing Day’. Leaders of different pro-BNP professional bodies, including teachers, journalists,…
President of Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) AQM Badrudozza Chowdhury was barred from meeting besieged BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Sunday. The BDB chief came to Khaleda’s Gulshan office around 12 noon to meet the former Prime Minister. As his motorcade…
Police on Saturday arrested two activists of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) in connection with a crude bomb attack on the vehicle of former Sylhet City Corporation mayor and city Awami League president Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran at Pathantula here on…
The Awami League-led 14-party alliance has told the BNP to drop plans of hitting the streets on Jan 5. After a meeting on Saturday at the Awami League’s central office, Food Minister Qamrul Islam asked the BNP not to be…
The BNP-led 20-party allaince is likely to announce 48-hour to 72-hour non-stop hartal if they are obstructed from hold its planned rally for which it did not get permission till last night, according to a highly placed source. The hartal…
The ruling Awami League will organise public rallies at 16 venues including the Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital city January 5. This decision was taken at a joint meeting of Awami League (AL) held at the political office of party…
Senior Awami League leader Tofail Ahmed on Saturday ruled out the possibility of any midterm election and dialogue with BNP saying Bangladesh is marching ahead with development on all fronts. “I don’t see any possibility of dialogue…there’ll be dialogue only…
The BNP has vowed to hold its rally in Dhaka on January 5 even it is not given permission by the Dhaka Metropolitan Police. “We will hold our planned grand rally in the city on January 5 to mark the…
With rising political heat over tit-for-tat programmes planned on Jan 5 to mark one year of the last general election, Awami League Joint General Secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif has said no ‘evil activities’ will be allowed on that day. Slating…
Reiterating that its programmes will be peaceful, BNP on Friday urged the government to permit the 20-party alliance to stage its scheduled rally in the city on Monday. “Our rally will be peaceful one. We’re committed to ensuring democracy and…
State Minister for Home Affairs Asaduzzaman Kamal today said the government is considering giving permission to BNP’s Dhaka rally on 5 January if there is no apprehension of violence centering the meeting. He said the law enforcement agencies are working…
A group of businessmen have urged the government to make agitating politicians hold talks to end ‘political unrest’. The newly elected office-bearers of the Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) made the appeal at a meeting with Finance Minister…
BNP on Thursday vowed to hold a rally in the city on Monday (Jan 5), no matter whether the party is given permission or not. “The government has buried democracy by holding the January-5 election only to protect an individual’s…
Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad on Thursday urged the political parties to engage in talks shunning violence for finding out an acceptable way to holding a fair and inclusive election in the interest of the country. “Let’s sit together and…
Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), the student front of the BNP has suspended the holding its Saturday rally at Suhrawardy Udyan in the city, as police gave conditional permission late and also, to avoid arrest and possible clash with ruling party…
The two-day dawn-to-dusk hartal called by Jamaat-e-Islami ended yesterday. The lacklustre second day of hartal was marked by movement of more transports on roads in the capital. Barring some stray incidents of violence the hartal ended peacefully in the city…
Awami League Publicity and Publication Affairs Secretary Hasan Mahmud Wednesday said there is no room for discussion on interim election or caretaker government. Terming BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia’s speech as ‘lie’, the AL leader said, “Begum Khaleda Zia wants…
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia said on Wednesday that the January 05 polls amounted to killing democracy and violation of the constitution as the government was out to make its power secure by sidetracking its promise to hold an inclusive election…
The first day of the two-day dawn-to-dusk hartal enforced by Jamaat-e-Islami passed off by and large peacefully on Wednesday amid some stray incidents of setting fire to vehicles including a covered van of a cement company and vandalising several other…
Amid the growing political tension, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia is going to hold an emergency press conference on Wednesday evening. The press conference will be held around 6:30pm at her Gulshan office, a press release signed by her press secretary…
A case has been filed against 43 top leaders of BNP and its ally Jamaat, including party acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Jamaat’s acting ameer Maqbul Ahmed for setting fire to and vandalising vehicles and explosion of…
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said the comments of some ruling party leaders including ministers and MPs suggest that they have become mentally deranged. ‘That’s why they (Awami League leaders) want to bite BNP leaders like…
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami bids farewell to 2014 and greet the New Year with a two-day hartal beginning today (Wednesday) protesting death sentence one of its assistant secretary general ATM Azharul Islam on the charge of crimes against humanity during the war…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said her government wants to build a beautiful future for the Bangalee nation by maintaining a wonderful environment in the country. “We want peace, not clash…we want to maintain beautiful environment in the country…
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia will address the founding anniversary discussion of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, the student wing of the party, at Suhrawardy Udyan on Friday. The JCD will organise the discussion meeting to mark its 37th founding anniversary. The Dhaka…
A woman school teacher was killed in Noakhali and many people were injured in the city and elsewhere in the country during the countrywide dawn-to-dusk hartal enforced by the BNP-led 20-party alliance yesterday. The female school teacher, Shamsunnaghar Jarna (35)…
Claiming that people are spontaneously observing heir hartal, BNP joint-secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Monday alleged that the government agents are torching vehicles and carrying out various subversive acts over their daylong shutdown programme. “The government has once again…
The countrywide daylong hartal, enforced by the BNP-led 20-party alliance to protest the ‘foiling’ of its Gazipur rally and demanding the release of its arrested senior, is underway amid stray incidents. The hartal began at 6am and will end at…
A countrywide daylong hartal called by the BNP amd its allies in protest against the ‘foiling’ of their scheduled Gazipur rally and to press the demand for the release of arrested senior leaders begins Monday morning. The hartal that will…
Police in separate drives on Saturday night arrested 10 local leaders and activists of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) from different upazilas in Jessore district on apprehension that they could carry out violence during the countrywide Monday’s hartal.