Awami League presidium member and spokesman of the 14-party alliance Mohammad Nasim on Friay said that BNP-Jamaat would not be allowed to torch properties on the streets in the name of movement. “Begum Zia will not be allowed for a…
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One killed in Kushtia Awami League factional clash
An Awami League activist has been killed in a factional clash in Kushtia, police say. Eight others were injured in Friday night’s skirmish at Mirpur Upazila.
Khaleda, Tarique distort history: Want Hasina’s democracy: Gaffar Chy
Columnist Abdul Gaffar Choudhury on Friday said Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairman Khaleda Zia and senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman continued to try to distort the country’s history. “When conspiracy to destroy the country begins, a move also starts to distort its…
Khaleda addresses FF rally Sunday
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia will address a rally of freedom fighters in the city on Sunday. Jatiyatabadi Muktijoddha Dal will organise the discussion on “Present political crises of the country and responsibilities of freedom fighters.
Warrant issued, legal notice served against Tarique
A Dhaka court on Thursday issued a warrant for the arrest of BNP senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman in a case filed for calling Bangabandhu a “great Razakar”. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate M Yunus Khan issued the arrest warrant after M Mostafizur…
Court summons Fakhrul for calling AL party of killers
A Dhaka court on Thursday summoned BNP Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in a case filed for calling Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina ‘a killer’ and her party Awami League ‘a partyof killers’. Magistrate Adit Kumar Dey of the…
Khaleda asks Hasina to restrain herself, her men
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday called upon Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina to restrain her tongue and behavior for the sake of development of the country. “I would like to tell Hasina to control her hoodlums of…
Govt’s fall only matter of time, says Fakhrul
Charging the government with resorting to continued evil efforts to hang onto power, BNP spokesman Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday said the fall of this regime is now only a matter of time. In a statement, Fakhrul said the…
Ask Tarique to hold his tongue, Hasina tells Khaleda
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday issued a strong warning to Tarique Rahman for his remarks about Bangabandhu and advised BNP chief Khaleda Zia to ask her son to hold his tongue. “I would like to tell the BNP chief,…
Get united to save ‘besieged’ democracy: Tarique
BNP senior vice chairman Tarique Rahman has called upon people from all walks of life to get united to save Bangladesh’s besieged democracy. The country is now under the grip of the cohorts of 1971 occupation forces, he said. “Democracy…
Govt has destroyed Liberation War spirit: BNP
The BNP on Tuesday alleged that the regime has destroyed the Liberation War spirit through annihilating democracy and snatching people’s rights and termed the government an ‘illegal and usurper’ of power. “People had spontaneously joined the Liberation War in 1971…
Tarique Rahman labels Bangabandhu a ‘Razakar’
BNP leader Tarique Rahman has labelled Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman a ‘Razakar’ and claimed that he had accepted Yahya Khan as Pakistan president by striking a deal with him just before the proclamation of independence. The BNP senior vice chairman…
Bangladesh’s 44th Victory Day Tuesday
Bangladesh will celebrate the 44th Victory Day on Tuesday with elaborate programmes to pay homage to the martyrs who laid down their lives for the country. On this day in 1971, occupation had forces surrendered after a nine-month war resulting…
Hegemonic forces still active to snatch independence: Khaleda
Though Bangladesh was liberated in 1971, hegemonic forces are still conspiring to snatch the country’s independence and sovereignty, said BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Monday. “Though our beloved motherland was freed from the grasp of enemies in 1971, the plots…
Khaleda doesn’t hesitate to kill pol opponents: Hanif
Awami League joint general secretary Mahbub-ul-Alam Hanif, MP, today said BNP chairperson does not hesitate to kill her political opponents. The Awami League leader said this in reply to Begum Zia’s remarks that ‘there will be no need to kill…
Even 5 million police can’t save government: Fakhrul
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said the government ultimately would not be able to save itself even with five million police. Addressing a discussion meeting at Institute of Engineers Bangladesh to mark the Victory Day, he…
BCL activist shot dead in CU campus factional clash
An activist was shot dead and five others were wounded in a fierce clash between two factions of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) on the Chittagong University campus on Sunday morning. The deceased was identified as Taposh Roy, a second year…
AL did not want independence, now smashing its ideals: Fakhrul
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday urged the intellectuals, and free thinking persons and believers of democracy to come forward in the transition period of the country. “Country’s human rights are now undermined. Let us join a…
Stop return of BNP, Jamat to power: PM
Terming BNP-Jamaat Pakistan’s collaborators, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday urged all to remain alert so that this quarter cannot return to power to play with people’s fate. “We all have to remain vigilant so that those Pakistani collaborators can’t…
People want to get rid of the AL: Khaleda
BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia said on Saturday that the ruling Awami League is a burden on the country and the people should get rid of the party. Addressing a big public meeting at the Kanchpur Balur Maath Begum Zia …
BNP-Jamaat plotting anarchy centering Jan 5: Nasim
Health Minister Mohammad Nasim on Saturday said BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami are plotting to create anarchy in the country sometime around January 5 next year. “The country’s democracy was saved by holding the nation election on January 5 under the leadership…
BNP complains of govt move to obstruct N’ganj rally
BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Friday alleged that the government has made ‘evil designs’ to obstruct their Saturday’s rally at Kanchpur in Narayanganj. “The government has resorted to evil tactics to resist massive public gatherings at the…
JCD calls half-day hartal in Faridpur Saturday
Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), the student wing of BNP, on Friday called a half-day hartal in the district for Saturday protesting the arrest of its four leaders. The shutdown that will begin at 6am and end at 12 noon was…
Khaleda to address rally at Narayanganj Saturday
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia will address a public meeting at Kanchpur Balur Math in Naryanganj Saturday. The meeting will be held at 2:00pm with district BNP president Advocate Toimur Alam Khandaker in the chair. Leaders and activists of 20-party alliance…
Matia finds some envoys adding fuel to BNP’s polls demand
Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury on Thursday alleged that some foreign envoys are adding fuel to the BNP’s demand for fresh parliamentary polls. She also said the countries the emissaries represent had not been very much in favour of Bangladesh during…
AL avoiding polls fearing forfeiture of security deposits: BNP
BNP Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said that the ruling Awami League is not holding elections as the are afraid of forfeiture of seturity deposits of their candidates. “They (Awami League) know it well that if they…
Resist hegemonistic forces, says Khaleda on Bhashani’s birth day
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Thursday said that the current government has sent democracy into the grave by usurping the state power. “The country’s independence and sovereignty are now in a deep crisis, as democracy has been sent into the…
No election before 2019: Nasim
Health Minister Mohammad Nasim today said that there is no possibility of holding the next general election even a day before the scheduled time of 2019. Speaking as the chief guest at the inaugural function of triennial conference of Bogra…
Jamaat to mark 1st year of Quader Mollah execution
Jamaat-e-Islmai has taken two-day programme to mark the 1st anniversary of execution of party leader Abdul Quader Mollah for war crime charges. According to programme, the Islmaist party will bring out peaceful processions througout the country on Thursday and Doa…
Movement can’t be diverted by calling DCC polls: BNP
BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Tuesday described the Prime Minister’s order for Dhaka City Corporation elections as a mantra and said she has taken this option in a bid to prevent her government’s imminent fall. “Sheikh Hasina…