Mentioning that Awami League always sets a trap before any election hiding its ‘ugly’ face, the BNP leader said the party exposes its true colour after assuming office by brutally oppressing people. “One person’s absolute rule has been established in…
City BNP convenor Mirza Abbas yesterday urged the government not to create obstructions to their democratic movement. “The government will be forced to exit from power through a non-violent movement, but not through other means. So, don’t obstruct the movement…
Bangladeshi American Tahsina Ahmed (23) has been elected as a councilor of local government of Held on City of the state of New Jersey. The Bangladeshi American community of New Jersey, New York and nearby states celebrated her victory on…
The members of the family of Muhammad Jamaat’s Assistant Secretary General Kamaruzzaman who has been convicted of crimes against humanity by the International Crimes Tribunal and sentenced to death, have gone to Dhaka Central Jail to see him Wednesday morning,…
The Republican Party has won control of the Senate in the US mid-term elections, increasing its power in the final years of Barack Obama’s presidency. The party took Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Montana, North Carolina, South Dakota and West Virginia. Republican…
Awami League (AL) leaders were involved in the 1975 killings of the four national leaders at the Dhaka Central Jail, BNP leader Goyeshwar Chandra Roy has alleged. “The four leaders were killed at the prison in 1975. We do not…
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami is set to enforce another spell of countrywide 48-hour hartal on Wednesday protesting the death sentence awarded to its two leaders for war crimes. The fresh shutdown will begin at 6am on Wednesday and end at 6am on…
Americans are preparing to vote in mid-term elections which will decide who controls the Senate and pave the way for the 2016 race for the White House. Polling booths open on Tuesday beginning 06:00 Eastern (11:00 GMT). The Republicans, who…
Accusing the government of snatching people’s all rights, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Monday urged all to get prepared for a struggle imbued with the spirit of the holy Ashura to ‘restore democracy’ in the country. “The current regime which…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday called upon BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia to cut ties with war criminals, terrorists and militants, saying there will be no place for them in the country. “It is good to wage movement along…
BNP acting secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed yesterday said the ruling Awami League may face mid-term set back if they fail to give a mid-term election. “We want to say that Awami League does not want to leave luxury…
The Jamaat hartal also included Wednesday, the day after the holy Ashura forcing the educations boards to reschedule the JSC and JDC exams. Jamaat-e-Islami, a major party of the BNP-led political alliance, yesterday called the latest hartal for Wednesday as…
Claiming that the maritime boundary verdict reflects India’s will, BNP on Thursday alleged that Bangladesh has lost around 6,000 square kilometres of sea areas with the judgement. The party also alleged that the verdict will help India establish its absolute…
The man who unleashed a reign of terror in Chittagong against Bangladesh’s Liberation struggle sat unruffled when his verdict was being read out at the International Crimes Tribunal on Sunday. Senior Jamaat-e-Islami leader Mir Quasem Ali, believed to be one…
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) Monday upheld the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 verdict sentencing Jamaat leader Muhammad Kamaruzzaman to death for committing crimes against humanity during the War of Liberation. A four-member bench of the Appellate Division…
Kazi Zafar Ahmed, the chairman of his faction of Jatiya Party, has been shifted to the Intensive Care Unit of United Hospital after his condition worsened, a spokesman said on Monday. Kazi Zafar’s personal secretary Golam Mostafa said the JP…
The council of Awami League district units the tenures of which have already expired will be held by October 30 this year. The decision was taken at a meeting of Awami League joint secretaries and organising secretaries at Awami League…
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has deferred its Tuesday’s countrywide demonstrations to Wednesday due to holy Shab-e-Meraj.
Kader Siddiqui now wants to contest the Narayanganj-5 by-poll after the Election Commission had earlier cancelled his nomination for the Tangail by-election because of a defaulted loan. The Krishak Sramik Janata League’s Narayanganj district unit organising secretary Abu Bakar Siddique…
A Dhaka court yesterday fixed June 25 for hearing on charge framing in a graft case filed against former undivided Dhaka City Corporation mayor Sadeque Hossain Khoka. Sunday was earlier fixed for the hearing on charge framing when Khoka’s counsel…
Relatives and supporters of slain Narayanganj City Corporation Councillor Nazrul Islam have demonstrated demanding arrest of Awami League MP AKM Shamim Osman. A march was taken out Saturday night when Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad went to Narayanganj’s Siddhirganj to…
Rafiur Rabbi, father of slain Naraynganj teenager Tanvir Mohammad Twaki, has claimed that Awami League leader AKM Shamim Osman is intentionally trying to create panic ahead of the Naryanganj-5 bypoll. Rabbi will contest the seat, which fell vacant after the…
Pro-BNP Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Forum on Saturday announced a 5-day programme, including court boycott on Sunday, in protest against police obstruction to their scheduled rally on the Supreme Court premises. Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Forum president Rafiqul Islam Miah declared the programme from…
The Left Democratic Front on Friday called upon the people to carry forward movement to secure equitable rights on Teesta and other common rivers with a view to facing the threat to the country’s existence. The Front organised which a…
Detective Branch (DB) of Police on Thursday pressed charges against 29 BNP leaders, including its acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam, in a case filed in connection with the violence on March 2, 2013.
Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury will attend Narendra Modi’s swearing-in ceremony as Prime Minister of India on May 26. “The Speaker will represent Bangladesh in India’s next Prime Minister’s swearing-in ceremony,” State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam said.
Nepal’s ambassador in Dhaka HK Shrestha called on Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury at her office in the Parliament Secretariat on Wednesday. They discussed parliamentary democracy and economic development of the two countries.
Election in three upazila parishads — Madaripur sadar, Nakla in Sherpur and Bancharampur in Brahmanbaria — will be held on June 26. The Election Commission announced the election schedule for the three upazilas on Wednesday. According to the schedule, the…
The High Court will deliver its order on May 25 (Sunday) on two writ petitions filed by BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia challenging the legality of the appointment of a special judge who framed charges against her in the Zia Charitable…
A special squad of police arrested five suspected members of a kidnapping gang, including a woman, a spokesman said on Monday. The “Anti-kidnapping Squad” under Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan police made the arrests from Mirpur in the capital and…