Category: Politics

Terming the present government ‘undemocratic’, Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh President Prof AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury on Thursday said the incidents of forced disappearance, kidnapping and killing have marked an alarming rise due to its undemocratic behaviour. He made the remarks while addressing…

Bangladesh Awami League on Thursday nominated Zebunnesa Afroz, wife of late Shawkat Hossain Hiron MP as its candidate to contest the by-election to Barisal-5 constituency, which is slated for June 12. The nomination was finalized at a meeting of the…

The trial of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia in Zia Charitable and Orphanage Trust and graft case pending with the Special Judge Court-3 has been shifted to makeshift court on the premises of Bakshibazar Alia Madrasha from Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judges…

BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia will visit Narayanganj on May 14 to console the family members of the seven people brutally killed after abduction there recently. Khaleda, also former prime minister, is likely to address a public rally in front the…

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has chalked out a 14-day programme to mark the 33rd death anniversary of its founder Ziaur Rahman. The observance of the death anniversary of Zia will begin on May 27 and end on June 9. On…

A local leader of Jamaat-e-Islami was killed in a ‘shootout’ with police at Bhadrakhali in Kaliganj upazila early Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Ashraful Islam, general secretary of Kushulia union unit of Jamaat and son of Adam Ali of…

Jatiyatabadi Swechchhasebak Dal president Habib-un-Nabi Khan Sohel was released on bail on Tuesday. Sohel walked out of Kashipur High Security Central Jail around 5:30pm. Local leaders of BNP, Swechchhasebak Dal and other front organisations of BNP, and relatives received Sohel…

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has said the law enforcement agencies’ negligence of duty in investigation and arresting the accused of the recent abductions and killing of seven people in Narayanganj has contributed to the worsening human rights situation…

The Narayanganj district administration has revoked the licences of all 11 weapons belonging to Nur Hossain and his associates. The Narayanganj Awami League leader is among the prime suspects in the abduction and murder of Councillor Nazrul Islam and six…

Accusing the government of trying to cling to power through resorting to killings and abductions, BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday said people are counting days to get rid of the ‘barbaric rule’ of Awami League.…

Terming state minister for home Asaduzzaman Khan a fool for his recent remarks on law and order and Narayanganj killings, BNP vice chairman Sadeque Hossain Khoka urged the Prime Minister to replace him with an eligible person. “It’s known to…

A local activist of Jamaat-e-Islami was killed reportedly in a lynch-mob attack at Deltar Crossing in Debhata upazila early Saturday. The deceased was identified as Aktar Hossain Aku, 48, son of Faizul Islam of Kulia village in the upazila. Jalal…

A Juba Dal activist has been shot dead in Lakshmipur Sadar Upazila. Relatives of ‘Ripon’, 22, have accused Bangakha Union Juba League general secretary ‘Shahjahan’ of the killing. The Juba Dal is the youth affiliate of the BNP. Ripon’s mother…

Police in a drive arrested nine local leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami from a meeting allegedly they were holding secretly at Shologhar in Srinagar upazila on Thursday night.

Jatiya Party MP from Narayanganj-5 constituency Nasim Osman died at a hospital in India early Wednesday. He was 65. Sources said Nasim had been admitted to a hospital in India’s Deradun with acidity problems on April 27. He breathed his…

The High Court on Tuesday directed the authorities concerned to form a medical board for the health check-up of detained BNP senior leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain. The court also asked the Vice Chancellor of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU)…

BNP vice chairman Abdullah Al Noman on Tuesday warned that the government’s ‘growing repressive acts’ cannot suppress their movement as it will only hasten the Awami League regime’s fall. “It’s not possible to suppress a movement with arms and repressive…

A local Jubo League (JL) leader was killed and five people, including women, were injured in an attack by robbers at Hilalpur village in Sadar upazila early Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Nazrul Islam, 36, science and technology affairs…

Jatiyatabadi Sramik Dal, the workers’ front of BNP, is all set to stage a rally in the city’s historic Suhrawardy Udyan on Thursday, marking the May Day. “We’ve completed all the necessary preparations for arranging the rally at Suhrawardy Udyan…

Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad on Monday dismissed report of his resignation from the party terming it mere a rumour. “To whom I’ll tender my resignation? Who is this great man? Why should I resign when I am the supreme…

Rashed Khan Menon and Fazle Hossain Badsha have been respectively elected President and General Secretary of the Workers’ Party of Bangladesh for the 2014-15 term. A 75-member new committee was formally announced at the closing sessions of the 9th congress…

BNP’s Dhaka city unit will hold its rally after its scheduled demonstration programme in front of the Jatiya Press Club on Monday if it is not allowed to stage it at Suhrawardy Udyan. “We’ve sought permission from the Dhaka Metropolitan…

The High Court on Sunday once again denied bail to detained BNP senior leader Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain in a money laundering case. An HC bench comprising Justice Naima Haider and Justice Zafar Ahmed rejected the bail petition of Mosharraf,…

Jatiya Party chief HM Ershad, who had unilaterally taken important party decisions in the past, has stressed running the organisation with everyone’s help. The party currently sits on the opposition in Parliament. Ershad said the Jatiya Party was now more organised.…