BNP standing committee member Rafiqul Islam Miah on Tuesday alleged that as a constitutional body, the Election Commission does not perform its duty properly. “The Election Commission works as subservient of the Prime Minister. The duty of the Election Commission…
Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Rashed Khan Menon on Wednesday blamed the Election Commission for its failure to check anomalies and election frauds in the just-concluded staggered upazila elections. “The Election Commission will have to shoulder the responsibility for whatever…
At least 15 activists of BNP and its political ally Jamaat-e-Islami were injured in an attack allegedly by supporters of newly elected chairmen over the 5th phase upazila election at Haidarganj in Raipur upazila on Tuesday night.
Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists of Maulana Bhasani Hall of Jahangirnagar University beat a general student inside his dormitory room early Tuesday. Witnesses said the BCL activists, led by JU unit sub-secretary on mass education Didarul Islam entered the room…
Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal aka Lotus Kamal should show some etiquette, Finance Minister AMA Muhith has said. Muhith, initially reluctant to comment on Kamal’s criticisms and uncharitable remarks about him, advised his colleague on Tuesday to have better manners.…
A local leader of Sramik Dal was shot to death by miscreants at his own furniture shop at Sabalia Suruj road in the district town on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Golam Azam, 40, organising secretary of the district…
Separate hartals in three upazilas of Satkhira, two upazilas of Narayanganj and Chuadanga each and Kasba upazila of Brahmanbaria enforced by 19-party alliance and its components protesting various irregularities during the 5th phase of upazila elections, passed off peacefully on…
Voter turnout in the fifth phase of the Upazila Parishad elections went up from the fourth phase, but still fell behind the first three rounds. The polls, held on Monday at 73 Upazilas in 34 districts, saw a 60.89 percent…
The Election Commission (EC) has admitted to incidents such as seizure of voting centres and widespread stuffing of ballot boxes during the fifth phase of the Upazila Parishad elections. The Commission has blamed grassroots officials for letting such incidents occur…
Bangladesh National Awami Party (NAP-Bhashani) on Monday left the BNP-led alliance. At a pres conference at the Jatiya Press Club on Monday, NAP chairman Sheikh Anwarul Haque announced that they have quit the 19-party alliance in a bid to independently…
Accusing the ruling party men of capturing polling stations indiscriminately and widespread vote fraud with the help of local administrations in the 5th phase of upazila elections, BNP on Monday said Awami League has waged a war against the electorate.…
The Planning Minister feels the Finance Minister cannot deliver, and has described him as ‘an old man who talks rubbish’. On Monday, Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal, better known as Lotus Kamal, heaped scorn on Finance Minister AMA Muith in…
In a reaction to BNP’s criticims against him, Election Commissioner Mohammad Abdul Mobarak on Monday said no political leader has the rights to hurl abuses at the Election Commission. “We people who work at the Commission are the citizens of…
Lawmakers in parliament on Monday sharply criticised the Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia and her son Tarique Rahman for their remarks on country’s first President. Speaking on the thanks giving motion on President’s speech, the lawmakers alleged that the…
President Abdul Hamid on Sunday underscored the need for upholding the authentic history of the country’s Liberation War among the new generation. “The glorious history of our great Independence has been distorted in many ways. Vested quarters have used it…
A day after assistant returning officer declared the results of Tangail-8 by-elections, the returning officer on Sunday postponed the results, citing regularities. Withholding the election results, returning officer Khurshid Anwar, also the Mymensingh regional election officer, wrote to the Election…
Awami League general secretary Syed Ashraful Islam has strongly protested BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s Saturday’s remark about singing the national anthem and her plan to stage an anti-government uprising. Addressing the biennial conference of a faction of Bangladesh Federal Union…
BNP says it anticipates large scale rigging by the ruling Awami League during the fifth phase of the Upazila Council elections. BNP Joint Secretary General Salahuddin Ahmed held a press conference at the party’s Naya Paltan headquarters on Saturday, a…
Khaleda Zia said Leader of the Opposition Raushon Ershad should resign to “save her skin”. “This person, who identifies herself as the opposition leader, is now saying that she was forced to join the election,” said Khaleda, the former leader…
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chief Khaleda Zia has threatened to topple the government through mass upsurge. The former prime minister criticised the government’s record-breaking initiative of singing the national anthem in chorus at a meeting of the Bangladesh Federal Union…
Stressing the importance of amending the constitution to bring a change in the country’s political culture, former caretaker government adviser Dr Akabar Ali Khan on Saturday said government’s term should be reduced to 3-4 years from the existing 5-year one.…
Defending their party chief Khaleda Zia and her son Tarique Zia’s assertions, BNP standing committee member Barrister Rafiqul Islam Miah on Friday described how late Ziaur Rahman was the ‘first president’ of the country. Ziaur Rahman was virtually the ‘president’…
Police arrested Habibur Rahman Habi, president of Satkhira municipality unit BNP and brother of BNP-backed chairman candidate in the upazila polls, on Friday evening on charge of violating the electoral code of conduct.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says all the local government elections should be held along political line so that the popularity of various parties at the grassroots can be properly judged. Hasina, who heads the ruling Awami League, made this remark…
Police on Thursday arrested three newly elected Upazila Parishad chairmen and two vice-chairmen from Rangpur city for alleged involvement in violence during the January 5 parliament polls. They were also accused of ‘causing obstruction’ to police in discharge of duty. Detective…
BNP chief Khaleda Zia has lent support to her son’s claims that her husband Ziaur Rahman was the ‘first president’ of Bangladesh. She made the assertion at a discussion by ‘Jatiyatabadi Muktijoddha Dal’ to honour freedom fighters of the 1971…
Greenwatch Report Speakers at a discussion meeting on the Independence Day on Wednesday demanded establishment of democratic and economic rights of the people to make the celebration of independence meaningful. They said that interpretation to the spirit of independence given…
A BNP activist was killed and three others injured in a crude bomb explosion while placing a wreath at Shaheed Minar in Shibganj upazila of the district early Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Sujan,23, son of Ashraful Alam Babu…
At least 20 Shibir activists, including two with bullet, were injured in police firing on their Independence Day procession at Lamabazar in the city on Wednesday morning. Witnesses said when over 200 activists of Jamaat’s student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir…
Opposing the draft Toll Policy, 2014, BNP on Tuesday alleged that the government has taken the decision only to plunder public money, as it did in rental power plants. “We think that the government has taken the decision to loot…