Category: Politics

Hefazat-e-Islami Bangladesh (HIB) on Saturday called upon the government to give permission to hold its rally at Shapla Square on December 24 and the opposition alliance to withdraw its blockade programme on the day.

Police have detained Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal’s (JCD) acting president Bazlul Karim Chowdhury Abed. Abed is one of the Vice Presidents of the BNP’s student wing.

A local leader of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) was shot to death by unidentified miscreants in Battala Bazar area of the district town on Friday. The deceased was identified as Rafiqul Islam Faruk, 48, vice-president of Sadar upazila unit BNP,…

After a day’s pause, the BNP-led 18-party alliance enforces its 83-hour nationwide road-rail-waterway blockade at 6am on Saturday, demanding arrangement of the 10th general election under a non-party caretaker government.   The fresh spell of blockade, the fifth of its kind,…

Ganojagoron Manch on Friday called upon the countrymen to boycott Pakistani products.  The Manch will carry out a week-long campaign across the country urging the people to boycott the products made in Pakistan.

A Dhaka court on Thursday placed BNP’s Dhaka City Joint-Convener Anwaruzzaman Anwar on a five-day remand.

The Awami League-led 14-party alliance on Thursday announced a three-day countrywide demonstration protesting the resolution adopted by the Pakistan parliament expressing concern over the execution of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdul Quader Mollah.

Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu on Thursday said the ongoing dialogue between Awami League and BNP leaders over polls has been postponed.   “There’s no scope of holding dialogue over the 10th parliamentary election… we’ll have to hold the election on…

Activists of the BNP-led 18-party alliance torched the podium of the election rally of a former state minister and over 50 vehicles during a clash with BCL men in Patgram upazila on Thursday evening. 

Dhaka – A mobile court here on Wednesday fined ruling Awami League MP candidate Kamal Ahmed Majumder (Dhaka-15) Tk 25,000, for violating the election code of conduct by sticking posters on walls.

Jatiya Sangsad will lodge its formal protest against Pakistan’s National Assembly’s resolution condemning the execution of Jamaat leader Abdul Quader Mollah for committing crimes against humanity during the war of liberation in 1971.

Awami League on Wednesday relieved Dr Awlad Hossain of all posts of the party, including primary membership, as he is contesting the 10th parliamentary polls from Dhaka-4 constituency as an independent candidate ignoring the party decision.

The Anti-Corruption Commission on Tuesday filed a case against BNP standing committee member Barrister Moudud Ahmed for illegally grabbing a government-owned house valued Tk 300 crore. Manjur Ahmed, bother of Moudud Ahmed, has also been accused in the case.

Police on Tuesday foiled Jatiya Party’s scheduled demonstration programme in the city demanding the release of its chairman Hussain Mohammad Ershad from the Combined Military Hospital (MH) in Dhaka Cantonment.   Party presidium member Kazi Firoz Rashid tried to bring out…

Police have arrested four activists of Jamaat-e-Islami on charges of killing five people following an attack on the convoy of ruling party MP Asaduzzaman Nur in Nilphamari.

Jessore – A local leader of opposition BNP was hammered to death allegedly by local activists of ruling party Awami League at Talbaria Bazar in Sadar upazila on Monday.

Meherpur – Police in a drive held five female activists of Jamaat-e-Islami from a house in Bus Stand area of the district town on Monday evening.

Joypurhat – The local unit of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami on Sunday called a daylong hartal for Tuesday in the district protesting the killing of its leaders and activists in police firing during its Sunday’s hartal.

Acting secretary general of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday said the people would certainly achieve the victory in the ongoing movement for restoration of democracy in the country.

Islami Oikya Jote, an ally of the BNP-led 18-party alliance, has termed the election of 154 lawmakers before holding the poll schedule for January 5 a shameful one.

The Ameer of Islami Andolan, Mufti Syed Mohammad Rezaul Karim has said that election unopposed of more than 150 members of parliament spoke of the sad plight of the country and the Election Commission.

Dhaka – Issuing a strong note of warning against opposition BNP, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said if this party doest not stop its destructive agitation programmes it will have to face the music.

BNP standing committee member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Saturday alleged that the government is destroying the spirit of the Liberation War and democracy with its ongoing efforts to hold a unilateral Election.

An advisor to HM Ershad has claimed that by not accepting Jatiya Party chief’s appeal to withdraw his nomination, the former military dictator has been ‘forcefully pushed’ into the elections.