Category: Politics

A senior BNP leader has claimed that people are endorsing the Opposition-backed agitation ignoring their hardships and troubles.

The full text of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court judgment pronouncing capital punishment to Abdul Quader Mollah of Jamaat-e-Islami for committing crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War is likely to be officially released on Thursday.

Awami League President Sheikh Hasina has called an emergency meeting of the party’s top brass in the backdrop of the Opposition’s blockade across Bangladesh.

The government is ‘plotting’ to clamp a state of emergency, BNP leader Abdullah Al Noman has claimed. He also held the government responsible for the violence during the Opposition’s blockade across Bangladesh.The BNP Vice-Chairman’s remarks came at a rally in…

Awami League’s General Secretary Syed Asharful Islam’s motorcade has been attacked at Tongi in Gazipur, police said.

The BNP-led 18-party alliance enforced a non-stop hartal in Comilla-9 constituency (Laksam and Monaharganj upazilas) on Monday demanding that two opposition leaders allegedly picked up law enforcers be traced and released.

Police have filed a case against senior BNP leaders including Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir over Saturday’s bus attack in the capital’s Malibagh which left one dead.

Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) and Socialist Party of Bangladesh (SPB) on Sunday called for people’s unity to get rid of political polarisation centering the two major parties and the alliances they are leading.

Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (Rob) on Sunday urged President Abdul Hamid to take an initiative to hold a national dialogue involving all political parties, professional bodies and civil society members to  resolve the current political crisis.

Dhaka – BNP joint secretary general Salaudin Ahmed on Saturday said the government got unnerved and panicked seeing the intensity of the mass people’s movement.

Opposition activists tried to set fire to Gaibandha’s Palashbarhi Upazila election office on Saturday, the first day of the Opposition’s 72-hour nationwide blockade.

A pedestrian was killed and five others injured when a bus lost control after a petrol bomb attack and ran over them in Dhaka’s Malibagh on Saturday.

Awami League presidium member Mohammad Nasim on Saturday said country’s people will give a befitting reply through the ballots to the violent acts being unleashed by the opposition.

Senior BNP leaders including acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir have been sued in connection with Thursday’s attack on bus passengers at Shahbagh. The case, filed at the Shahbagh Police Station, accuses the BNP leaders of instigating the arson,…

One person has been killed and 30 others injured in a clash at Cox’s Bazar, where BNP and Awami League supporters fought each other with the police trying to cap the violence.

BNP has called for a dawn-to-dusk strike in Chittagong district on Sunday protesting against the arrest of its leaders and activists, including party Chairperson’s Advisor Mir Mohammad Nasir and its central Organising Secretary Golam Akbar Khandker.

Police have arrested senior BNP leader Mir Mohammad Nasir Uddin from the Shah Amanat International Airport in Chittagong for his alleged involvement in violence during the Opposition’s 71-hour nationwide transport blockade.

A court of Dhaka on Thursday sent BNP’s Standing Committee member retired Brigadier General Hannan Shah to jail after he was produced to the court on completion of a two-day remand.

State Minister for Home Samsul Haque Tuku on Wednesday said stern actions will be taken against those carrying out violent activities and anarchy in the name of hartal and blockade across the country.

Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad has expressed doubts about the Jan 5 national election being free and fair, alleging an absence of a level playing field. “The country has now split into two – the Awami League and the BNP.…

The Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) will not take part in the forthcoming elections unless all parties join it. At a press conference on Tuesday, CPB President Mujahidul Islam Selim said, “Announcement of polls schedule cannot be a solution without…

Within five hours of killing a Juba League leader, Jamaat-e-Islami supporters have beaten to death a Swechchhasebok League leader at Kolaroa Upazila in Satkhira.

Police have arrested senior BNP leader ASM Hannan Shah minutes before the Opposition called for a 48-hour nationwide blockade protesting against the schedule of the general election.

Opposition Chief Whip Zainul Abdin Farroque has warned the government of dire consequences if a one-sided election is held without the BNP.