Dhaka, April 18 – BNP on Saturday opposed the government’s move to engage the ruling party men in preparing the list of the poor and destitute for providing relief as the party fears that the needy people belong to opposition…
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BNP wants ‘national taskforce’ to tackle coronavirus
Dhaka, April 17 – BNP on Friday demanded formation of a ‘national task force’ to effectively tackle the coronavirus pandemic and its fallout.
BNP wants army to handle relief materials distribution
BNP on Tuesday demanded that army be entrusted with the responsibility to make the list of marginalised people and distribute relief and government other assistance for ensuring transparency and checking irregularities.
‘Widespread irregularities’ in relief distribution: BNP
BNP on Friday alleged that the government’s relief materials are not properly distributed among the helpless and poor people as the “ruling party leaders and activists” are taking those to their homes.
BNP demands Tk 87,000 core fund to tackle corona fallout
BNP on Saturday demanded the government form a special fund of Tk 87,000 crore to tackle the impacts of coronavirus on the country’s economy.
BNP demands police security for Khaleda
BNP on Thursday demanded police security at Firoza, the Gulshan residence of its chairperson Kaleda Zia.
No politics, stand by people, Quader tells BNP
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Wednesday urged BNP to stand by people refraining from trying to make political gains in this crisis of Coronavirus.
BNP seeks national unity to deal with coronavirus
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday suggested the government to form a national committee to contain the coronavirus outbreak and its fallout.
BNP accuses govt of adopting wrong policy over Coronavirus
BNP on Monday accused the government of adopting a ‘hide-and-seek policy’ of ‘no test, no corona’ like that of Iran and Italy only to invite a grave danger for the country.
Quader urges BNP to shun negative politics
Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Wednesday urged BNP to shun all negative politics considering the global crisis caused by coronavirus outbreak.
BNP halts its reorganisation activities until Apr 15
BNP has postponed until April 15 the reorganisational activities of the party, including the formation of committees at all levels, to help contain the coronavirus spread.
Suspend CCC election, five by-polls: BNP
Dhaka, March 20 – The BNP on Thursday demanded of the Election Commission (EC) to suspend elections to Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) and by-polls to five parliamentary seats due to the growing number of coronavirus cases in the country.
Media under grip of ‘pro-govt’ businessesmen: BNP
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday bemoaned that the country’s media industry is now ‘under the grip of businessmen who cannot go against the government to protect their own interests’.
BNP seeks national unity to check coronavirus
BNP senior leader Moudud Ahmed on Friday laid emphasis on forging a national unity to create awareness among people to tackle the coronavirus.
No politics with coronavirus, pointing out govt’s flaws: BNP
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday trashed Awami League’s accusation of doing politics over corona issue, saying their party is performing its political responsibility by identifying the government’s flaws in preventing the spread of the virus.
Don’t do politics over coronavirus, Quader urges BNP
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Wednesday urged BNP to refrain from doing politics over any sensitive and human issue like coronavirus.
Influential quarter behind Mirpur slum fire: BNP
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday alleged that an influential quarter is behind the fire in Mirpur’s Rupnagar Slum and they did it to launch a housing project there.
Coronavirus: BNP postpones countywide demo
In the wake of detection of coronavirus cases in Bangladesh, BNP on Tuesday postponed its Wednesday’s scheduled countrywide demonstration seeking party chief Khaleda Zia’s release.
With Khaleda in jail Mujib Borsho can’t be successful: BNP
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday said the celebrations of ‘Mujib Year’ will not be successful keeping Khaleda Zia in jail.
BNP raises question about independence of judiciary
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday raised a question about the independence of the judiciary since a former ruling party MP and his wife was granted bail on Tuesday hours after they had been ordered to send…
Power-water tariff hike: BNP announces nationwide protest
Describing the government’s move to increase the tariffs of power and water as an ‘anti-people move’, BNP has decided to organise human chain programmes across the country, including the capital, on Monday in protest against it.
Six including two from AL, BNP contesting Dhaka-10 by-polls
Dhaka, Feb 29 – Six candidates, including Awami League’s Md Shafiul Islam (Mohiuddin) and BNP’s Sheikh Robiul Alam, will contest the Dhaka-10 parliamentary by-election slated for March 21.
Power tariff hiked for benefit of ‘Awami syndicate’: BNP
BNP on Friday alleged that the government has raised the power tariff to create a scope for the ‘ruling-party syndicate to plunder public money’.
BNP to go for retrial of BDR carnage if returns to power
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday said their party, if returns to power, will take steps for the retrial of the 2009-Pilkhana BDR carnage through a fair investigation.
BNP vows on Shaheed Day to free Khaleda, restore democracy
Dhaka, Feb 21 – BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday expressed his vow to free party’s ailing chairperson Khaleda Zia.
Terrifying situation created in BD to hang on to power: BNP
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday alleged that the government has created a ‘terrifying’ situation in the country in an effort to hang onto power with ‘repressive’ acts.
Bangladesh to ‘lose self-esteem’ if Khaleda dies in jail: BNP
BNP senior leader Nazrul Islam Khan on Thursday said Bangladesh will lose its ‘self-esteem’ to the international community if the government pushes their chairperson Khaleda Zia towards death keeping her in jail.
BNP wants to create issue over Khaleda’s illness: Quader
DHAKA, Feb 18, 2020 (BSS) – Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today said BNP wants to create a political issue over the illness of BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia. “BNP wants to do…
BNP against EVM use in Chittagong city polls
BNP on Monday opposed the move to use the electronic voting machines (EVMs) in the upcoming elections to Chattogram City Corporation, saying the Election Commission took the decision to rig votes again.
7 collect BNP forms to contest by-polls in 3 JS seats
Seven aspirants have bought BNP’s nomination forms to contest the upcoming by-polls to three parliamentary seats in Dhaka, Bagerhat and Gaibandha.