Bangladesh Nationalist Party will celebrate the 79th birth anniversary of Party’s Founder late President Ziaur Rahman Monday amid its countrywide blockade programme and with most of its leaders and activists either arrested or on the run. Leaders and activists of…
The countrywide indefinite transport blockade, enforced by the BNP-led 20-party alliance, entered 13th day on Sunday. Vehicular movement in the capital was as usual as blockaders were hardly seen on the streets in the morning. Rail communication of Dhaka with…
Accusing the government of keeping alive the current political crisis due to its fear of losing power, BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Friday reiterated that their ongoing blockade will continue until the crisis is over. “The government…
The BNP-led 20-party alliance on Saturday welcomed the United Nations Human Rights Commission’s statement calling upon all political parties in Bangladesh to exercise restraint and stop the violence immediately. “We’ve full support to the UN Human Rights Commission’s statement voicing…
Jatiya Party Chairman H M Ershad has proposed an all-party convention to resolve the ongoing political crisis in the country. “Let’s call a convention. Let’s discuss how peace can be established in the country,” he said at a rally at…
The BNP-led 20-party alliance yesterday lambasted the chiefs of police, Rapid Action Battalion and Border Guard Bangladesh for what it said their audacious and biased remarks. They (law enforcers officials) must have been suspended and brought to justice for their…
Issuing again a strong warning against terrorism and militancy in the country, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the hands of those who make and hurl petrol bombs should be burnt so they can feel the agony of the burn…
President of Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) Dr AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury on Friday urged the government to take steps for holding a dialogue to overcome the current political deadlock before the foreigners force it to do so. “The current political crisis…
The Ameer of Islami Andolan Bangladesh Mufti Syed Rezaul Karim and Pir Shaheb of Charmonai in a statement to the press on Friday strongly condemned the ‘threat given seperatetely by the DG of BGB and the IG of Police to…
BNP wants an effective dialogue side by side continuing its countrywide blockade to break the present political impasse over holding an inclusive election under anon-partisan government. “We again call upon the government to take initiative for an effective dialogue to…
Police in a drive arrested 75 leaders and activists of BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami from different parts of the district early Friday. Mofazzal Hossain, superintendent of police, Gaibandha, said police during the overnight drive arrested the 75 leaders and activists of…
At least 30 people were injured in a clash between two rival groups of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) over a trifling matter on the Dhaka University campus early Friday. Sources said a brawl ensued between activists of the two groups…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged the Armed Forces to make constant efforts in winning confidence of the people by extending services to them. “An army without public support and confidence cannot win a war. People are the main strength…
The National Standing Committee of the Bnp in a statement to the press on Thursday termed the directive given by the Director General of Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) to open fire on political workers as totally beyond jurisdiction and in…
Stray incidents of violence causing death of a bus helper in Gazipur marked the day-long hartal of the Bnp-led 20-Party Alliance on Thursday. A burn victim died at the burn unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital. Meanwhile, a group of…
BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed yesterday alleged that the government has put the law enforcers face to face with the people to cling to power. He made the allegation in a statement issued yesterday. The BNP leader…
Two local leaders of BNP and its youth front Juba Dal were injured in an attack allegedly by activists of Bangladesh Chhatra Dal (BCL) on the Nazrul Avenue in the city on Thursday morning. The injured, Kotwali BNP joint general…
Blasting Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) for its destructive acts including burning people to death, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged the BNP to stop playing with fire, otherwise they would die in its own blaze. “The hands of those who…
BNP has expelled two of its US-based leaders based for issuing a fake statement in the name of six US Congressmen expressing their concern over confinement of Khaleda Zia at her office that created controversy home and abroad. The two…
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday asked the people as well as her party leaders and activists to make Thursday’s daylong hartal a success. Mohila Dal vice president Dr Nurjahan Mahbub said this while taking to reporters after a team of…
Four people, including a child, were burnt to death and 10 others suffered injuries in a petrol bomb attack by pickets in Mithapukur upazila early Wednesday on the 9th day of the countywide non-stop blockade, enforced by the BNP-led 20-party…
The Bnp has called a 24-hour hartal for thursday in protest against the gun attack on Khaleda Zia’s adviser Reaz Rahman injuring him at about 8-45 pm on Tuesday in the Gulshan area. His car was torched and burnt in…
The National Standing Committee of BNP, the highest policy making body of the party on Tuesday urged the country people to intensify their movement to make it a success. It accused the government of being desperate to foil 20-party’s ongoing…
The Awami League-led 14-party alliance will constitute committees in every ward and localities across the country ‘against subversive acts’ to handover to the law enforcing agencies those who would be found involved in acts of terrorism in the name of…
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday asked party leaders and activists to continue the ongoing blockade until democracy and right to franchise are achieved. The former premier made the directive when a six-member Mohila Dal delegation led by its senior vice…
Bnp joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed said on Monday that the blockade programme of the 20-Party Alliance would continue till the resignation of the Government. Rizvi conveyed the message by issuing a statement. For the last few days…
A number of senior Bnp leaders hinted on Monday that the 20-Party Alliance might end the blockade of transports if they are allowed to hold rally in Dhaka city. Major (retd) Hafizuddin Ahmed on Monday night conveyed this message to…
Voicing deep concern over the current confrontational political situation in the country, Raushon Ershad of Jatiya Party on Monday said there is no alternative to political stability for economic development. In a statement, she urged the political parties to avoid…
BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia on Monday accused Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of Lying in her Suhrawardy Udyan rally speech. Fromer BNP MP Nilufar Chowdhury Minu who saw Khaleda in the evening told jounrliasts, the BNP chief was confined at…
BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed yesterday lambasted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for her statement that Khaleda Zia was not confined to her Gulshan office. “What the Prime Minister said today (Monday) at a rally is nothing but…