Former military ruler HM Ershad on Monday said now there is no guarantee of people’s natural death in the country, let alone the security of their property. “‘Now there’s no security of public life and property, neither any guarantee whether…
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Ex leaders of Ducsu, Apsu vow to wage movement
Leaders of Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU) and All-Party Student Unity of nineties yesterday said that they would take oath to hasten fall of the government within a short span of time. “We want to take oath under the…
JCD observes strike at Rajshahi University
Rajshahi University (RU) unit of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) on Sunday enforced an indefinite strike on the campus from Monday morning, demanding release of their leaders and activists from police custody.
Country under one-man rule, isolated from world: Khaleda
Calling upon youths to join the ongoing anti-government-movement to restore democracy in the country, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Sunday night reaffirmed that she will be there on the streets this time to make it a success. “Many youths were…
Dissident JCD leaders go back to their organisation
A section of dissident Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal leaders, who were left out the new committee orwent back to the fold of the organisation yesterday. The leaders led by organising secretary Ishaque Sarker went to the central office of the organisation…
Ershad joins churus against alleged Khaleda plot
Accusing BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia of conspiring by holding a meeting with government officials, Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad on Saturday said her party’s plot will not work as people have dumped it. “She (Khaleda) is now conspiring and holding…
Gayeshwar fears Khaleda’s arrest anytime
BNP standing committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy on Saturday feared that their chairperson Khaleda Zia is likely to be arrested anytime as per the government’s ‘evil plan’. “The way government is making a blueprint, Deshnetri (Khaleda) may be arrested at…
PM’s conspiracy claim untrue, remarks on US to hurt ties: BNP
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Saturday said that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s statement over the called meeting of party chairperson Khaleda Zia with serving government officials “confusing” and “untrue”. BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said this…
They see conspiracy for nightmare of downfall: BNP
Strongly criticising Awami League leaders for accusing BNP chairperson of conspiring at her Gulshan office with government officials, BNP spokesman Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday said they now find conspiracy in everything as it suffers from the nightmare of…
Democracy not safe yet, unite to resist evil forces: Khaleda
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Friday said democracy established in the country through the sacrifices of the blood of hundreds of thousands of martyrs is not safe yet. She accused the government of shackling nation with a one-party cruel rule.…
Resist ‘Khaleda’s design against democracy’: Quamrul
Terming BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s meeting with some government officials on Thursday night as a ‘midnight blueprint’, Food Minister Quamrul Islam on Friday said necessary action will be taken against those involved in the ‘conspiracy’. “It’s a conspiracy against the…
Khaleda’s meet with bureaucrats raise eyebrews in some circles
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia Thursday had a meeting with some serving and retired bureaucrats and employees at her Gulshan office, according to sources. BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, who was present at the meeting, however, denied that…
BNP urges people to give another push for democracy
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday called upon the people to give another push to ensure fall of the Awami League led 14-party alliance government to restore the democracy. “The government has become isolated and lost it’s…
Islami Andolan threatens hartal if Friday’s rally refused
Islami Andolon Bangladesh Thursday threatened to enforce a nationwide day-long hartal for Sunday if it is not given permission to hold its scheduled rally in front of the Jatiya Press Club in Dhaka Friday demanding the death penalty for Abdul…
Govt using law enforcers like party cadres: BNP
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday alleged that the government is using the law enforcers like its ‘party cadres’ in carrying out mass killings and wholesale arrest. “When the entire nation is vocal against the government…
Political plots will be faced politically, says Noman
Accusing the government of conspiring to put top BNP leaders in the dock in false cases aiming to cement its illegal power, BNP senior leader Abdullah Al Noman on Wednesday said their party will face the political plots politically on…
JP MPs wouls surely quit Cabinet, says Ershad
Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad on Wednesday said his party members will surely quit the cabinet as they do not want to take the responsibility of this government’s failures. “We’ll take a decision to this end today or tomorrow. We’ll…
Both elected upopposed; Shirin, Saber defend Nov 5 polls
The newly elected chairman of executive committee of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury and president of Inter-Parliamentary Union Saber Hossain Chowdhury yesterday expressed their vow to improve Bangladesh Jatiya Sangsad to international standard. Speaking at a “Meet the…
Khaleda’s public meeting in Narayanganj Dec 13
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia will address a public meeting in Narayanganj on December 13, according to BNP party sources. When contacted BNP assistant office secretary Abdul Latif Jony confired that that Khaleda Zia would visit the port city on December…
Might is right rule tramples human rights, roundtable told
Speakers at a roundtable in Dhaka city on Tuesday underscored the need for strong national unity to free the nation from the curse of political intolerance and make the fundamental human rights of the people meaningful. They said that opposition…
Give timetable of CHT accord implementaton: Santu Larma
Santu Larma has warned of the CHT situation spinning out of control and said the government would have to take the blame since it has not implemented the peace accord. He signed the Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord in 1997…
Zia was a Pakistani spy, says Hasan Mahmud
Awami League publicity secretary Hasan Mahmud claims to have ‘proof’ that Ziaur Rahman, one of Bangladesh’s Liberation War commanders, acted as a Pakistani spy. He made the claim on Tuesday at a discussion in Dhaka, saying he had a copy…
BNP takes up month-long Victory Day programs
The BNP has taken up amonth-long series of programmes to observe the Victory Day. The programmes include placing of wreaths at Mirpur Martyred Intellectual Mazar on December 14 and at the National Memorial for Martyrs at Savar on December 16,…
Country’s existence to be at stake if movement fails: BNP
BNP’s acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir Tuesday said the existence of the country would be at stake, if the ongoing movement of BNP to protect the democracy and rights of the people fails. “The movement for democracy becomes…
Dissident JCD leaders to resume demo Wednesday
The dissident Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal leaders yesterday threatened to resume non-stop agitation in front of BNP headquarters if Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Annie and Sultan Salahuddin Tuku are not removed from their responsibilities as guardians of the organisation. “A seven-day ultimatum…
Govt turns more repressive, arrogant, says BNP
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday said that the government has got crazier and more repressive to annihilate the opposition. “When people are fed up with the brutal and despotic acts of the illegal regime that…
Khaleda in distress for not being in Parliaent: PM. JS prorogued
Sheikh Hasina insists there is a ‘multi-party system’ of democracy in Bangladesh, or else Khaleda Zia would not have possibly addressed so many rallies. The prime minister was responding to the BNP chief’s claim in Comilla on Saturday that the…
Hasina gets 104-105 degree fever seeing Khaleda’s rally: BNP
Strongly criticising Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for calling its chairperson Khaleda Zia a traitor, BNP on Sunday said Sheikh Hasina has again exposed her bad taste and arrogance through her address at Habiganj rally. “The Prime Minister’s entire speech at…
AL trying to perpetuate power thru’ terrorism: Fakhrul
Accusing Awami League leaders and activists for the violence in Araihazar upazila, Narayanganj, BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday alleged the government is trying to cling to power by resorting to terrorism. “The current illegal regime…
AL-BNP clash in Narayanganj: Juba League man killed
A Jubo League activist was hacked to death and 10 people were injured in a clash between the activists of Awami Leauge and BNP in Araihazar upazila of the district on Sunday morning. The deceased was identified as Amjad Hossain…