City BNP convenor Mirza Abbas yesterday termed Bangladesh Chhatra League, the student wing of the ruling Awami League, as septic boil for the party. “It is not 20-party alliance, rather the Chhatra League that has become the septic boil of…
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AL activist killed in Mymensingh intra-party clash
A local Awami League activist was killed and 15 others were injured in a fierce clash between two groups of the party in Nandail upazila on Thursday night. The victim was identified as Abul Mansur, 55. Police and locals said…
Hasina going to repeat her father’s mistake: BNP
BNP spokesman Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is going to make the same blunder that her father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman did by establishing a one-party Baksal rule. “Establishment of Baksal by annihilating democracy…
Govt lodges cases to keep Tarique away from politics: Fakhrul
BNP spokesman Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday said that the government is implicating their senior vice chairman Tarique Rahman in ‘false’ cases to keep him away from politics. “We consider Tarique Rahman as a future leader. The government is…
BNP celebrates Tarique’s 50th birthday Thursday
BNP and its associate bodies have taken up various programmes to celebrate the 50th birthday of BNP senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman in a befitting manner. Tarique Rahman, now in London, turns 50 on Thursday. The programmes include discussions, milad mahfils,…
Hasina’s citedal will tremble at Khaleda’s roar: Abbas
BNP Dhaka city unit convener Mirza Abbas on Wednesday said that this government will not be able to withstand their movement as their Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s roar will shake Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s citadel. “We’ll see how many bullets this…
People don’t support movement, have trust in Govt: Hasina
Prime Minister on Wednesday told Parliament that the people do not respond to the movement of some political parties as they have full support and confidence to her government that assumed power through January 5 general elections. “Some political parties…
EC arranged Jan-5 polls as per HT Imam’s plot: Fakhrul
Describing PM’s Adviser HT Imam as the chief Imam of the ruling party, BNP on Tuesday claimed that the Election Commission had arranged farcical polls on January-5 as per his blueprint. “We’d said about irregularities in an election under a…
Govt has opened ‘laboratory’ of perpetuating power: BNP
Criticising the government for what the party said its growing repressive acts, BNP on Tuesday alleged that the government has opened a ‘laboratory’ for promoting autocratic rule in a bid to perpetuate its illegal power. “The grand alliance regime has…
‘Govt won’t last beyond March’: Gayeswar
BNP standing committee member Goyeshwar Chandra Roy yesterday said that the present government could not sustain in power more than the month of March. “They (AL) want to stay in power till 2019. But this government will not survive beyond…
PM’s adviser HT Imam can’t fool people in this ICT age: Fakhrul
Disapproving PM Adviser HT Imam’s statement that the media misrepresented his speech, BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday said it is not possible to fool people at this age of ICT by blaming the media. “The…
Remarks on jobs, last polls: HT Imam shifts blame to the media
Political Adviser to the Prime Minister HT Imam today said a section of media distorted his statement tactfully to demean him. “Some print and electronic media portrayed my partial speech to give wrong message to the nation” he told a…
PM, AL has taken politics to dangerous alley: Fakhrul
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir Sunday alleged that Prime Minister and Awami League chief Sheikh Hasina had taken the politics in a dangerous corner. “She (Hasina) is standing on shifting sand and has lost the ground under…
Pol parties even AL were born again because of Zia: B Chy
President of Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) Dr AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury has said the country’s political parties, including Awami League, got a rebirth as BNP founder Ziaur Rahman had introduced multiparty democracy. “Ziaur Rahman had been brought to power through the…
Govt out to brand BNP as militant party: Fakhrul
BNP spokesman Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has alleged that the government is trying to brand BNP as a militant and extremist party though militancy emerged in the country during Awami League rule. “Militancy emerged in the country during Awami League…
BNP does politics of vengeance, AL of killing: Ershad
Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad on Sunday lamented that though he had quit power for the sake of democracy, the two major parties — Awami League and BNP– have failed to restore democracy and give people peace due to their…
Independence at stake for secret deals: Khaleda
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Sunday said that the country’s independence has has been at stake because of the signing of secret deals with foreign countries ignoring public opinion. In a statement marking the 38th death anniversary of Moulana Abdul…
5 crude bombs blasted near Nayapaltan BNP office
Amid a fresh threat by a group of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) to resume their protest programme against the newly formed committee of the student body, five crude bombs were exploded near BNP’s Nayapaltan central office on Sunday. Witnesses said…
Parliament greets Speaker, Saber for being CPA, IPU chiefs
Parliament on Sunday adopted a resolution greeting Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury and lawmaker Saber Hossain Chowdhury for being elected chairperson of executive committee of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) and president of Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). Taking part in the motion…
BCL good deeds do not get media coverage, says Joy
Prime Minister’s son and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy on Saturday lamented that the positive activities of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) do not receive media coverage. “If Chhatra League does anything (wrong), the media covers it…
HT Imam receives BNP accolades for telling ‘the truth’
The BNP has ‘thanked’ prime minister’s political affairs adviser HT Imam, claiming his recent comments have ‘unveiled the government’s conspiracy over the Jan 5 polls’. Party’s acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday criticised the ruling Awami League…
Most BNP-led parties anti-liberation forces: Hasina
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said “Most of the parties of the BNP-led alliance are anti-liberation forces. Slogans are raised from the public meetings of the BNP leader for release of the war criminals. If you look at their…
If Bangabandhu, Zia blamed who made country free: Kader Siddiqui
Krishak Sramik Janata League president Kader Siddiqui on Saturday said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina cannot remain in power for even a month if he is arrested. “Arrest me right now if you have the courage. You (Hasina) can’t stay in…
Don’t speak like immatured boy in AL language, Fakhrul asks Joy
BNP’s acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday asked Sajeeb Wazed Joy to refrain from speaking like aALn immature boy. He criticised the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s son for saying that BNP’s founder Ziaur Rahman was not a…
AL prepare for Sirajgaj-3 by-election
The Awami League Parliamentary Board (ALPB) has decided to sell party nomination papers for the by-election to Sirajganj-3 (Raiganj-Tarash) constituency from November 15-17. The decision was taken at a meeting of the ALPB held at Ganobhaban, the official residence of…
BNP missed election train, says Nasim
Awami League presidium member and Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim has said that BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia missed the last election-train. “Play was held on the ground but you couldn’t play. It’s your failure and that’s why…
Govt annihilates democracy, Fakhrul
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday alleged that the current regime has annihilated democracy in the country snatching people’s all democratic and basic rights. “Now the situation has turned so worse that people cannot express their…
HT Imam proves Jan 5 election was rigged: BNP
BNP’s acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said the statements of Prime Minister’s Political Affairs Adviser HT Imam proved the voting in January 5 election held under the AL-led government was rigged. “HT Imam has made it clear…
Khaleda asks party leaders, ‘gear up movement’
BNP has decided to intensify its movement with tougher programmes on completion of the party’s ongoing mass contact campaign outside the capital. The decision was taken at a meeting of BNP standing committee members on Thursday night held with Khaleda…
Aman among 89 BNP workers indicted for torching vehicles
A court here on Thursday indicted 89 BNP leaders and activists, including its joint secretary general Amanullah Aman, in two cases filed for vandalising and torching vehicles. Passing the order, judge Nazmul Haque Shyamal of the Dhaka’s Speedy Trial Tribunal…