Tag: politics

A BNP activist was killed and three others injured in a crude bomb explosion while placing a wreath at Shaheed Minar in Shibganj upazila of the district early Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Sujan,23, son of Ashraful Alam Babu…

Opposing the draft Toll Policy, 2014, BNP on Tuesday alleged that the government has taken the decision only to plunder public money, as it did in rental power plants. “We think that the government has taken the decision to loot…

Civil society members here on Tuesday laid emphasis on taking proper measures to strengthen democratic institutions and protect minorities and indigenous people’s rights and human rights defenders, space for ‘mainstream’ opposition parties. They expressed concern over the reported irregularities in…

The National Committee to Protect Oil-Gas, Power-Port and National Resources will mark the Independence Day with a mass oath to protest what it said handing over the national wealth to foreigners. The protest will be held on March 26 in…

A question has been raised in Parliament about receiving a gold made boat, the election symbol of the ruling Awami League as gift by a state minister. The gold made boat was later sold following widespread criticism and the money…

Awami League presidium member Fazlul Karim Selim on Monday demanded holding the trial of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia in the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) for her alleged involvement in crimes before the January 5 general elections. “Khaleda should be tried…

Forty-eight Members of Parliament (MPs) elected from the women reserved seats unopposed took oath of office on Sunday. Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury administered the oath to the newly elected lawmakers of the 10th Parliament at the Oath Taking Room…

Claiming that Awami League does not do the politics of arrest, Health Minister Mohammad Nasim on Wednesday said the country’s judiciary is fully independent. “Awami League doesn’t do the politics of arrest. We have nothing to do if court doesn’t…

Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury on Tuesday said the January 5 national election was held as per the country’s constitution though ‘undemocratic’ BNP and its ally terrorist outfit Jamaat boycotted it. She made the remarks in Parliament while participating in the…

It is only the quorum crisis that claimed 222 hours and 36 minutes of the sessions of the ninth parliament causing a wastage of about Tk 104 crore of public money, according to a new study conducted by the Transparency…

President of Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh Prof Dr AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury on Monday criticised the government for sending senior BNP leaders including acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir to jail describing it out of political courtesy. “People like Mirza Fakhrul…

President of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) ASM Abdur Rob on Monday called upon the people to build resistance against the autocratic activities of the government. “The government is turning the state undemocratic one by utilizing its institutions for gaining political…

A Dhaka court on Sunday sent BNP Standing Committee member Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain to jail after he was produced to the court on completion of his three-day remand in a money laundering case. Magistrate Shahriar Mahmud Adnan of Dhaka’s…

BNP and its associate bodies observed the third death anniversary of former BNP secretary general Khandaker Delwar Hossain with due respect on Sunday. To mark the day, BNP arranged a milad mahfil on the ground floor of its Nayapaltan central…

Some 63.52 percent of voters cast their votes in the third phase elections in 81 upazilas of the country’s 41 districts held on Saturday. According to the Election Commission, the voter turnout in Saturday’s elections was 63.52 percent.

Nearly six months after his arrest, former Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal president Sultan Salahuddin Tuku was freed from jail on bail on Friday. Tuku was released from the Kashimpur Central Jail around 6:45pm after his release order reached the jail authorities.

The government is planning to ban Jamaat-e-Islami by June this year for its war crimes against humanity during the war of liberation in 1971. Minister for Liberation War Affairs AKM Mozammel Huq disclosed this on Friday while the 13th Muktir…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked the Home Ministry to update the lists of terrorists. While talking to journalists at the secretariat in the afternoon, the state minister said that the Prime Minister had given the direction when she attended…

The defence counsel on Thursday accused the Prime Minister’s Office of planning the war crimes case against Jamaat-e-Islami ameer Motiur Rahman Nizami out of political vengeance. “It’s purely a politically-motivated case designed and planned by the Prime Minister’s Office, and…

Law Minister Anisul Haq on Thursday said the government is committed to bringing to justice those who attack minority community members. “The anti-liberation forces are still active. They’re involved in conspiracies against the pro-liberation forces. They’re carrying out attacks on…

The Anti- Corruption Commission today is quizzing detained BNP standing committee member Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on charge of siphoning off money abroad. Khandaker Mosharraf was taken to the ACC headquarters from Ramna Model Police Station around 09:45am, Public Relations…

The government has planned to honour civilians with gallantry award for their heroic role in the War of Liberation, Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque told Parliament on Wednesday. Taking part in the general discussions on thanksgiving motion on…

Activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League went on the rampage and vandalised the local Education Engineering Department office after failing to win the tender for work worth Tk 1.75 crore in lottery. Executive engineer of Pabna EED ATM Faruk Al Maruf…

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Wednesday quizzed BNP leader Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Anny over his alleged involvement in acquiring wealth illegally, said an ACC official. The commission deputy director Monzur Morshed interrogated Anee at the ACC head office for one…

A court here on Tuesday sent to jail 11 Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leaders and activists, including its district unit president Sharif Hossain, in a case filed under the Explosive Substances Act. Judge Sheikh Mohammad Aminul Islam of the Senior…

Jatiyatabadi Mohila Dal on Monday staged black-flag processions across the country protesting the police obstruction to their programme in the city marking the International Women’s Day on Saturday. The women wing of BNP brought out the black-flag processions in all…

A BNP-backed candidate for Upazila elections has ‘boycotted’ the re-polling at a centre in Sirajganj’s Tarash. Voters were threatened and stopped from going to polling station, the candidate Khandker Selim Jahangir alleged amid voting at a Binnabari centre on Monday.…

Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) unit of the Islami Chhatra Shibir, student wing of the Jamaat-e-Islami, has called daylong shutdown in the four districts under the Sylhet division on March 20 and 21. Admission tests to the fist…

As part of its move to revitalise the party for waging a strong movement to push the government for a fresh national election, BNP will hold its national council after the upazila polls. The decision was taken at a meeting…