Some 22 out of 40 councilors (30 general and 10 reserved female councilors) have been elected from BNP-led 18-party alliance while 12 new comers passed in third Barisal City Corporation election held on Saturday . Out of rest 17 posts…
Some 22 out of 40 councilors (30 general and 10 reserved female councilors) have been elected from BNP-led 18-party alliance while 12 new comers passed in third Barisal City Corporation election held on Saturday . Out of rest 17 posts…
Violence and protests may disrupt the looming general elections, fears influential British daily The Guardian in a report.
Shawkat Hossain Hiran, who lost the Barisal City Mayor election, has blamed the defeat on district Awami League President Abul Hasnat Abdullah.
The BNP is ‘alarmed’ by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s parliament speech on Sunday, the party’s acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said Monday.
President of Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury on Sunday said the success of the opposition-backed candidates in the elections to the four city corporations demonstrated that the government has become isolated.
Sylhet – Finance Minister AMA Muhith said BNP’s allegation against me of interfering in city polls is totally rubbish and bogus.
Communication Minister Obaidul Quader on Friday said country’s people will give a lesson to the public representatives who behave like zeminders (landlords) forgetting public interests.
Water logging and Daliya issue has become the main hindrance for the mayoral candidate Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran’s victory in the upcoming election of Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) to be held on June 15. On last Monday, for the little…
The 18-party alliance backed Mayor candidate Ahsan Habib Kamal on Wednesday along with senior BNP leaders met the returning officer and demanded immediate army deployment, removal of billboards and stopping harassments of his election activists to create level playing field.…
The divisional city wears a decorative look with posters and banners of the mayoral candidates and all contenders. Banners are also seen with appeals like as ‘vote for me, I will give you a green, clean and beautiful city.’ ‘It…
A four-tier security network will act to thwart any violence relating to the election of Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) scheduled to be held on Saturday. Subhash Chandra Sarker, Returning Officer of RCC election, told BSS that the law enforcing agencies…
A treasury bench member on Wednesday said in Parliament that people will put BNP chief Khaleda Zia in ‘bracket’ for ever in the next elections as they do not see any alternative to Bangladesh Awami League.
Shawkat Hossain Hiron, outgoing Mayor and 14-party alliance backed Sammilito Nagorik Committee nominated Mayor candidate of Barisal City Corporation (BCC) on Tuesday sought apology for his past mistakes and announced a 23-pont election manifesto stressing on changing Barisal to a…
DHAKA: Opposition BNP standing committee member Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan on Wednesday categorically said the government failed in every sector in last four and half years.
With only three days remaining, contesting candidates to the election of Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) have geared up their campaign tremendously with hope of getting maximum support from the electorates. All the contenders including the mayoral ones are seen moving…
Campaigning of the candidates of Sylhet City Corporation election is now on top gear all over the city. Ignoring heavy rainfall, central leaders supporting the 14 and 18 party candidates are now making door to door visits and asking for…
BNP lawmaker Barrister Moudud Ahmed on Monday warned the ruling party saying that the opposition in Parliament might be small in size, but nothing will go unchallenged.
The daylong countrywide hartal, called by Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, passed off on Monday without any major incidents of violence across the country as it evoked a very poor response.
Senior treasury bench member Tofail Ahmed on Monday said in Parliament that the opposition BNP has at last “realised that their anti-government movement will not work” to restore the caretaker government system and urged them to join the national polls.
A day after meeting with her party’s policymakers, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia is going to have another meeting with the top leaders of the 18-party alliance on Monday night to discuss the country’s latest political situation and work out their…
With only 7 days left, campaign for the upcoming election of Sylhet City Corporation (SCC),scheduled to be held on June 15, has gained momentum that has changed the common scenario of the metropolis in last only two to three days.…
Jamaat-e-Islami called a nine-hour hartal in the district for Sunday protesting the arrest of its Upazila Ameer Shafiqul Haque Jihadi and other leaders.
Police arrested a local Swechchachebak League leader while was allegedly stabbing a tempo (human hauler) driver inside a traffic police outpost in Bogra town on Friday night. The arrested persdon was identified as Mahidul Hassan Palash alias Chhoto Palash,…
All three contesting candidates for mayoral post in the upcoming election of Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) have committed that they will build Rajshahi as agriculture-based industrial city if they are elected. Besides, they will work for launching sitting bus service…
Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury believes the option for a dialogue on how to hold the upcoming general elections is still open, despite the BNP withdrawing the adjournment motion in Parliament.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has alleged the BNP-led opposition splashed cold water on initiatives for a dialogue on the nature of election-time administration.
BNP standing committee member Moudud Ahmed on Friday termed the proposed 2013-14 budget a big beautiful balloon and said it will push up inflation and the prices of essentials, and hamper the investment.
A ward level Awami League leader and his twin brother were critically injured in a terrorist attack by miscreants near Kalupur bridge under Durlavpur union in Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj district Tuesday night. The injured persons are lecturer of Shibganj…
The Jhenidah police in three separate drives in different parts of the district have arrested 10 activists of the Jamaat and Shibir on Thursday early hours. The law enforcers have seized a toy shutter gun and some books and leaflets…
Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad on Thursday termed the proposed budget for the fiscal year 2013-2014 a budget of election luxury saying that the government had to avoid rationale in the context of political reality.