Dhaka – BNP on Friday feared that the government may suppress the opposition on the pretext of carrying out a crackdown on extremists across the country. “This (crackdown) is their strategy with which they earlier used to suppress people’s movement.…
A journalist of Jahangirnagar University (JU) was critically injured and hospitalised after being attacked by Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) cadre of JU Unit for protesting harassment of a woman at Wednesday night.
Dhaka-The BNP yesterday blamed the ruling quarters for masterminding the recent spate of targeted killings in the country.
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Thursday alleged that the ruling Awami League and its cohorts are committing target killings across the country in a bid to perpetuate its power. “It’s regrettable that a police officer’s wife has been killed and…
Khaleda Zia has no need to register a mobile phone SIM card with her biometric details because she does not use one, the BNP’ has clarified.“There is no question of the party chairperson registering her SIM because she does not…
Dhaka-The BNP yesterday accused the Awami League led grand-alliance government of patronizing extremism and militancy in the country to cling to power by any means.
BNP on Wednesday urged Finance Minister AMA Muhith to withdraw his comment that ‘BNP is not a political party at all’.“The Finance Minister at his post-budget press conference said BNP is currently not a political party. It’s natural to make…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said Bangladesh will not sever its diplomatic ties with Pakistan.“I never believe in snapping all sorts of relations with another country,” she said in response to a query regarding the recent unwarranted interfere of…
Describing the national budget for FY 2016-2017 as traditional and highly ambitious one, BNP on Wednesday said it will only increase per capita tax burden instead of ensuring public welfare.The party also questioned the capability of the government to implement…
Dhaka-The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Tuesday fixed June 30 for submission of the probe report against Begum Khaleda Zia in a case filed against her for her alleged hurting of religious sentiments of the people.
Dhaka-The BNP yesterday alleged that the existence of militancy has flourished in the country instead of getting crushed due to reluctance of government.
Accusing the government of not playing its due role in tackling militancy, BNP on Tuesday said it seems that the extremists and militants are gradually taking over the country’s control.In a statement, party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir also…
Dhaka – The historic Six-Point Day is being observed on Tuesday commemorating the placing of the demand for autonomy for the erstwhile East Pakistan, Unb news agency reported.
Madinah – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has warned that the culprits behind the killing of the wife of a police officer in Chittagong will not be spared as her government will never tolerate terrorism, Unb news agency reported. “This is…
Smelling a conspiracy behind the nurses’ movement to ‘overthrow’ the government, Health Minister Mohammed Nasim on Monday said most of the protesters are not nurses.“Bangladesh is moving ahead under Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s leadership. But, the conspirators are still out…
Observing that the country has apparently become a death valley due to serial killings, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Monday called for putting up a united resistance irrespective of politics and opinions to get rid of it. Dhaka, UNB News…
Dhaka-The High Court on Sunday ordered the authorities concerned to keep frozen the accounts of BNP Vice-chairman M Morshed Khan, his wife and son with a Hong Kong bank for 10 days in a money laundering case.
Voicing deep concern over the growing secret killings, BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday urged the government to ‘restore’ democracy and forge a national unity to check the dangerous threat of extremism and militancy in the country.
Awami League won 2,625 chairman posts while its archrival BNP won 373 and independent candidates captured 883 in the sixth-phase Union Parishad (UP) election completed Saturday beginning in March last.
Defending his remark that the national budget for FY 2016-2017 is ‘reactionary’ one, BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Saturday said Finance Minister AMA Muhith is unable to understand the word ‘reactionary’ as ‘he has never been…
Claiming that at least 113 people were killed and nearly 10,000 others injured in Union Parishad polls violence, BNP on Saturday said the current regime and the Election Commission will be held responsible for it and also for ‘massive irregularities’.…
A group of protesters attacked Donald Trump supporters who were leaving the presidential candidate’s rally in San Jose on Thursday night. A dozen or more people were punched, at least one person was pelted with an egg and Trump hats…
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday said their party is ready to join the national election at any time if it is held under a non-party administration.
Dhaka-Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today categorically said that the anti-liberation force Jamaat-e-Islami, Bangladesh, a major ally of BNP, is behind all terrorist activities in Bangladesh, where 16 such cliques in different guises have long been carrying out subversive acts across…
The BNP has termed the proposed budget as highly ambitious and said it erodes the change of development as very slim.
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia appeared before a court here today (Thursday) to place her self-defence statement in the Zia Charitable Trust graft case. Khaleda appeared before the special court around 10:55 am, her counsel Sanaullah Mia said. Dhaka, UNB News…
Dhaka – A court in Dhaka on Thursday adjourned the hearing till June 23 on BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s self defence statement in the Zia Charitable Trust graft case.Judge Abu Ahmed Jamadar of Dhaka Special Judge’s Court 3 passed the adjournment…
Terming it an anti-people one, BNP on Thursday turned down the proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2016-17.The party also said there is no reflection of people’s hopes and aspirations in the new budget. Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Thursday placed…
A senior BNP leader yesterday alleged that the country is loosing its sovereignty as people cannot speak about their rights.
Dhaka-The Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court of Dhaka on Wednesday deferred the hearing on whether to take cognizance in a sedition case lodged against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia over her comments on the number of martyrs of the country’s liberation war,…