BNP standing committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy on Monday slammed the party leadership for not taking any programme to mark the fourth anniversary of its leader M Ilias Ali’s disappearance. “Why is BNP afraid of remembering Ilias Ali? He was…
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Bnp terms remanding octogenarian journo Shafik Rehman inhuman
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir ySunday termed putting veteran journalist Shafik Rehman in his eighties on remand as inhuman. “The arrest of such an elderly senior journalist on cooked up charges and taken him on remand was an…
Court fixed Apr 25 to hear the statement of Begum Zia
Court Correspondent The Third Special Court of Dhaka on Sunday fixed April 25 to hear the statement of BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia under Section 342 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) in the Zia Charitable Trust graft case.
Schoolgirl violated ‘by JL leader’ in Laxmipur
Laxmipur – A class nine schoolgirl was rapped allegedly by a Jubo League leader at Dasherhat Bazar in Charshahi union of sadar upazila on Saturday night.Police rescued the victim in an injured state from the Gobindopur village residence of Jamal…
‘Shafik Rehman arrested for his attempt to kill me’, says Joy
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s ICT adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy on Saturday said senior “journalist” Shafik Rehman has been arrested for Rehman’s alleged involvement in a plot to kidnap and kill him in the US.
Get united to ‘restore’ democracy: Khaleda
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Saturday night urged all, irrespective of their left or right political ideologies, to get united for the ‘restoration’ of democracy in the country.
BNP denounces Shafik Rehman’s arrest
BNP on Saturday denounced the arrest of senior journalist Shafik Rehman saying it is the latest example of suppressing divergent views by the government. Speaking at a press briefing at the party’s Nayapaltan central office, BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul…
UP polls Grand festival of killing, says Bnp’s Gayeswar
Dhaka – Stating that a ‘grand festival of killing people’ is going on in the Union Parishad (UP) polls, BNP senior leader Gayeshwar Chandra Roy on Friday questioned why their party is still there in the election race. “A grand…
Gazipur city mayor Mannan held again
Dhaka – Law enforcers arrested Gazipur City Corporation Mayor MA Mannan from Kaliakoir upazila of Gazipur on Friday night, unb news agency reported. A team of police picked up Mannan from Madhyapara around 8:30pm while he was returning to the…
Clinton, Sanders vigorously challenge each other’s judgment
New York — Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders deepened their increasingly bitter feud Thursday night, challenging each other’s judgment to be president in a Democratic Party showdown that comes days before Tuesday’s high stakes New York primary.
Development sans peace not possible, live with tolerance: PM
Dhaka – Putting emphasis on maintaining peace in the country, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today called upon all to live with tolerance to ensure further development and prosperity of the country. “(Maintaining) peace is the biggest matter…development is not possible…
Democracy to be ‘restored’ in this Bangla New Year: Khaleda
Dhaka – BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Thursday said that democracy will be ‘restored’ in the country in this Bangla New Year 1423 bringing an end to killings, enforced disappearances and repressive acts, unb news agency reported. “I hope the…
15 ICG recommendations on political conflict and criminal justice in BD
By International Crisis Group As the Awami League (AL) government’s political rivalry with the Bangladesh National Party (BNP) reaches new heights, so has its repression. At the same time, a deeply politicised, dysfunctional criminal justice system is undermining rather than…
Reign of terror across country ahead of UP polls 4th phase: Bnp
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) yesterday alleged that the ruling party activists unleashed a reign of terror across the country ahead of the third and fourth phases of Union Parishad (UP) elections. “Country’s people have become tired and terrorised with the…
SC upholds stay on Gazipur mayor Mannan’s suspension
Dhaka – The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a High Court order that stayed for six months the government’s order suspending BNP-backed Gazipur City Corporation Mayor MA Mannan.
JP turns into domestic opposition: Ershad
Dhaka – Slamming his own party for its failure to play an effective role of opposition in parliament, Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad on Tuesday said his party has turned into a “domestic opposition”, unb news agency reported. “In the…
Govt’s GDP growth projection fabricated: BNP
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Tuesday termed ‘baseless’ and ‘unrealistic’ the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics’ (BBS’) projection that the country is going to achieve 7.05 per cent GDP (gross domestic product) growth rate for the first time, reports UNB…
Awami League suffers from ego syndrome: Fakhrul
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday said the ruling Awami League cannot tolerate alternative views as it has been suffering from an ‘ego syndrome’.“Awami League has long been suffering from an ‘ego syndrome’. They can’t take the…
Think about AL in a newer way, Hasina tells party leaders
Dhaka – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said time has come to think about the ruling Awami League in a newer way to keep it dynamic and vibrant, unb news agency reported. The Prime Minister said this when the…
Bnp not unnerved as 500 workers killed, 4.5 lakh face cases: Fakhrul
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday claimed that his party is not frustrated despite killing of more than 500 leaders and activists of the party and its front organisations implicating about 4.5 lakh others in several thousand…
Election of new leaders has revived BNP, says Fakhrul
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday expressed his optimism that the new leadership of the party would bring to success to the future movement.“We are hopeful that our democratic movement will must bring successes,” he said while talking…
23 BNP leaders’ indictment hearing on May 10
Court Correspondent A Dhaka court on Sunday re-fixed the indictment hearing in a sabotage case filed against 23 BNP leaders and activists including the party’s Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.
Nizami’s review hearing deferred to May 3
Dhaka – The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court Sunday deferred on May 3 on a review petition filed by war crime convict and Jamaat chief Motiur Rahman Nizami, seeking review of its judgement that upheld his death penalty for…
Minister, ex-minister fight in public over Ctg flyover
Chittagong – Housing and Public Works Minister Engineer Mosharraf Hossain and former AL Minister Afsarul Amin, MP on Saturday night exchanged heated words at a programme over the necessity of a flyover in the port city, unb news agency reported.…
BNP urges people: Get united, save democracy
Dhaka – Branding ruling Awami League as an anti-democratic force, BNP senior leader Nazrul Islam Khan urged people from all walks of life to get united to save democracy by defeating its enemy, UNB news agency reported. “Now democracy is…
15 more names in BNP’s National Executive Committee announced
Dhaka – BNP on Saturday announced 15 more names– seven joint secretaries general and eight organising secretaries — of its fresh Executive Committee (NEC), UNB news agency reported. Among the announced 15 names, 12 leaders have been taken in important…
Democracy is under the grasp,get united to save country: BNP
Branding ruling Awami League as an anti-democratic force, BNP senior leader Nazrul Islam Khan urged people from all walks of life to get united to save democracy by defeating its enemy.
UP elections see abnormal results
The ruling Bangladesh Awami League (AL) has secured as much as an average of 50.96 per cent vote in the two phases of Union Parishad elections held amidst widespread manipulation and violence that led to the killing of at least…
BNP strongly opposes move for gas, power tariff hike
Dhaka – BNP on Friday threatened to take tougher action programmes if the government raises the gas and power tariffs further, unb news agency reported. BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi issued the threat at a press briefing…
Tonu murder: Students threaten half-day hartal April 25
Dhaka – Two left-leaning student bodies on Thursday threatened to enforce a half-day countrywide hartal on April 25 if the government fails to arrest the killers of Comilla Victoria College student Sohagi Jahan Tonu by April 24, unb news agency…