The family members of death-row war criminals BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury and Jamaat-e-Islami leader Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mojaheed met them at Dhaka Central Jail on Thursday afternoon. Nine members of Salauddin Quader Chowdhury’s family, out of 15, entered the…
Jamaat-e-Islami called a countrywide dawn-to-dusk hartal for Thursday protesting the Supreme Court (SC) verdict that upheld the death penalty of war criminal Jamaat-e-Islami leader Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mojaheed.
STAFF REPORTER BNP, one of whose standing committee member death sentence was confirmed by the Appellate Division of Supreme Court yesterday, has remained silent on it.
BNP vice chairman Hafizuddin Ahmed on Monday warned that Bangladesh will turn into a militant country if the government does not restore democracy immediately. Speaking at a discussion, he also hinted that their chairperson Khaleda Zia will wage a fresh…
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Monday said the national security is now at stake as a ‘neo autocrat’ has been in power ‘without people’s mandate’.
STAFF REPORTER BNP yesterday said the country would soon turn into a militant state if the government obstructs establishment of democracy.
Local government here on Sunday suspended three BNP-backed councillors of Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) as they have been charged with criminal offenses.The suspended councillors are—Hanna Sarkar, councillor of ward no 21, Sultan Ahmed Bhuiyan of ward no 22 and Enayet…
BNP has aired an apprehension that an inhuman disaster may hit the country’s jails as the government continues the ‘wholesale arrest’ of opposition leaders and activists. “Prisoners are being kept in jails across the country beyond their capacities. We fear…
STAFF REPORTER BNP executive committee member MM Shahriar Rumy yesterday resigned from all posts of the party.
BNP senior leader Abdullah Al Noman on Saturday alleged that government is trying to establish one-party politics in the country obliterating democracy. “If one-party politics is established in the country, we along with people will restore democracy through a movement,”…
BNP senior leader Hafizuddin Ahmed on Thursday warned that their party will resist any government move to remove their party founder Ziaur Rahman’s grave from the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban area. “It’s a matter of regret that a plot is on…
Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad yesterday said Khaleda is looking for dialogue but she won’t be given any of it. “BNP was called for a dialogue repeatedly but they remain unresponsive. Now they are begging it. I shall never have…
The Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court of Dhaka on Tuesday issued arrest warrant against 16 BNP leaders including the party’s Standing Committee members MK Anwar and Barkatullah Bulu in a case filed for vandalism under Special Power Act. Judge Kamrul Hossain…
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, said on Sunday that the recent terrorist attacks and killings were being carried out as part of international conspiracy to create a situation for launching attacks on Bangladesh.Addressing a press conference at her official residence…
STAFF REPORTER BNP yesterday termed party chairperson Khaleda Zia’s proposal for holding dialogue a good gesture for the government.
Police in a drive arrested 22 people, including 15 activists of Jamaat-e-Islami, from different parts of the district early Sunday.Police said a team of police conducted separate drives in different parts of the district in the dead of night and…
News Desk BNP and its associate bodies observed the ‘National Revolution and Solidarity Day’ on Saturday commemorating the civil-military “uprising” of November 7, 1975. On November 7, 1975, amid political turmoil soldiers and civilians jointly freed then chief of army…
STAFF REPORTER BNP yesterday said that it won’t allow ensuing partisan local government elections to go unchallenged.
Police in a drive arrested 75 people, including 20 leaders and activists of BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami, from different parts of the district on Saturday.Police said a team of police conducted separate drives in different parts of the district from Friday…
STAFF REPORTER Accusing the government of not allowing the BNP to carryout its political activities, party spokesperson Dr Asaduzzaman Ripon yesterday claimed that extremism grows when there is no rule of law or democratic means for expression.
STAFF REPORTER The High Court (HC) yesterday fixed November 9 for hearing on the rule issued by it earlier asking the government to explain why the BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir`s permanent bail should not b granted…
Court Correspondent The Special Judge’s Court-3 of Dhaka yesterday (Thursday) fixed November 12 for further hearing in Zia Orphanage Trust and Charitable Trust graft cases filed against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and others.
Court Correspondent A Dhaka court on Thursday deferred the date for submission of a probe report to December 30 in a case filed against BNP Senior Vice-Chairman Tareque Rahman for making derogatory remarks against Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson, Khaleda Zia, on Thursday called on the government to initiate a national dialogue to bring an end to the crisis facing Bangladesh.“We hope that good sense will prevail upon the government and it will…
STAFF REPORTER Ahmed Kamal, the youngest brother of late President Ziaur Rahman yesterday called upon all to come forward to restore democracy in the country.
Court Correspondent The Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court of Dhaka on Wednesday sent BNP Standing Committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy to jail after he surrendered to the in a murder case filed with Rampura Police Station.
A six-hour countrywide hartal enforced by Ganajagaran Manch ended peacefully on Tuesday. The leaders and activists of the Manch observed the hartal from 6:00am to 12:00pm on the day in protest against the killing of Faisal Arefin Dipan, a publisher…
Though some BNP leaders are apparently keeping their nerves stating that they are not at all worried over party leader Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury’s resignation, they are in fact struggling hard to keep the party unharmed, news agency UNB reported on…
Court Correspondent The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka sent BNP Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir to jail rejecting his bail pleas in three violence cases at about 4.30 pm yesterday.
Court Correspondent The Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court of Dhaka yesterday (Tuesday) issued arrest warrant against 35 BNP leaders including its Standing Committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy and Vice-Chairman Sadeque Hossain Khoka in a murder case.