BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday called for forging national unity to combat militancy and extremism in the country. “A national unity comprising all quarters, political parties and conscious citizens has to be developed to combat…
There could a link between BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s visit to London and the recent gunning down of two foreigners, Health Minister Mohammed Nasim has said.“Some incident or the other had always happened in the past every time she was…
STAFF REPORTER BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday alleged that the government started using the foreigners killing to carryout repression on opposition leaders and activists.
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Wednesday said Manjurul Islam Liton, MP from Gaibandha-1 constituency, will have to stand trial after surrendering to the court in connection with the shooting of a minor boy.
The BNP has alleged its leaders and activists are being jailed and implicated in new cases to foil its grass-roots level revamp efforts.The party’s Standing Committee member Nazrul Islam Khan in a media conference at its Naya Paltan headquarters on…
STAFF REPORTER BNP yesterday asked the government whether it would allow others to be in politics in the country.
A local leader of Jubo League was shot and wounded by some miscreants at Piyaratala in the district town onMonday night.The victim was identified as Habibur Rahman Habi, joint convener of the district unit of Jubo League.
Prime Minister’s Special Envoy Hussein Muhammad Ershad has said the killing of two foreigners within the span of a week only manifests the government’s failure in maintaining law and order.Ershad, who heads Jatiya Party, addressed a press conference at his…
STAFF REPORTER BNP yesterday alleged that the government has started detaining its leaders and activists again in different districts and upazilas (sub-district) ahead of party reorganisation process.
Court Correspondent The Special Tribunal-13 of Dhaka on Monday granted bail to BNP Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in a case filed with Paltan Police Station of the capital under the Explosive Substances Act.
Police in their separate drives arrested 16 leaders and activists of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and its student body Islami Chhatra Shibir from different parts of the district from Sunday night to early Monday.A police team, led by additional superintendent of district…
Khaleda Zia is trying to galvanise expatriates into stepping up an anti-Bangladesh government agitation, having failed to lend momentum to the movement back home.The BNP chief is currently in London for ‘medical treatment’ and is staying with her elder son…
Dhaka – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said the two foreign nationals – one Japanese and another Italian – have recently been killed in Bangladesh in a planned way and alleged that the BNP-Jamaat has a link to the…
Dhaka – The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Sunday alleged that irresponsible remarks by high level government leaders on killing of foreign citizens would create impediments to carrying out the investigation properly. “The irresponsible remarks will not only impede the…
Two BNP leaders were picked up by miscreants, who posed as members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab), from Rangpur city’s Guptapara area on Saturday afternoon. The victims are Anisur Rahman Laku, General Secretary of BNP’s Rangpur district unit and Rashedul…
STAFF REPORTER BNP yesterday demanded the arrest of Manzurul Islam Liton, MP, for allegedly firing shots on a minor boy leaving him wounded in Gaibandha on Friday.
The Awami League will organise a reception for Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on her getting the UN environment prize and ITU award. Leaders and activists of the party will gather on the two sides of the street from Shahjalal International…
Khaleda Zia has called upon non-residents Bangladeshis to play their due roles in the opposition’s movement to restore democracy in the country likewise Bangladesh’s war in 1971. “The country has turned into a greater prison and the nation is now…
Jokiganj upazila chairman and BNP leader Iqbal Ahmed was suspended on Sunday as he has been indicted in the charge sheet of a case in connection with violence.
The US unit of Bnp staged an anti-government demonstration in front of the UN headquarters in New York where Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina went to receive ICT prize and make an address, says a report received in Dhaka. Prime…
Police arrested three Jamaat-e-Islami leaders and activists from Labonchara area in the city last night on charge of subversive activities.The arrested are Nasir Uddin Molla, 56; he is the Ameer of the ward 31, Jamaat Rokon Aktaruzzaman Raza, 62, and…
BNP on Wednesday condemned the pressing of sedition charges against its senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman saying it was an unjustified and undemocratic move. “It can’t be a logical step in any way to bring sedition charges against our senior vice-chairman…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina exchanged Eid greetings with expatriate Bangladeshis in New York. The premier who is there to attend the session of the United Nations General Assembly (Unga) which is scheduled to adopt the Sustainable Development Goals, replacing the…
Bnp chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia told a meeting in London on Thirsday that the people were united behind her party. Misrule, repression and opperssion of the present unelected government has made people extremely desperate, she said.
Road Transport Minister Obaidul Quader, who had promised Eid-ul-Azha holidaymakers traffic snarl-free commute, has begged their forgiveness for failing to keep his word. He inspected the Dhaka-Tangail and Nabinagar-Chandra highways on Thursday.
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will exchange Eid greetings with the leaders of the Bangladeshi community, supporters and journalists in the UK at a central London hotel. The Eid-ul-Azha will be celebrated in the UK on Thursday.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left here for New York on Wednesday morning on an eight-day official visit to the United States to attend the 70th United Nations General Assembly (Unga). A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the Prime…
The BNP on Monday alleged the government is controlling the media through a ‘covert media policy’. “The government is trying to establish its authoritarian rule in the country. They’re putting direct and indirect pressure on the mass media. Even social…
BNP yesterday alleged that the ruling party cadres occupied cattle markets in the city and they are realising tolls whimsically at rates higher than in the past. “The cattle markets in the city were leased to leaders of the ruling…
Bnp chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia has said in London that Bangladesh urgently needs an acceptable election to overcome the political crisis that the country is facing due to the absence of people’s representation in the government, says a message received…