An activist of Jamaat-e-Islami was injured in a ‘gunfight’ with police at Ghonatala in Debhata upazila early Saturday.The victim was identified as Nurul Amin, 45, an activist of Debhata unit Jamaat-e-Islami and son of Akbar Ali Gazi of Garanbaria village.
BNP on Saturday demanded guarantee from the government to carryout normal political activities in the country. “The people in the government are saying that the BNP would be able to carryout normal political activities. But we want a guarantee from…
The ruling Awami League leaders yesterday urged the BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia not to observe her ‘fake birth anniversary’ on the August 15, assassination day of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. They also called upon the…
The ailing BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir will leave Dhaka for Singapore on Sunday for better treatment, according to his closed aides. “He (Fakhrul) has undergone extensive medical check ups and tests in Dhaka including some tests…
Police in a drive arrested eight leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami along with the party’s district ameer from Haripur village in sadar upazila on Thursday morning.The arrestee was identified as Doctor Fazlur Rahman Syeed, district Jamaat ameer, Anwar Hossain, Jamaat secretary of…
Strongly denouncing the arrest of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal President Rajib Ahsan, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Tuesday alleged that the information of recovering drug from him is nothing but a hated and conspiratorial drama. In a statement, she said the…
Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, the youth front of the BNP, yesterday announced a two-day agitation programme across the country protesting the arrest of its president Razib Ahsan. As part of the programme, the JCD will stage demonstrations and bring out processions…
Police arrested a BNP leader in Borhanuddin upazila on Sunday night in a case filed in connection torching a bus. The arrestee was identified as Sarwar Uddin Khan, joint secretary of the upazila unit of BNP.
The district unit of BNP enforced a half-day hartal in the district on Sunday protesting an attack on detained Habiganj municipality mayor (suspended) GK Gaus in jail. Vehicular movement on the streets of the district town was suspended due to…
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Saturday said that the party is going through an overhauling process and will launch a peaceful movement together with people very soon. “Cases after cases have been filed against BNP leaders and activists. A large…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday sought the cooperation of all in continuing the trend of development in the country. “I seek cooperation and blessings from people so that the trend of development we’ve started in the country could be…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has poured cold water on rumours and wild speculations of her ‘strained’ relations with Syed Ashraful Islam, a week after removing him from the LGRD ministry. She has given the Awami League general secretary another politically…
BNP spokesman Asaduzzaman Ripon on Wednesday alleged that the ruling party men and law enforcers have been on an extortion spree everywhere ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr. “A horror grand festival of extortion is going on everywhere centring the eid. Usually, the…
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Tuesday greeted Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on the occasion of holy Eid-ul-Fitr through sending an eid card. On behalf of the BNP chief, her party’s assistant office secretaries Asadul Karim Shahin…
BNP spokesman Asaduzzaman Ripon on Monday said that the government cannot demoralise the opposition leaders and activists by threatening to try their chairperson Khaleda Zia under a tribunal. “We want to tell the government that it’s pointless to threaten BNP.…
Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury on Monday sent a letter to Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad over the parliament membership dispute of former Awami League minister Abdul Latif Siddique, stripped of the Awami League primary membership. He had been…
Rajshahi City BNP leader Mizanur Rahman Minu has been sent to prison after he surrendered in court to seek bail in a number of violence-related cases.
Ganatantrik Bam Morcha here on Saturday announced a road march from October 16-18 with their 12-point demands, including saving the Sundarbans. Prior to the road-march programme, the alliance of the left-leaning parties will arrange a national convention in the capital.
BNP on Saturday demanded an international probe under the UN’s supervision into the subversive acts carried out during the blockade and hartal enforced by the BNP-led 20-party alliance in the first three months of this year to identify the real…
Expressing her deep shock over the deaths of 27 people in Mymensingh stampede, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Friday alleged that people are being forced to endanger their lives for colleting Zakat clothes as their poverty level has gone down…
Bikalpa Dhara President Badruddhoza Chowdhury on Friday said the government had made a commitment to hold a fresh and inclusive parliamentary polls after the January 5 elections and should live up to it without delay.
BNP yesterday alleged that the government wants to get a walkover by convicting party chairperson Khaleda Zia implicating her in false cases. “The government is trying to convict Khaleda Zia by setting special tribunal and implicating her in false cases…
The BNP has dismissed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s allegation that its senior vice chairman Tarique Rahman wanted to block her niece’s victory in the UK polls terming it absurd and illogical. “The Prime Minister told Parliament that Tarique Rahman tried…
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia will perform the holy Umrah at her convenient time following the Eid-ul-Fitr. “The chairperson was thinking not to visit Saudi Arabia this year for Umrah as is feeling unwell. But it is totally depending on her…
After two days of widespread speculation following his absence in an Ecnec meeting, ruling Awami League general secretary Syed Ashraful Islam has been remove from the LGRD and Cooperatives Ministry made minister without portfolio. Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister…
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia who was scheduled to go to Saudi Arabia on Wednesday evening to perform Umrah has postponed her visit. “Our chairperson goes to Saudi Arabia every Ramadan at the invitation of the Saudi King to perform Umrah,…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday came down heavily on BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia for what was termed ‘her repeated falsehood’ about police in various Iftar parties during the holy month of Ramadan, terming it very unfortunate. “We saw the…
BNP standing committee member Nazrul Islam Khan yesterday said the ruling Awami League (AL) always speaks about democracy but acts against it. He said this while addressing a book launching ceremony at Jatiya Press Club. The BNP leader alleged that…
At least 10 activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) were injured as activists of the district unit of BCL and its Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) unit. locked in a clash at Kewatkhali WAPDA intersection in the district town on Tuesday…
Hefazat demands stripping Gaffar Chaudhury of citizenship for blasphemous comments on Allah and prophet Amir of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh Allama Ahmed Shafi in a statement yesterday urged the Government to strip the citizenship of writer- Journalist Abdul Gaffar Chaudhury for what…