Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the people to reject BNP for its violent agitations. “BNP is synonymous with destruction, trouble and oppression of the nation,” she has said. She was speaking while inaugurating railway projects through video conferencing on…
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Saturday joined the electioneering for her party-backed candidates of the April 28 city polls by campaigning in Gulshan-2 area for Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) mayoral contestant Tabith Awal.
Meanwhile, addressing a view exchange meeting with BNP-backed mayoral and councillor candidates of Dhaka North City Corporation, party standing committee member Barrister Moudud Ahmed yesterday said that the forthcoming city poll is an “acid test” for both the government and…
Convenor of Adarsha Dhaka Andolon Prof Dr Emajuddin Ahmed yesterday accused the Election Commission of severe discriminatory attitude towards the opposition backed candidates from carrying out their campaign ahead of the city polls in Dhaka and Chittagong on April 28.
BNP has urged the Election Commission to install closed- circuit cameras on each of the polling stations during the city corporation polls in Dhaka and Chittagong. “People are aware about the role played by the law enforcers during January 5…
Central leaders of Nagorik Oikya on Thursday complained that their leader Mahmudur Rahman Manna has been taken away from the Heart Institute Hospital before completion of the treatment and even before doing the medical tests for his ailment. Addressing a…
Jatiya Party (Ershad) backed mayoral candidate (Dhaka South City Corporation) Saifuddin Ahmed yesterday made an 18-point election pledge including freeing the city from traffic congestion if he is elected. He will also ensure adequate supply of gas, power and water…
Former Chief Election Commissioner Justice Muhammad Abdur Rouf yesterday said holding a free and fair election is not possible in the country until the administration was delinked from conducting polls. “The administration must be pulled out of the electoral process…
The port city of Chittagong wore a festive look as candidates in the mayoral polls drummed up their campaigns ahead of the Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) elections on April 28.
A local Jubo League activist sustained bullet injures as miscreants shot at him at Nurullapur village in Sadar upazila early Wednesday.
BNP has termed the “issuance of red alert by Interpol” in the name of party senior vice chairman Tarique Rahman a drama, evil tactic and misleading. “Interpol does not issue any red alert rather it disclose the information provided by…
International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) has reportedly issued a red alert notice on Bangladesh Nationalist Party senior vice chairman, Tarique Rahman, on charge of ‘murder and explosion of hand grenade in the Awami League meeting on August 21′ in 2004.…
Six activists of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (Bnp) were picked up from the party’s Naya Paltan central office premises soon after its chairperson Begum Khaleda set off at the close of the Pahela Baishakh, Bangla New Year’s Day celebrations…
An activist of Islami Chhatra Shibir was killed in a ‘gunfight’ at Dhanbandhi in Sadar upazila early Monday amid the countrywide dawn-to-dusk hartal, enforced by Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami protesting the execution of condemned war criminal M Kamaruzzaman.
Activists of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and Islami Chhatra Shibir set three vehicles afire at Sholoshahar Mayor Goli in Pnachlaish area in the city in support of their countrywide dawn-to-dusk hartal on Monday morning,
The BNP on Sunday said it expects no low-taste and provocative remarks from the government and ruling party men as those only pollute the country’s political environment. A statement signed by its joint secretary general Barkatullah Bulu said this Criticising…
Anisur Rahman, a second-year intermediate student of Moulana Bhashani College, Sirajganj was killed in a reported ‘gunfight’ with police on Sunday night. According to a message received in Dhaka the reported ‘gunfight’ took place in the Dhanmandhi area of Sirajganj…
A bus was torched in the Mirpur area of Dhaka city on Sunday evening, ahead of the countrywide daylong hartal called by Jamaat for Monday. Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami is set to enforce the nationwide dawn-to-dusk hartal protesting for what it said…
Police arrested a local leader of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) from Shamshernagar Road area of the district town on Saturday night in connection with a case for assaulting police.
Politics A local leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), who received bullet wounds in an internal clash of the organisation over establishing supremacy on Saturday, died at a private hospital here on Sunday morning. The deceased was identified as Saiful,…
The chief election commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad has ordered police not to harass any candidate without any reason. The CEC gave the order at an interaction with mayor and councillor candidates of Dhaka North City Corporation at Farmgate’s KIB Complex…
A pro-BNP intellectual on Sunday urged Mirza Abbas, who is contesting the mayoral post for Dhaka South City Corporation, to come out in public to campaign for the elections instead of remaiing underground. “Mirza Abbas has to come out in…
BNP joint secretary general Mahbub Uddin Khokon on Saturday said they believe they would get back BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed alive soon. “After a meeting with Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) commissioner we’ve become a bit optimistic that Salahuddin Ahmed is…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and her associates, before coming to people to woo their support, must give answer to deaths of scores of people in petrol bomb attacks. “Carrying out horrendous atrocities on…
The allocation of symbols among the mayoral aspirants of Dhaka North City Corporation(DNCC) and Dhaka South City Corporation(DSCC) elections started on Friday morning. Among the major candidates, Awami League-blessed candidate Annisul Huq was given ‘Table Clock’ while BNP-sponsored candidate Tabith…
The Rajshahi Bagmara unit Awami League on Friday welcomed a Jamaat leader to its ranks with garlands. The new entrant to the AL was Maulana Nurul Islam, he secretary of Bagmara Upazila Jamaat. Addressing a press conference he told reporters…
Chittagong city and district police in a series of drives detained 11 leaders and activists of BNP and Jammat on Thursday night.
Prof Dr Emajuddin Ahmed, convenor of Adarsha Dhaka Andolon, yesterday reiterated his demanded to deploy army in Dhaka and Chittagong during the ensuing three city corporation polls scheduled to be held on April 28.
President of the Jatiya Sanajtantrik Dal ASM Abdur Rob said on Friday that Awami Leaguers would never be able to become democrats just as Razakars cannot become Freedom Fighters. Addressing a discussion meeting on recent politics and the freeing Mahmudur…
Former Awami League MP Sarah Begum Kabari has quit the race for Dhaka North City Corporation mayor. BNP leader Abdus Salam, mayor candidate for Dhaka South, also pulled out on Thursday, the last day for withdrawing nomination.