The Bnp-led 20-Party Alliance has called another 72 hours of hartal from Sunday to protest abduction, killing, enforced disappearance, arrest of Bnp joint secretary general Salahuddin Ahmed and press the demand for his release.
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Polls only solution- Bnp; punishment of terrorism, says AL
Awami League joint general secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif on Saturday once again rejected the assertion that there was any political problem in Bangladesh. In an interview with the BBC he said that the people of Bangladesh are now concerned about…
Khaleda can be tried for move to resist 05 January elections: AL
In an instant reaction to the BNP chairperson’s speech at the press conference, Awami League leader Mahbub-ul-Alam Hanif on Friday said Khaleda Zia can be brought to book for her attempt to snatch people’s voting rights through resisting the January-5…
Closing paths to fair election, AL lets loose reign of terror: Khaleda
Bnp Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia on Friday said that the Awami League and its leader Sheikh Hasina posed the main crisis in the country as they by their one-sided decision stopped all paths to free and fair election after passing…
Witness deposition in case against 89 Bnp leaders Thursday
A Dhaka court on Thursday fixed April 2 to record the depositions of the witnesses in the case lodged with Savar Police Station against 89 BNP leaders and activists including Joint-Secretary General Amanullah Aman and former JCD President Sultan Salahuddin…
Govt can’t avoid liability for Salahuddin disappearance: Khaleda
Voicing grave concern over ‘the ’tracelessness’ of her party joint secretary general Salahuddin Ahmed, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Thursday said the government cannot avoid its responsibility for this. In a statement she said, “An extremely unusual situation has been created…
PM wants Khaleda to surrender to court
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday expressed the hope that Begum Khaleda Zia would surrender to the court gentlemanly as warrant has been issued, otherwise the people won’t spare her. The Prime Minister said this after handing over financial assistance…
10 AL MPs at Khaleda’s office asked: ‘Memo to PM too?’
10 Ruling party lawmakers, who are physician by profession, along with some other doctors on Wednesday handed over a memorandum to BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia;s office with a 24-hour ultimatum to withdraw hartal blockade programme and refrain from activities including…
Bnp leader Salahuddin picked up: No info, says police
BNP joint secretary general Salahuddin Ahmed has allegedly been picked up by the law enforcers in plainclothes from a house in Uttara on Tuesday night since then his family and party colleagues have lost all their contacts with him. However,…
Khaleda arrest, her office search on warrant receipt: Hasina
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday emphasised conducting a search in the Gulshan political office of the BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and said that arrangement for her arrest would be made when the court order reaches the Gulshan police station.…
No dialogue with Bnp, says Nasim
Spokesman of the Awami League-led 14-party alliance and Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim said on Tuesday that there would not be any dialogue with BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia. “No dialogue with those killers, razakars and attackers of…
Bnp, allies call mass processions on Thursday
The BNP-led 20-party alliance will bring out mass processions across the country on Thursday amid its ongoing blockade and hartal programmes to press home it’s a set of demands including immediate national election under a neutral administration. In a statement,…
Govt inviting undemocratic forces, hartal extended : 20-Party
The BNP-led 20-party alliance yesterday accused the government of inviting undemocratic forces by stopping all the paths of democratic movement. “The government is looking for a solution to the political impasse through the barrels of the gun in exchange of…
10 persons injured in clash in Dinajpur
Ten persons were injured in a clash between police and BNP-Jamaat activists this afternoon here.
Movement close to victory, Liberation War spirit being shot: Bnp
BNP-The opposition BNP yesterday accused the Awami League of snatching people’s rights to franchise by shooting down the sprit of liberation war. In a press statement, BNP joint secretary BNP Salahuddin Ahmed criticised ruling party lawmakers, who blasted the Bnp…
Khaleda burns people dead for high political ambition: Hasina
Accusing Begum Khaleda Zia of burning people to death to fulfill her high political ambition, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today called upon the womenfolk of the country to be vocal and resist the act of the BNP chairperson. “The BNP…
Militancy campaign to hide crisis made with lopsided polls: Bnp
BNP joint secretary general Salahuddin Ahmed yesterday alleged that the government is trying to mislead the people and the international community with their intentional militancy campaign only to hide the political crisis it has created by holding a lopsided election…
Manna put under another 10-day remand
A Dhaka court on Saturday granted police 10 days to interrogate Nagorik Oikya Convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna in a case filed on sedition charges. The fresh remand came only two days after police finished grilling him in another case. Gulshan…
Khaleda to face case of corruption as well as murder: Hasina
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Saturday her government was showing utmost patience to make BNP leader Khaleda Zia understand the consequences of her destructive politics and killing of innocent people. She said Khaleda Zia is giving directives from her…
Bnp calls another spell of 72-hour hartal from Sunday
The BNP-led 20-party alliance on Saturday announced another 72-hour spell of nationwide hartal from 6am on Sunday alongside its ongoing countrywide indefinite transport blockade to push for its various demands, including a fresh national election under a non-party administration. In…
Call fresh polls in 6 months, let referendum show if people want it
Eminent jurist Barrister Rafique-ul-Huq has proposed an “Yes” or “No” vote to determine whether the majority of people were in favour of mid-term election or not as the incumbents were rejecting any suggestion for such election. Former President Prof Dr…
Jamaat leader held in Sylhet
Police arrested a local leader of Jamaat-e-Islami from Lalabazar area in South Surma upazila on Friday night.
BNP man stabbed to death in Laxmipur
An activist of local unit BNP was stabbed to death by some miscreants at Balaishpur area in sadar upazila early Saturday.
Govt must take responsibility of any consequence: BNP
BNP has warned that the government would have to bear the responsibility of any consequence arising out of the current situation unless it accepts their demand to hold a free and fair poll under a non-partisan administration. “The people hope…
Fresh hartal from Sunday if demand not met: 20-Party
The BNP-led 20-party opposition alliance may call another spell of hartal from Sunday prolonging the uncertainties on roads and highways and sufferings of ordinary people. “The ongoing blockade programme will continue. Tough action including hartal will be enforced further from…
Rizvi on unprecedented 7th remand for two days
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka once again placed BNP Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed on a fresh remand for two days on Wednesday, in a separate case, filed for hurling petrol bomb on a bus…
Arrest warrant can’t undo movement, Khaleda for any sacrifice: Bnp
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia is ready to make any sacrifice in the interests of the country and emancipation of masses of the people, BNP joint secretary general Salahuddin Ahmed said on Wednesday. In a press statement issued from an undisclosed…
14-party rally at Hajaribagh Wednesday
The Awami League-led 14-party alliance has called a public rally at Hajaribagh park field in Dhaka city at 3 pm on Wednesday protesting what the alliance termed “anti-state conspiracy and terrorism carried out by BNP and Jamaat”.
Form ‘terrorism’ resistance bodies at all localities: Khaleda
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday asked her alliance leaders and workers to form resistance movement committees against the “state terrorism” under the leadership of 20-party alliance at all the localities across the country. BNP joint secretary general Salahuddin Ahmed said…
Barisal Workers Party office ransacked, 8 activists hurt in attack
Workers Party office ransacked and 8 activists injured by attack of alliance partner Awami League activists at Sarbahara-prone Agorpur union under Babuganj upazila of Barisal district.