The BNP-led 20-party alliance on Friday announced yet another 72-hour spell of nationwide hartal from 6am on Sunday alongside its ongoing countrywide indefinite transport blockade demanding a fresh national election under a non-party administration. In a statement, BNP joint secretary…
The BNP-led 20-party alliance on Friday urged the United Nations to carryout an international investigation into all incidents of sabotage including extrajudicial killings, violation of human rights and petrol bomb attacks in Bangladesh. “We want international level probe under the…
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, who is staying at her Gulshan office since January 3, is not going to Shaheed Minar this time to pay homage to the language martyrs, according to BNP leaders. However, the senior leaders and activists of…
A Dhaka Thursday deferred hearing in a graft case filed against BNP Standing Committee member Barrister Moudud Ahmed and his brother Manjur Ahmed to March 12. Judge-in-Charge Md Imrul Kayes of the Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court of Dhaka passed the…
The BNP-led 20-party alliance Thursday welcomed the letters of UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon to top leaders of two major parties urging them to sit for a dialogue to overcome the political impasse. “We welcome initiatives taken by all sides including…
BNP joint secretary general Salahuddin Ahmed yesterday asked Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to take lesson from the history analysing the reasons behind the “dire consequences” the first AL government had met. In a statement he demanded of the government to…
Jamaat-e-Islami yesterday announced countrywide “doa” programme on Friday seeking release of its detained leaders. Jamaat acting ameer Makbul Ahmed yesterday in a statement condemned the death sentence of party nayebe ameer Maualna Abdus Sobhan. “Sobhan was deprived of justice and…
The BNP-led 20-party alliance has extended its ongoing 72-hour nationwide hartal by 48 hours till 6am Friday as part of its movement demanding a snap national election under a non-party administration and ‘resorting democracy and people’s voting right’ and protesting…
BNP on Monday termed Shipping Minister Shahjahan Khan’s move to besiege its chairperson Khaleda Zia’s Gulshan office “utterly provocative” and the attempt was made in a bid to “kill” her. In a joint statement, BNP Dhaka City convener Mirza Abbas…
Bikalpa Dhara President Prof Dr Badruddoza Chowdhury yesterday reiterated his call to two leaders to sit across the table to resolve the political impasse. “The responsibility of the prime minister (to take initiative for dialogue) is more than other. I…
The BNP on Sunday said it is ready to welcome any initiative for forging a national consensus and holding talks aiming to arrange an inclusive election. In a statement, BNP joint secretary general Salahuddin Ahmed said, “The people of all…
A local BNP leader was killed in police firing during a clash between BNP-Jamaat men and them at Shatokhali in Shalikha upazila on Sunday evening. The deceased was identified as Mashiur Rahman, 45, president of Shatokhali union unit of BNP…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday again ruled out the possibility of any talks with the BNP chief saying that this will be unproductive because Khaleda Zia will not accept it. “Will she (Khaleda) accept the dialogue? She won’t,” she…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday called upon the Ulema and Sufis to build a public opinion about those who kill and torture people side by side preaching the essence of Islam. “The people are the source of all power.…
Expressing grave concern over the current political situation, President of Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury on Saturday said the Prime Minister must take initiatives to end the crisis. “Bangladesh is now burning… in this critical situation, the Prime…
Three Juba Dal activists received bullet injures when police opened fire on a procession at Salikha Upazila under Magura district on Saturday. Local Juba Dal leaders said the firing was unprovoked. Police however said that shots were fired when processionists…
The BNP-led 20-party alliance has called 72-hour countrywide hartal from Sunday morning till Wednesday morning as there was no sign of calling fresh polls under caretaker government, killing or maiming of leaders and activist of the alliance in ‘crossfire’ across…
Voicing concern over reluctance about engaging in dialogue by BNP and Awami League, Nagarik Oikya convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna on Friday said the two parties are paving the path for undemocratic forces to intervene in country’s politics. “There’s no chance…
The BNP-led 20-party alliance yesterday warned that the people would be forced to resort to civil disobedience and non-cooperation movement against the government soon, said BNP joint secretary general Salahuddin Ahmed in a statement. “The illegal and unelected Awami League…
Police continued to bar food supplies for leaders of BNP and staffs of Khaleda Zia’s Gulshan office for the third consecutive day yesterday. Almost all staffs and BNP leaders were living on dry foods, said Shyrul Kabir Khan, a member…
Nagorik Samaj, a platform of civil society members, yesterday called upon the Awami League and the BNP to stop the violent activities as well as to take immediate step in holding dialogue to overcome the present political deadlock in the…
A six-hour token-hunger strike planned by president of Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury will be observed in the city on Saturday, demanding talks between Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and BNP chief Khaleda Zia to resolve the ongoing political…
DHAKA: She has been stuck in her office for 40 days and slapped with a series of charges over the deadly violence outside, but Bangladesh’s opposition leader Khaleda Zia says she and her arch enemy Sheikh Hasina can still reach…
Nagorik Samaj, a new platform of prominent citizens, will hold a press conferee today (Friday) to make its position clear in public on the effort to resolve the ongoing political impasse through dialogue. The press conference of eminent citizens, who…
The Bnp-led 20-Party Alliance has called a programme of countrywide demonstration on Saturday to press the demand for election under non-partisan caretaker government and protest killing of 20-party leaders and activists in the name of ‘crossfire’. The blockade would continue,…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said in Parliament that the government is monitoring the talk shows in different television channels to detect who are instigating destructive activities in the country. “We’re monitoring the TV talk shows; the government will…
Blasting BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia for enforcing hartal and blockade by holding the country’s people to hostage, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today branded the BNP chief as a “killer”,not a political leader. “Khaleda Zia is not a leader of…
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (Bnp) seems to be seeking UN mediation to facilitate dialogue for ending the political impasse. BNP leader and the country’s former planning minister Moeen Khan told ‘Times of India’ in an email interview that the UN…
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed on Tuesday said no talk is possible with those who are involved in militancy, and termed the call by various quarters, including the civil society, for holding a dialogue as unrealistic. He made the remarks while…
A youth yesterday hurled a brick bat and shouted abusive words at Khaleda Zia’s Gulshan office despite tight security ring around the building by law enforcers including police and plainclothes security personnel. The man identified as Poran Sarker hurled the…