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BNP wants huge gathering in Dhaka on February 8

-- 2018-02-02 00:00:00

BNP wants huge presence of its leaders and activists in the capital on February 8 before the announcement of the verdict in a graft case against Khaleda Zia. The party is already taking all-out prepa...

Rescuing cement industry

-- 2018-02-01 22:41:08

It is quite baffling to know that the country's cement industry has grown without much of a direction in meeting domestic demand as well as that for export. Although for sometime now the country is se...

Attackers are infiltrators, BNP says

-- 2018-01-31 23:33:12

The BNP does not recognise those who attacked on police outside the High Court on Tuesday, saying they were infiltrators not its activists. BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir came up w...

BNP says cops deployed in front of Khaleda’s residence

-- 2018-01-31 23:26:03

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has alleged that a huge number of police, including plainclothes ones, have been deployed in front of its chairperson's Gulshan residence. Senior joint secretary ge...

Increased use of plastic

-- 2018-01-31 23:06:08

Increased use of plastic goods and materials is a fact of modern life. Whether it is indicative of socio-economic development is, however, yet to be clear. Apparently, though, it signifies a radical c...

BNP chooses violence, starts ‘militant-style’ attack: Quader

-- 2018-01-31 19:32:11

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has alleged that the BNP has given a clear sign of choosing violent path through launching an attack on police in a militant style. “They have atta...

Govt wants to create unstable situation in politics: BNP

-- 2018-01-31 17:16:23

BNP on Wednesday alleged that the government is making a chaotic situation in the country ahead of verdict on a graft case of its chairperson Khaleda Zia. “The government's main target is now t...

Police detain BNP leader Gayeshwar in Dhaka

-- 2018-01-31 00:00:00

Police have detained BNP leader Gayeshwar Chandra Roy in Dhaka’s Gulshan. Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said the member of the party’s policymaking body National Standi...

BNP trying to launch sabotage ahead of national polls: Qamrul

-- 2018-01-31 00:00:00

Food Minister Advocate Qamrul Islam said BNP has taken ill strategies to delay proceedings of the Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case to create anarchy in the country ahead of the national elections....

Navigating H2 MPS during difficult times

-- 2018-01-30 22:41:48

Barring a few high expectations and some ambitious projections, the monetary policy statement (MPS) for the January-June (H2) period of the current fiscal year (FY), unveiled last Monday, is pragmat...

BNP men snatch away fellows vandalising prison van

-- 2018-01-30 20:24:49

BNP activists allegedly snatched away two of their fellows from law-enforcers by vandalising a prison van in front of High Court on Tuesday afternoon. Police said BNP men also broke two rifle butts o...

BNP leader Anisur goes missing from city

-- 2018-01-30 17:29:19

BNP's mass education affairs assistant secretary Anisur Rahman Talukder Khokon went missing. He was allegedly picked up by law-enforcers on Monday night, alleged the party and his wife. Talking to r...

BNP enough to break itself, says Quader

-- 2018-01-30 00:23:31

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said on Monday none has to do anything to break BNP as negative politics of the party is enough to break itself,...

BNP slams digital security law, terms it anti-democratic

-- 2018-01-30 00:00:00

Ruling party Awami League’s arch-rivals BNP has alleged that the cabinet-approved 'Digital Security Bill' will hamper press freedom and the freedom of expression as it has been framed with the '...

Promoting e-commerce

-- 2018-01-29 22:33:51

At long last, the government has set up a high-powered committee with the commerce minister as its chief to promote growth of electronic commerce (e-commerce) in the country. The committee, which incl...

BNP to hold executive committee meeting at ICCB Saturday

-- 2018-01-29 18:47:11

The BNP is going to hold a meeting of its national executive committee on Saturday next at the International Convention City Bashundhara (ICCB). Party's Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Riz...

Executive committee meets Feb 3

-- 2018-01-29 00:33:11

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has convened her party's national executive committee's first-ever meeting on Saturday next as a Dhaka court is set to deliver verdict on February 8 in a corruption case...

BNP facing major crisis, says party leader

-- 2018-01-29 00:00:00

With the coming verdict on the graft trial against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, the party is facing its ‘third major crisis,’ BNP Joint Secretary General Mahbub Uddin Khokon said. It is &...

Cricketing glory eludes, once again

-- 2018-01-28 20:59:45

In the just concluded tri-nation one-day international cricket, Bangladesh started with a bang only to end in a whimper. When the two opponents Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe -- both at the bottom rung of tod...

BNP threatens one-point movement if Khaleda ‘unlawfully’ convicted

-- 2018-01-28 20:58:33

Two BNP leaders have threatened to launch the one-point movement to oust government if their chairperson Khaleda Zia is 'unlawfully' convicted in a graft case. BNP standing committee members Khandake...

Obaidul Quader warns BNP over 'threatening court'

-- 2018-01-28 19:22:28

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said BNP leaders will have to face trial for threatening the court which is set to pronounce its verdict in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case. "If BNP w...

New law for ship-breaking industry

-- 2018-01-27 22:59:16

The piece of legislation that the Jatiya Sangsad late last week adopted to discipline the country's ship-breaking industry has been long overdue. Notwithstanding its importance in the economy and the...

BNP leaders discuss Khaleda’s upcoming case verdict

-- 2018-01-27 22:51:17

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia held an urgent meeting of her party's standing committee Saturday night.The meeting was held as a Dhaka court fixed date for pronouncing verdict in a graft case filed again...

Most respectable person to become presidential nominee: Quader

-- 2018-01-27 18:04:22

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said their party will nominate a most respectable person for presidency. "We're yet to choose our candidate for the president polls. Prime Minister S...

Khaleda calls BNP standing committee meeting Saturday

-- 2018-01-26 12:00:00

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has called an urgent meeting of the National Standing Committee as the verdict in a graft case against her is expected next month. On Thursday, a Dhaka special judge&rsquo...

Unabated footpath encroachment

-- 2018-01-26 10:05:26

Blaming the law-flouting pedestrians wholesale for the chaotic state of the capital's footpaths and roadsides does not speak of pragmatism. True, there are compulsive lawbreakers. But pedestrians will...

Negative verdict on Zia charitable graft to trigger ‘bad’ consequences: BNP

-- 2018-01-26 05:21:54

A senior BNP leader has said consequence will be very 'bad' if the court gives any negative verdict on the Zia Charitable graft case filed against the party chief Khaleda Zia. "I think the foun...

Quader rules out BNP role for polls-time govt

-- 2018-01-25 12:00:00

Ruling Awami League will not invite BNP to join the election-time government as they have no representation in parliament. Party's General Secretary Obaidul Quader came up with the statement after in...

Zia Orphanage Trust graft verdict Feb 8