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Fakhrul describes proposed budget as friendly to looters

-- 2022-06-10 23:03:51

Slamming the government for offering an amnesty to plunderers, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday described the proposed budget for the fiscal year 2022-2023 as friendly to lo...

Gayeshwar says people facing ‘great misery’ due to price hike

-- 2022-06-08 22:02:58

BNP standing committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy on Wednesday alleged that the government has inflicted ‘great misery’ on the country’s people by increasing the prices of all esse...

Six-point demand was a stepping stone of liberation war, says Joy

-- 2022-06-08 21:55:52

Prime Minister's ICT Affairs Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy said the historic six-point demand was a Bengali nationalist movement in the then East Pakistan spearheaded by Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman,...

Fakhrul alleges government fails to protect rights of minorities

-- 2022-06-04 21:19:25

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday alleged that the Awami League-led government has failed to protect the rights of the country's minority communities. "This government alw...

Quader says Khaleda will be invited to Padma Bridge opening, if law permits

-- 2022-06-04 16:12:00

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has said they want to invite BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to the inauguration of the Padma Bridge, if there are no...

Awami League expects 1.0m people to join Padma Bridge opening day rally

-- 2022-06-01 21:34:59

The Awami League will organise a daylong programme, including a public rally at Kathalbari point in Madaripur, at 11:00 am on June 25 after the inauguration of the much-awaited Padma Bridge on that da...

Fakhrul says BNP, Ganosanghati Andolan to wage 'simultaneous’ movement

-- 2022-05-31 20:09:08

BNP on Tuesday reached a consensus with Ganosanghati Andolan to wage a 'simultaneous’ movement to ensure the fall of the Awami League government and establish a polls-time neutral government. B...

Obaidul Quader says BNP did not dream of implementing any mega project

-- 2022-05-30 23:14:26

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said the BNP leaders’ ‘mega falsehood’ about the country's mega projects have raised questions about their mental health. "As the B...

BNP will move ahead overcoming repression, says Fakhrul

-- 2022-05-30 23:09:05

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said their party BNP will move ahead braving what it said is the government’s intensified repression to subdue its opponents ahead of the ne...

Chhatra Dal can enter DU campus after seeking apology: Chhatra League president

-- 2022-05-29 21:11:06

Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) will have to repent for their previously made insolent comment on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina before entering the Dhaka University campus, said Al Nahiyan khan Joy, pre...

BNP leaders not showing any decency in their statements: Obaidul Quader

-- 2022-05-29 18:25:19

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said the BNP's slogan - 'let the weapons of the 15 August roar once again' - has exposed its murderous character. The road transport and bridges mini...

Ziaur Rahman’s 41st death anniversary on Monday

-- 2022-05-29 18:19:39

The 41st death anniversary of former president and founder of BNP Ziaur Rahman will be observed by BNP and its associate bodies across the country on Monday. BNP and its different associate bodies ch...

BNP trying to create chaotic situation in name of movement, says Obaidul Quader

-- 2022-05-28 21:36:32

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Saturday said BNP is making ill attempts to create a chaotic situation in the country in the name of mass movement. "BNP is daydreaming of mass moveme...

Awami League leaders will leave Bangladesh bowing heads, warns Mirza Fakhrul

-- 2022-05-28 21:33:10

Accusing the government of establishing a reign of plundering in Bangladesh, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday warned that the time is coming when the ruling party leaders wi...

Election commission begins registering new political parties

-- 2022-05-28 19:47:04

The election commission has begun registering new political parties interested in taking part in the next general elections. In a notice issued on Thursday, new parties have 90 days, until Aug 29, to...

Awami League would come to power again, says Obaidul Quader

-- 2022-05-24 21:40:22

Calling the party leaders and workers to uphold unity, Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader has said the Awami League would again come to power after winning in the next national elections....

BNP initiates talks with opposition parties to wage ‘united movement’

-- 2022-05-24 21:34:29

BNP has initiated talks with the opposition political parties on Tuesday to work out the outline for launching a united movement against the government. On the first day, BNP held talks with Nagorik...

Quader protests Fakhrul’s ‘ill-motivated’ comment on press freedom

-- 2022-05-23 20:23:06

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir's ‘ill-motivated’ comment on press freedom is an exposure of BNP's new conspiracy a...

Fakhrul urges PM to offer public apology for remark on Khaleda

-- 2022-05-23 20:15:30

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday urged Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to offer a public apology for her recent remark on BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia. Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alam...

Mosharraf says BNP won’t join talks with current election commission

-- 2022-05-21 20:54:59

BNP senior leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Saturday said their party will not participate in any dialogue with the current Election Commission (EC). "Our position is clear that there is no reas...

GM Quader expresses doubt about fair polls under authoritarian government

-- 2022-05-21 20:39:10

Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader on Saturday expressed doubt about a fair general election under an authoritarian government. “The administration or the constitutional institutions are helpless...

BNP is an internationally recognised terrorist political party, says Quader

-- 2022-05-21 18:18:05

Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Saturday described BNP as an internationally recognised terrorist political party and said that this party...

BNP misinterprets PM’s comments over Padma Bridge, says Obaidul Quader

-- 2022-05-20 20:59:01

Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said BNP leaders have misinterpreted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's comments over the successful construction of Padma Bridge to create confusion...

BNP has no right to talk on polls as it tainted election process most: PM

-- 2022-05-18 20:16:07

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said BNP has no right to speak about elections as they tainted the election process most during their tenures. "My question is how BNP raises questions about...

49 suspected Jamaat-Shibir activists arrested in Ctg

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-05-17 12:14:37

Police on Tuesday detained as many as 49 suspected members of Jamaat-e-Islami and Islami Chhatra Shibir in Chattogram. Officers said the suspects were detained from a hotel in Terry Bazar of Chattogr...

AL to observe Hasina’s homecoming day on Tuesday

-- 2022-05-16 18:48:01

The Awami League will mark the 42nd anniversary of the homecoming of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday with discussion meetings and prayers and distribution of charities, reports UNB. On this d...

Obaidul Quader says BNP itself doesn’t know what it wants

-- 2022-05-15 21:31:04

Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Sunday said the BNP leaders themselves do not know what they want regarding the election-time government. “It is now the question of the co...

Mirza Fakhrul asks government to publish list of money launderers

-- 2022-05-15 21:26:54

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday demanded that a list of those who syphoned off huge amounts of money abroad and their abettors be made public. "Our question is, how many P...

Sri Lankan leaders follow BNP’s footsteps in fleeing country: Hasan Mahmud

-- 2022-05-14 21:52:34

Information and Broadcasting Minister Hasan Mahmud on Saturday said Sri Lankan leaders have followed BNP’s previous footsteps in fleeing their country. Hasan Mahmud also advised the BNP leaders...

Obaidul Quader’s speech is admission of plundering money: Mirza Fakhrul

-- 2022-05-14 21:45:36

BNP on Saturday asserted it is now a ‘historical fact’ that Awami League leaders have laundered untold billions abroad by indulging in widespread plunder of wealth, that AL general secreta...