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Khaleda Zia was honoured as ‘Mother of Democracy’ in 2018, Fakhrul says

Khaleda Zia was honoured as ‘Mother of Democracy’ in 2018, Fakhrul says

-- 2022-02-08 21:40:53

A Canadian human rights group bestowed the title the “Mother of Democracy” upon BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, the party has revealed three and a half years after she received the honour. B...

People will elect Awami League once again, Hasina hopes

People will elect Awami League once again, Hasina hopes

-- 2022-02-08 21:12:27

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed her hope that the people of Bangladesh will elect the Awami League once again since the party has brought positive changes to society. The prime minister, a...

Fakhrul should face trial for writing letters against Bangladesh, Hasan Mahmud says

Fakhrul should face trial for writing letters against Bangladesh, Hasan Mahmud says

-- 2022-02-07 21:40:23

Information and Broadcasting Minister Hasan Mahmud on Monday said the persons who have sent letters to foreigners against Bangladesh should be brought under book. “I think that Mirza Fakhrul Is...

Rizvi describes search committee as ‘private Awami body’

Rizvi describes search committee as ‘private Awami body’

-- 2022-02-06 18:55:05

BNP’s senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Sunday alleged that the government has formed a ‘private’ Awami body in the name of a search committee. “We previousl...

Khaleda returns home from hospital after 81 days

Khaleda returns home from hospital after 81 days

-- 2022-02-01 23:50:25

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia returned home on Tuesday night after an 81-day stay in the capital's Evercare Hospital for the treatment of her various health complications, including liver cirrhosis. &l...

Khaleda Zia set to return home after 81 days in hospital

Khaleda Zia set to return home after 81 days in hospital

-- 2022-02-01 14:08:25

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is set to return home on Tuesday after spending 81 days in a Dhaka hospital. A decision was taken by the Evercare Hospital medical board to send her home in view of the wi...

BNP fears about its political future, Hasan Mahmud says

BNP fears about its political future, Hasan Mahmud says

-- 2022-01-28 20:40:11

Information and Broadcasting Minister Hasan Mahmud on Friday said BNP is involved in conspiracies as it is worried about its political future. "The people of the country are pleased with the success...

BNP, Jamaat hired eight lobbyists in US to spread misinformation: Momen

BNP, Jamaat hired eight lobbyists in US to spread misinformation: Momen

-- 2022-01-26 20:27:22

The government has appointed a public relations firm to convey the “truth” to dispel “misinformation” spread by “lobbyists” appointed by the BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami...

Some vice-chancellors stirring up anger among students, Inu says

Some vice-chancellors stirring up anger among students, Inu says

-- 2022-01-26 16:48:09

Hasanul Haq Inu, the president of the Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal, has accused vice-chancellors of some public universities of spreading incitement among students against the government. “Nonsensic...

BNP in frustration after failure in Narayanganj polls, Obaidul Quader says

BNP in frustration after failure in Narayanganj polls, Obaidul Quader says

-- 2022-01-25 19:48:12

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said BNP is now in frustration and they are passing bad days in politics after their defeat in Narayanganj City Corporation polls. “BNP is now...

EC formation law a blueprint for stage-managed election, Fakhrul alleges

EC formation law a blueprint for stage-managed election, Fakhrul alleges

-- 2022-01-25 19:41:31

BNP’s secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has described the government’s attempt to enact a law on the Election Commission formation ‘hurriedly’ and ‘secretly&r...

‘Law on EC formation after dialogue just another joke’

‘Law on EC formation after dialogue just another joke’

-- 2022-01-22 18:32:19

BNP senior leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Saturday described the government's move to enact a law on the formation of the Election Commission (EC) after the President's dialogue with political...

We have evidence on BNP’s lobbying against country, Hasan Mahmud says

We have evidence on BNP’s lobbying against country, Hasan Mahmud says

-- 2022-01-21 21:05:35

Information and Broadcasting Minister Hasan Mahmud on Friday said the government has specific evidence of BNP appointing lobbyist farms abroad against the country. BNP made the agreement to appoint l...

People will not accept gas price hikes in any way, Mosharraf says

People will not accept gas price hikes in any way, Mosharraf says

-- 2022-01-21 21:00:20

BNP’s senior leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Friday strongly opposed the government’s move to hike gas tariffs and warned that people will not accept it in any way. “There's a...

Awami League hires lobbyists with public money, alleges Mosharraf

Awami League hires lobbyists with public money, alleges Mosharraf

-- 2022-01-20 19:48:49

Turning down the allegation of hiring any lobbyist in the USA, BNP standing committee member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Thursday alleged that Awami League spent huge public money by appointing lob...

BNP to celebrate Zia’s 86th birth anniversary Wednesday

BNP to celebrate Zia’s 86th birth anniversary Wednesday

-- 2022-01-18 21:14:19

BNP will celebrate the 86th birth anniversary of its founder Ziaur Rahman on Wednesday. Born on January 19, 1936 at Bagbari in Bogura, Ziaur Rahman founded BNP in 1978 and became the country’s...

Awami League proposes increased use of EVMs in elections

Awami League proposes increased use of EVMs in elections

-- 2022-01-17 20:29:33

Awami League (AL) placed some proposals – including enacting new law for the formation of an election commission and increased use of technologies in elections – during its talks with Pres...

Filing fictitious cases now a regular matter, says Fakhrul

Filing fictitious cases now a regular matter, says Fakhrul

-- 2022-01-17 19:06:28

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday alleged that the filing of 'fictitious' cases against their party leaders and activists and arresting them by the government has now become...

AL joins EC formation talks

AL joins EC formation talks

-- 2022-01-17 18:11:16

A 10-member Awami League delegation, led by party President Sheikh Hasina, has gone to the Bangabhaban to discuss the formation of an Election Commission with President Md Abdul Hamid. Prime Minister...

Taimur urges all not to contest any election under AL govt

Taimur urges all not to contest any election under AL govt

-- 2022-01-17 17:05:27

Taimur Alam Khandaker, who lost the Narayanganj mayoral race, has alleged ‘election engineering’ by the government and ‘election fraud through Electronic Voting Machines’, urgi...

HRW’s statement unacceptable, politically-motivated, says Hasan Mahmud

HRW’s statement unacceptable, politically-motivated, says Hasan Mahmud

-- 2022-01-14 21:50:27

Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud has described the US-based Human Rights Watch (HRW)’s latest statement on Bangladesh as “one-sided, unacceptable and politically motiv...

Rivals ‘uniting’ to defeat AL in Narayanganj mayoral polls, says Ivy

Rivals ‘uniting’ to defeat AL in Narayanganj mayoral polls, says Ivy

-- 2022-01-14 17:17:54

Salina Hayat Ivy, who is contesting the Narayanganj city mayoral election with the Awami League ticket, says factions within and outside the ruling party are working in unison to defeat her in the upc...

BNP skips President's dialogue on Election Commission formation

BNP skips President's dialogue on Election Commission formation

FE REPORT 2022-01-13 08:54:04

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has skipped the ongoing dialogue with President Md Abdul Hamid over the formation of the Election Commission (EC). The party, which remains out of power for mor...

Stage collapses at BNP rally in Chattogram, several injured

Stage collapses at BNP rally in Chattogram, several injured

-- 2022-01-12 17:12:45

A stage where BNP leaders were delivering speeches calling for the government to allow party Chairperson Khaleda Zia to seek medical treatment abroad has collapsed in Chattogram. The incident occurre...

Restriction on public meetings illogical, BNP says

Restriction on public meetings illogical, BNP says

-- 2022-01-11 21:51:15

Terming illogical the restriction on public meetings and rallies in open space in the name of containing Covid transmission, the BNP standing committee has said it is an ‘evil’ attempt of...

Islamic Front, Bangladesh NAP propose enactment of electoral law

Islamic Front, Bangladesh NAP propose enactment of electoral law

-- 2022-01-11 21:24:40

Islamic Front Bangladesh and Bangladesh National Awami Party (Bangladesh NAP) on Tuesday separately took part in the discussion with President Abdul Hamid on the formation of the Election Commission....

Hasan Mahmud backs participation of MPs in local election campaigns

Hasan Mahmud backs participation of MPs in local election campaigns

-- 2022-01-11 19:16:41

Information and Broadcasting Minister Hasan Mahmud has said the provision regarding MPs' non-participation in the campaign of local government elections is discriminatory. “Lawmaker Shamim Osma...

Ivy questions Shamim Osman’s involvement in Narayanganj election campaign

Ivy questions Shamim Osman’s involvement in Narayanganj election campaign

-- 2022-01-11 19:13:44

Salina Hayat Ivy, who is contesting the Narayanganj City Corporation mayoral poll as the Awami League candidate, has raised questions about the validity of Shamim Osman’s involvement in the camp...

Narayanganj mayoral candidate Taimur complains of harassment, seeks PM’s help

Narayanganj mayoral candidate Taimur complains of harassment, seeks PM’s help

-- 2022-01-11 16:37:27

Taimur Alam Khandaker, whom the BNP removed from its advisory council for contesting the Narayanganj city polls, has urged Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to step in and save his supporters from harassme...

JP wants EC formation law for acceptable polls

JP wants EC formation law for acceptable polls

-- 2022-01-10 21:45:40

Jatiya Party (JP) led by Anwar Hossain Manju MP on Monday told President Abdul Hamid that the party wanted the next Election Commission to be formed under a law provided by the constitution. A seven-...