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Haji Salim released on bail after 10 months behind bars

-- 2023-01-17 16:58:32

Awami League leader Haji Mohammad Salim, who was convicted of corruption, has been released from jail after 10 months behind bars as the Supreme Court accepted his application to challenge his 10-year...

Obaidul Quader says BNP becomes sick after doing negative politics

-- 2023-01-16 19:05:39

Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Monday said BNP has now become sick after doing negative politics, destruction, intrigue and corruption. “If someone becomes sick, he or sh...

BNP to hold rallies in all cities, districts on January 25

-- 2023-01-16 19:01:49

BNP on Monday announced a fresh countrywide programme for January 25 to press home their 10-point demand, including polls under a caretaker government. BNP standing committee member Khandaker Mosharr...

Ganatantra Mancha announces nationwide protests for Jan 25

-- 2023-01-16 17:26:36

The Ganatantra Mancha has announced a new programme of protest rallies in Dhaka and the rest of the country for Jan 25 as part of its coordinated movement to oust the government. "It is a scandalous...

Awami League is deeply rooted in country’s soil, people’s hearts: Obaidul Quader

-- 2023-01-15 20:59:02

Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Sunday said the ruling party is not too weak that it would break down with a soft strike, claiming that the AL is deeply rooted in the soil of the...

Finance minister’s explanation sought over reports on overseas properties of Bangladeshis

-- 2023-01-15 20:55:25

Speaking in parliament, Jatiya Party MP Mujibul Haque Chunnu on Sunday placed a question for Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on whether news published in different media recently about overseas pro...

Mirza Fakhrul hospitalised

UNB 2023-01-15 14:22:26

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir was admitted to Dhaka's Evercare Hospital this morning. He was admitted to the hospital for a health checkup around 10:30am as he was feeling un...

BNP making evil efforts to create 1/11-like situation again: Obaidul Quader

-- 2023-01-14 21:20:11

Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader has accused BNP of making evil efforts to create a 1/11-like situation again in the country to seize state power through a clandestine way. "Though...

Fakhrul says govt will be brought down through a peaceful movement

-- 2023-01-14 21:13:18

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday expressed his firm belief that the government will be brought down through a peaceful movement, no matter how repressive its tactics to su...

Awami League always works for welfare of nation, says PM

-- 2023-01-14 16:52:28

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said Awami League (AL) always works for the welfare of the nation as per the promise given to the people and the countrymen are getting its benefits. “AL always...

Mirza Fakhrul demands cancellation of power price hike

-- 2023-01-13 21:41:56

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday described the government's decision to hike the electricity tariff as 'anti-people'. In a statement, he demanded the immediate cancellation...

Awami League-led govt ensures security for BNP’s programmes: Hasan

-- 2023-01-13 20:01:14

Information and Broadcasting Minister and Awami League (AL) Joint General Secretary Dr Hasan Mahmud on Friday said BNP had carried out grenade attacks on Awami League rallies but the AL government is...

Feasibility study on Chattogram metro rail project to end this month: Obaidul Quader

-- 2023-01-13 19:45:03

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has said the feasibility study on a metro rail project in Chattogram will be completed by January 31. The minister gave the information while exchan...

Nur defends top aide Tarek’s ‘offensive remarks’ on Hindu religious scripture

-- 2023-01-13 19:34:26

Without offering any apology for the “obscene language” used by his top aide Tarek Rahman to describe Hindu religious scripture, Bangladesh Gono Odhikar Parishad leader Nurul Haque Nur has...

If voted to power, AL to continue country's development spree: PM

-- 2023-01-11 17:49:19

Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina says if her party is voted to power, they would continue the country's development spree and serve the people. "If we are voted to power in the...

BNP announces fresh protests for Jan 16

-- 2023-01-11 16:52:50

The BNP and its allies have announced a new round of rallies and marches for Jan 16 in Dhaka and the rest of the country to press for their 10-point list of demands to oust the Awami League governme...

BNP, like-minded parties start mass sit-in protest

UNB 2023-01-11 12:04:37

The mass sit-in programme, by the BNP and other like-minded opposition parties, alliances and organisations began today in the capital and other divisions in the county as part of the simultaneous mov...

Killing of Bangladeshi student in US is violation of human rights: Hasan Mahmud

-- 2023-01-10 23:08:16

Information and Broadcasting Minister and Awami League (AL) Joint General Secretary Dr Hasan Mahmud has described the killing of Bangladesh-origin student Sayed Faisal at Cambridge in the US as unexpe...

Obaidul Quader says Awami League will respond befittingly to violence, conspiracy

-- 2023-01-10 21:53:12

Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has said his party will give a befitting reply to any kind of conspiracy and violence in the name of an anti-...

Sit-in protest of BNP, like-minded parties on Wednesday in divisional cities

-- 2023-01-10 21:47:22

BNP and other like-minded opposition parties, alliances and organisations are set to observe a mass sit-in programme in Dhaka and other divisions in the county as part of the simultaneous movement to...

Extreme rightists, leftists join hands with BNP to topple us from power: PM

-- 2023-01-10 19:42:18

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday warned that all the extreme rightist and leftist groups are joining forces with Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) to try to oust her Awami League government, w...

After walking out of jail, Fakhrul vows to intensify movement

-- 2023-01-09 22:08:52

Finally walking out of jail after a month, BNP secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday took a fresh vow to intensify their ongoing movement to oust the government and restore democracy...

Bangladesh economy moves 25 notches up in 14 years: Hasan Mahmud

-- 2023-01-09 21:59:25

Information and Broadcasting Minister and Awami League Joint General Secretary Dr Hasan Mahmud on Monday said Bangladesh became 35th largest economy in the world after 14 years under the charismatic l...

BJAF condemns order of confiscating of Tarique and Zubaida’s properties

FE ONLINE REPORT 2023-01-09 17:03:44

Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Forum (BJAF), a forum of pro-BNP lawyers, has strongly condemned a court order that asked the government to confiscate moveable (bank accounts) and immovable (land-rela...

Amir Khasru says BNP’s 27-point proposal for state reform part of movement

-- 2023-01-08 22:12:20

BNP senior leader Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury on Sunday said their party’s 27 points for the state reform are 'parts of the ongoing movement’ to unseat the Awami League government. &ldqu...

‘Final game’ will be played in January next year, says Obaidul Quader

-- 2023-01-08 20:21:32

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Sunday urged the party leaders and activists to get prepared for the next national election, noting that the ‘final game’ will be held in J...

Obaidul Quader says BNP will have to join polls for its existence

-- 2023-01-07 19:53:57

Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Friday called upon BNP to join the next parliamentary elections and said the polls will be free and fair....

'ACC turned into BNP suppression commission'

-- 2023-01-07 17:49:15

BNP senior leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Saturday alleged that the government has turned the Anti-Corruption Commission into a 'BNP suppression commission'. “The fascist government has...

New AL central committee pays homage to Bangabandhu at Tungipara

-- 2023-01-07 15:07:42

The Awami League (AL)'s newly-elected National Committee, Central Working Committee and Advisory Council led by party President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (Jan 7, 2023) paid rich...

Country is now under rule of an individual, says BNP leader Tuku

-- 2023-01-06 21:27:42

BNP senior leader Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku on Friday lamented that the country is running according to the will of one person. "We waged the Liberation War for democracy, but that democracy has now be...