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BNP leader Chowdhury Kamal Ibne Yusuf dies

-- 2020-12-09 18:03:25

BNP vice chairman and former minister Chowdhury Kamal Ibne Yusuf died of coronavirus at a city hospital on Wednesday. He was 80. Chowdhury breathed his last around 1:15 pm at Evercare Hospital, said...

Khaleda, Tarique named in complaint filed over vandalism of Bangabandhu sculpture

-- 2020-12-09 16:52:01

BNP leaders Khaleda Zia, Tarique Rahman and Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir are named in a complaint filed with a Dhaka court over the vandalism of Bangabandhu's sculpture and inciting the anti-sculpture...

Communal forces won’t get scope to strengthen footings: Obaidul Quader

-- 2020-12-08 20:12:33

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said the communal forces will not be given any scope to strengthen footings in the country that attained independence through the nine-month bl...

Fakhrul expresses unwillingness to talk about sculpture controversy

-- 2020-12-08 20:04:36

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday expressed unwillingness to talk about the current sculpture controversy as he thinks it is not an issue for their party. “I don&rsqu...

BNP describes sugar mill closure as inhumane, shortsighted

-- 2020-12-07 22:14:58

BNP has described the government’s decision to shut down production in six state-owned sugar mills as inhumane and shortsighted The party also urged the government to resume threshing sugarcane...

Bangabandhu sculpture vandalism an insult to constitution, Obaidul Quader says

-- 2020-12-06 21:13:00

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said defamation of sculpture of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who is the architect of independent Bangladesh, is a severe blow to the root of cou...

Fakhrul urges BNP leaders not to take any reckless decision

-- 2020-12-06 20:44:25

Accusing the government of ‘conspiring’ to destabilise the country to cling to power, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday cautioned his party colleagues not to take...

BCL activists demonstrate against vandalism of Bangabandhu sculpture

-- 2020-12-06 14:50:42

A group of leaders and activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League on Sunday demonstrated on the Dhaka University campus protesting against the vandalism of an under-construction sculpture of Bangabandhu S...

AL’s Quader says BNP trying usurpation  

FE ONLINE DESK   2020-12-03 19:51:40

Ruling Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Thursday alleged that the opposition BNP is searching for backdoor to grasp state power leaning on others after failing in movement. “The...

Political violence: 26 killed, 1,344 injured in 10 months

FE Online Report 2020-12-03 16:47:05

Some 26 people were killed and 1,344 others injured in 118 incidents of political violence across the country in the first ten months of the current calendar year, according to a local independent rig...

Restrictions on public gatherings an ominous sign: Fakhrul

-- 2020-12-02 22:00:15

Strongly protesting the restriction on holding rallies and public meetings in Dhaka metropolitan areas without prior police permission, BNP Wednesday said this ‘anti-people’ move is an &ls...

BNP demands involvement of armed forces in vaccine management

-- 2020-11-30 22:31:03

Members of the BNP’s standing committee have demanded to involve the Armed Forces and other relevant organisations in procurement, preservation and distribution of Covid-19 vaccine. The highest...

Extremist communal group trying to spread hatred: Obaidul Quader

-- 2020-11-30 19:55:56

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Monday said an extremist communal group is trying to spread hatred among the pious people of the country by misinterpreting Islam. The road transport...

GM Quader says no visible preparation taken to tackle Covid second wave

-- 2020-11-28 19:02:46

Though the coronavirus cases and deaths are surging with the beginning of winter, there is no visible preparation by the government to ensure proper treatment of patients in hospitals, said Jatiya Par...

Govt taking preparations for easier access to vaccine: Obaidul Quader

-- 2020-11-27 17:26:37

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said the government has taken all-out preparations to take coronavirus (Covid-19) vaccines at the doorsteps of the people after the arrival of the vac...

Hasan urges BNP to find out reason behind Fakhrul’s contradictory statement

-- 2020-11-20 20:03:08

Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Friday urged BNP leaders to find out the reason behind inconsistent statements of their BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir. “Mirza Fakhrul...

Govt introduces culture of enforced disappearance, Fakhrul alleges

-- 2020-11-20 19:56:01

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday alleged that opposition leaders and activists are being made disappeared to stop the criticisms of the government for its 'misdeeds'. "The...

Mirza Fakhrul goes into quarantine after his relative found Covid positive

-- 2020-11-19 14:25:31

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has gone into quarantine as one of his relatives who stays in his Uttara residence in Dhaka tested positive for coronavirus (Covid-19). Fakhrul said...

Junayed Babunagari made new Ameer of Hefazat-e-Islam

FE Online Report 2020-11-15 16:19:35

Hifazat-e-Islam, a Qawmi madrasa-based Islamist party in the country, has elected its new ameer and secretary general on Sunday. A council meeting of the party has made Juanyed Babunagari its new Ame...

Huda’s vote counting ‘faster than America’s’ as results predetermined, alleges BNP’s Fakhrul  

FE ONLINE REPORT   2020-11-14 20:25:16

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday blasted Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda for, what the opposition leader said as, making his office an ineffective institut...

Fakhrul describes bus torching as act of sabotage

-- 2020-11-13 19:35:40

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday described recent incidents of bus torching in Dhaka as an act of “sabotage by government agents”. “Our experience says th...

Awami League names candidates for 27 local body polls

-- 2020-11-13 19:22:23

The Awami League on Friday released its list of candidates for the upcoming polls to 27 local bodies -- seven upazila parishads, five pourashavas and 15 union parishads. The names of the candidates w...

Hanif tests positive for COVID-19

-- 2020-11-11 21:19:00

Awami League (AL) Joint General Secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif has tested positive for the Coronavirus (COVID-19). The politician has tested positive for the coronavirus when he gave sample fo...

BNP’s politics on life support now, Obaidul Quader says

-- 2020-11-07 21:12:54

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said BNP’s politics is on life support now as the party is facing an existential crisis after failing in the national election. He came up with...

BNP observes November 7, vows to protect democracy

-- 2020-11-07 21:08:09

BNP has observed ‘National Revolution and Solidarity Day’ on Saturday remembering ‘civil-military uprising’ on November 17 in 1975. Leaders and activists of the party and diff...

Economy remains in better position, Obaidul Quader says

-- 2020-10-31 20:21:54

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Saturday said Bangladesh’s economy remains in a better position compared to all other neighbouring countries as the country has made a turna...

Gayeshwar finds intra-party feud for BNP’s failure in movement

-- 2020-10-31 20:14:14

BNP standing committee member has said BNP did not get success in the movement against the government over the last 12 years only because of mental distance among the party leaders and activists. "Af...

Fakhrul says govt lying about economy, GDP growth

-- 2020-10-30 20:30:57

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday accused the government of "lying" about the country's economic condition and the GDP growth. “Even, India has admitted that their gro...

AL’s door shut for rapists: Obaidul Quader

-- 2020-10-25 20:36:52

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Sunday said the party’s door has forever been shut for rapists and abusers of women. He said this at a function on Durga Puja at Basurhat and Ka...

6.4 million people become poor during pandemic, BNP leader says

-- 2020-10-25 20:35:06

BNP standing committee member Nazrul Islam Khan on Sunday said around 6.4 million people have become poor during the coronavirus pandemic. “Bangladesh is the biggest factory for producing new m...