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EC sets Oct 10 for Chandpur mayoral poll

EC sets Oct 10 for Chandpur mayoral poll

-- 2020-09-04 10:57:35

The election to the mayoral post of Chandpur municipality, which was postponed following the death of BNP mayoral candidate Shafiqur Rahman Bhuiyan, will now be held on October 10. The Election Commi...

PM asks AL leaders to complete grassroots committees

PM asks AL leaders to complete grassroots committees

-- 2020-09-02 19:52:42

Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday directed her party leaders to constitute full-fledged committees of the party at the grassroots level where their councils were hel...

‘Govt to decide about Khaleda after considering health condition’

‘Govt to decide about Khaleda after considering health condition’

-- 2020-08-31 19:22:30

Law Minister Anisul Huq on Monday said the government will take the decision on extending BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s temporary release after considering her health condition and reviewing the...

Decision on extending Khaleda’s release after considering health condition

Decision on extending Khaleda’s release after considering health condition

-- 2020-08-31 18:14:35

Law Minister Anisul Huq on Monday said the government will take the decision on extending BNP Chairperson Khaleda ZIa’s temporary release after considering her health condition and reviewing the...

Nuruzzaman Biswas gets AL nomination for Pabna-4 by-poll

Nuruzzaman Biswas gets AL nomination for Pabna-4 by-poll

-- 2020-08-30 19:57:56

The ruling Awami League on Sunday nominated Iswardi Upazila Chairman Nuruzzaman Biswas as the party candidate for the upcoming by-elections to Jatiya Sangsad Pabna-4 constituency. The nomination was...

Enforced disappearance symbol of 'one-party misrule': Fakhrul

Enforced disappearance symbol of 'one-party misrule': Fakhrul

-- 2020-08-29 19:16:09

BNP on Saturday alleged that the current government has made enforced disappearance as its main political programme to continue its ‘despotic’ rule by eliminating its opponents, reports UN...

‘Intruders, opportunists tarnish image of AL, govt’

‘Intruders, opportunists tarnish image of AL, govt’

-- 2020-08-28 18:14:12

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Friday said intruders and opportunists are tarnishing the image of the ruling party as well as the government....

BNP slams move to enact law over party registration 

BNP slams move to enact law over party registration 

-- 2020-08-27 19:58:57

BNP on Thursday alleged that the Election Commission (EC) is going to enact the ‘Political Party Registration Act’ to transfer its power to the government for controlling the registration...

BNP submits audit report to election commission

BNP submits audit report to election commission

-- 2020-08-25 18:24:05

BNP on Tuesday submitted its annual financial statement to the election commission (EC) for the 2019 calendar year, showing that the party spent Tk 18.0 million more than its income. A BNP delegation...

MA Razzak Khan Raj file nominations for Dhaka-18 by-election

MA Razzak Khan Raj file nominations for Dhaka-18 by-election

FE Online Desk 2020-08-24 01:29:34

Mr. MA Razzak Khan Raj, a candidate of the ruling Awami League in the Dhaka-18 by-election, has collected and submitted nominations. He is a former BCL leader, chairman of the Minister-MyOne Group, an...

16th death anniversary of Ivy Rahman Monday

16th death anniversary of Ivy Rahman Monday

-- 2020-08-23 21:09:20

The 16th death anniversary of Ivy Rahman, former women affairs secretary of Awami League and wife of late President M Zillur Rahman, will be observed tomorrow (Monday) in a befitting manner. Ivy was...

Aug 21 attack was 'planned state terrorism': Obaidul Quader

Aug 21 attack was 'planned state terrorism': Obaidul Quader

-- 2020-08-22 22:30:44

Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader has said the grenade attack on August 21 was not an accident, but rather planned state terrorism. He said this while addressing a memorial meeting on the...

Some cops turned monsters: Dr Kamal

Some cops turned monsters: Dr Kamal

-- 2020-08-22 21:56:11

Gonoforum President Dr Kamal Hossain on Saturday alleged that the law-and-order situation in the country has completely ‘collapsed’ as some police personnel have turned monsters for being...

Aug 15 carnage: BNP dismisses PM’s remarks on Khaleda

Aug 15 carnage: BNP dismisses PM’s remarks on Khaleda

-- 2020-08-22 20:33:10

BNP on Saturday termed 'irresponsible, fabricated and politically motivated' Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's comment that Khaleda Zia tried to kill her through the August-21 grenade attack. In a state...

‘Govt to bring back fugitive killers of August 21’

‘Govt to bring back fugitive killers of August 21’

-- 2020-08-21 19:54:09

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has said the perpetrators of August 21, 2004 grenade attack, including Tarique Rahman, would be brought back home...

BNP planted “poisonous tree of graft” in Bangladesh: PM

BNP planted “poisonous tree of graft” in Bangladesh: PM

-- 2020-08-21 19:20:43

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday said the past BNP government planted the “poisonous tree of corruption” and Bangladesh is now bearing its brunt. “The meaning of power to the...

Investigate ‘US-Zia connection’ behind Bangabandhu killing: Lifschultz

Investigate ‘US-Zia connection’ behind Bangabandhu killing: Lifschultz

-- 2020-08-21 16:41:09

American journalist Lawrence Lifschultz has said the ‘connection’ between Ziaur Rahman and the United States behind the assassination of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman should be investi...

It's a ‘hybrid govt', says Fakhrul

It's a ‘hybrid govt', says Fakhrul

-- 2020-08-20 21:37:04

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday described the current government as a ‘hybrid’ one since it has ‘usurped’ power through a ‘controlled’...

‘Disclose purpose of Indian FS Shringla’s visit’

‘Disclose purpose of Indian FS Shringla’s visit’

-- 2020-08-19 19:05:20

BNP senior leader Nazrul Islam Khan on Wednesday urged the government to inform people about whether Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla came here for ‘mending friendship or for any...

Zia ‘footnote’ of history, not a hero: Quader

Zia ‘footnote’ of history, not a hero: Quader

-- 2020-08-19 18:53:59

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Wedbesday said BNP founder Ziaur Rahman was “just a footnote of history” and a footnote can never be a hero of the history, reports BSS....

‘Stay alert against recurrence of Aug 15, 21-like incidents’

‘Stay alert against recurrence of Aug 15, 21-like incidents’

-- 2020-08-18 20:10:17

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Tuesday called upon all to remain alert so that the country never witnesses the recurrence of incidents like August 15, 1975 carnage and the August 21,...

Govt distorting history, alleges BNP

Govt distorting history, alleges BNP

-- 2020-08-18 20:07:35

Accusing the government of indulging in ‘bad politics by distorting history’, BNP on Tuesday urged it to come to the path of national unity to tackle coronavirus and its fallouts instead o...

BNP marks Khaleda’s birthday unceremoniously

BNP marks Khaleda’s birthday unceremoniously

-- 2020-08-15 16:29:48

BNP on Saturday arranged a doa and milad mahfil seeking early recovery and long life of its chairperson Khaleda Zia on her 76th birthday. Several hundred BNP leaders and activists gathered at their N...

Digital Security Act govt's weapon to cling to power: BNP

Digital Security Act govt's weapon to cling to power: BNP

-- 2020-08-14 17:58:11

Accusing the government of using the Digital Security Act as a weapon to hang onto power, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday demanded the withdrawal of all the cases filed und...

BD shining example of communal harmony: Quader

BD shining example of communal harmony: Quader

-- 2020-08-11 17:44:09

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said Bangladesh is a shining example of communal harmony in the contemporary world, reports BSS. “For thousands of years, followers of...

Political identity can’t be shield of any wrongdoer: Obaidul Quader

Political identity can’t be shield of any wrongdoer: Obaidul Quader

-- 2020-08-09 19:25:52

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has said the government has a very strong stance against those involved in irregularities and corruption as it believes that political identity canno...

BNP worried over ‘growing incidents of killing in police firing’

BNP worried over ‘growing incidents of killing in police firing’

-- 2020-08-09 19:21:25

BNP standing committee has voiced deep concern over the growing incidents of killing in police firing in the country. In a virtual meeting on Saturday night, members of the BNP’s policymaking b...

Suspension of Khaleda’s sentences expires next month

Suspension of Khaleda’s sentences expires next month

-- 2020-08-08 21:45:58

As the six-month suspension of their party chief Khaleda Zia's sentences in two graft cases expires next month, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday said her family may apply...

No benefit in spreading rumours against govt: Obaidul Quader

No benefit in spreading rumours against govt: Obaidul Quader

-- 2020-08-07 18:18:29

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Friday said an evil force is spreading rumours and propaganda on various issues against the government but there would have no benefit in doing so...

Reopening of govt offices to intensify pandemic: Rizvi

Reopening of govt offices to intensify pandemic: Rizvi

-- 2020-08-07 18:13:28

BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has said the decision to fully reopen government offices will only contribute in worsening the coronavirus situation of the country. “All ha...