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Proposed budget to inflict further sufferings on people: Fakhrul

Proposed budget to inflict further sufferings on people: Fakhrul

-- 2020-06-12 19:10:13

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday said the proposed national budget for next fiscal year will inflict further sufferings on people at this time of coronavirus pandemic. He a...

Budget to focus on lives, livelihood: Obaidul Quader

Budget to focus on lives, livelihood: Obaidul Quader

-- 2020-06-10 20:44:20

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Wednesday said a public and welfare-oriented budget will be placed in parliament on Thursday, giving highest priority to saving the lives and livelihoo...

BNP seeks three-year recovery plan in budget

BNP seeks three-year recovery plan in budget

-- 2020-06-10 20:41:03

BNP has urged the government to formulate next budget in the light of a three-year recovery plan to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 outbreak. Secretary general of BNP Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir came...

Don’t retrench workers in crisis time, Quader urges factory owners

Don’t retrench workers in crisis time, Quader urges factory owners

-- 2020-06-08 18:42:46

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Monday called upon the factory owners not to retrench workers during the global coronavirus pandemic.  “The workers brought profits to...

BNP Dhaka north unit GS dies from coronavirus

BNP Dhaka north unit GS dies from coronavirus

-- 2020-06-08 10:49:40

Ahsanullah Hasan, general secretary of Dhaka north city unit BNP, died from coronavirus (COVID-19) at a city hospital on Sunday night. He was 65. Hasan breathed his last at Shahabuddin Medical Colleg...

BNP infected with ‘virus of criticism’: Obaidul Quader

BNP infected with ‘virus of criticism’: Obaidul Quader

-- 2020-06-02 22:04:29

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said that the main opposition BNP had dragged themselves to a position of ‘political isolation’, through years of what he called negative...

‘COVID-19 situation deteriorates further due to mismanagement’

‘COVID-19 situation deteriorates further due to mismanagement’

-- 2020-06-02 22:01:45

Gonoforum President Dr Kamal Hossain on Tuesday said that coronavirus is seriously affecting public life as the government has failed to control its outbreak in the country. In a statement, Dr Kamal...

BNP does not think about working people: Hasan

BNP does not think about working people: Hasan

-- 2020-05-31 21:39:13

Turning down the BNP’s allegation that the government is pushing the people towards death by relaxing lockdown, Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud has said BNP leaders don’t think of the...

‘Announcing general holidays instead of lockdown a mistake’

‘Announcing general holidays instead of lockdown a mistake’

-- 2020-05-27 21:32:09

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday said the government made a mistake by announcing only general holidays from March 26 instead of enforcing a lockdown to tackle the corona...

BNP maintains ‘safe distance’ during disaster: Obaidul Quader

BNP maintains ‘safe distance’ during disaster: Obaidul Quader

-- 2020-05-27 20:10:58

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said BNP is now staying in ‘political isolation’ as the party practices the politics of maintaining ‘safe distance’ from the c...

Eid being celebrated in the shadow of coronavirus

Eid being celebrated in the shadow of coronavirus

BSS 2020-05-25 15:02:02

The holy Eid-ul-Fitr, one of the greatest religious festivals of Muslim Ummah, is being celebrated on Monday amid COVID-19 (coronavirus) situation across the country. The Eid festival is being celebr...

Lawmakers stand beside vulnerable people: Information minister

Lawmakers stand beside vulnerable people: Information minister

-- 2020-05-24 17:53:48

Turning down a media report on lawmakers’ staying away from ongoing relief distribution, Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud has said most of the lawmakers have stood beside the vulnerable peop...

Celebrate Eid following health guidelines: Obaidul Quader

Celebrate Eid following health guidelines: Obaidul Quader

-- 2020-05-23 19:28:27

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has urged all to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr following health guidelines to contain coronavirus (COVID-19) transmission and check deaths from the disease. &nbs...

Joliot-Curie Medal of Peace for Bangabandhu: 47th anniversary today

Joliot-Curie Medal of Peace for Bangabandhu: 47th anniversary today

FE DESK REPORT 2020-05-23 09:34:52

Today (May 23) marks the 47 years of Bangabandhu's receipt of the Joliot-Curie Medal of Peace, the first ever international award for Bangladesh. The Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur R...

Health sector 'ignored' in ADP allocation: BNP

Health sector 'ignored' in ADP allocation: BNP

-- 2020-05-21 22:46:48

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Thursday criticised the government for what he said not making adequate allocation for the health sector in the annual development programme&nbs...

Bangabandhu’s grandson Radwan Mujib Siddiq turns 40

Bangabandhu’s grandson Radwan Mujib Siddiq turns 40

-- 2020-05-21 11:49:25

Radwan Mujib Siddiq, a grandson of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, has turned 40. He is also a trustee of the Awami League’s Centre for Research and Information (CRI)), reports bdnews24.com....

Khaleda is in relief but health has not improved: Fakhrul

Khaleda is in relief but health has not improved: Fakhrul

-- 2020-05-19 20:46:42

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has found mental peace in staying at home but her physical condition has seen no improvement, a senior party leader said.  “Without any doubt, she is in relief...

Coronavirus: Quader seeks cooperation from other parties

Coronavirus: Quader seeks cooperation from other parties

-- 2020-05-19 20:44:08

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Tuesday urged all parties to extend cooperation to government during the coronavirus situation for the sake of the country’s people. He also cal...

Ruling party men 'plundering relief money': Rizvi

Ruling party men 'plundering relief money': Rizvi

-- 2020-05-16 23:14:56

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has alleged that the ruling party leaders and activists are deceiving the poor by plundering money allocated for them by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasi...

‘Digital Bangladesh campaign facilitating fight against COVID-19’

‘Digital Bangladesh campaign facilitating fight against COVID-19’

-- 2020-05-16 22:59:58

The ‘Digital Bangladesh’ campaign of the ruling Awami League is playing important role during the time of crisis due to coronavirus pandemic, as millions of people are availing online serv...

AL to celebrate Sheikh Hasina’s homecoming day Sunday

AL to celebrate Sheikh Hasina’s homecoming day Sunday

-- 2020-05-16 20:47:23

Ruling Awami League will celebrate the homecoming day of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday as she returned to the country on May 17, 1981 after a long exile. This year, the day will be observed...

Vested quarter manipulating data on COVID-19 deaths: Quader

Vested quarter manipulating data on COVID-19 deaths: Quader

-- 2020-05-15 21:52:43

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has alleged that a vested quarter is manipulating data on deaths from coronavirus infection on social media with clever disinformation in a propaganda cam...

Relaxing restrictions is right decision at right time: Quader

Relaxing restrictions is right decision at right time: Quader

-- 2020-05-13 20:34:30

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Wednesday said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina took the right decision at the right time by relaxing restrictions on some sectors to save the lives and li...

Fakhrul meets Khaleda 48 days after her release

Fakhrul meets Khaleda 48 days after her release

-- 2020-05-13 20:31:53

Forty-eight days after her conditional release, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has talked to her party Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and gave him some instructions to strengthen further t...

BNP accuses govt of creating scope for coronavirus spread

BNP accuses govt of creating scope for coronavirus spread

-- 2020-05-10 20:51:45

BNP’s Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Sunday alleged that the government has created a scope for the spread of the deadly coronavirus instead of containing it by easing the s...

‘Evaluate other countries’ corona picture before remarking on BD scenario’

‘Evaluate other countries’ corona picture before remarking on BD scenario’

-- 2020-05-10 20:30:21

Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Sunday urged the BNP leaders to look at the prevailing corona situation in Europe, the USA and even in neighbouring India and Pakistan before making any remark...

Obaidul Quader warns against abuse of digital security act

Obaidul Quader warns against abuse of digital security act

-- 2020-05-10 17:16:49

The government will take action against anyone abusing the Digital Security Act for political gains during the coronavirus crisis, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has warned. While...

Donate Eid shopping money to poor, Quader urges AL men

Donate Eid shopping money to poor, Quader urges AL men

-- 2020-05-09 20:47:34

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Saturday urged his party leaders and activists to stand by the poor and destitute people with the money they are supposed to spend for shopping in the...

Interests of big businesspeople behind shutdown ease: Rizvi

Interests of big businesspeople behind shutdown ease: Rizvi

-- 2020-05-09 20:44:13

BNP’s Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has alleged that the government is easing the shutdown only to protect the interests of big businesspeople ignoring the threat to people&rs...

‘Journalists risking lives to perform duties during pandemic’

‘Journalists risking lives to perform duties during pandemic’

-- 2020-05-06 19:45:28

Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud has said journalists are risking their lives to perform their duties during the coronavirus pandemic.  “So far, 60 journalists were infected with coron...