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DB detains BNP leader Dulu

DB detains BNP leader Dulu

-- 2018-12-12 12:16:37

Detectives detained BNP leader Ruhul Quddus Talukdar Dulu from his residence in the city's Gulshan area on Wednesday. A team of Detective Branch (DB) of police detained him in the morning, said Masud...

CJ sends Khaleda file back to High Court panel

CJ sends Khaleda file back to High Court panel

-- 2018-12-12 12:09:10

Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain sent Khaleda Zia’s election case back to a High Court panel for further clarification after two judges on Tuesday issued a split verdict on her nominations. Th...

Hasina on way to Gopalganj for election campaign

Hasina on way to Gopalganj for election campaign

-- 2018-12-12 10:39:59

Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has left Dhaka for Gopalganj on Wednesday to kick off her party's election campaign. She started the journey by road around at 8:22am from her...

BNP, its alliance gear up electioneering in city

BNP, its alliance gear up electioneering in city

-- 2018-12-11 18:12:13

The candidates of BNP and its alliance partners for the 11th parliamentary elections launched their election campaign in the capital on Tuesday. BNP candidate for Dhaka-8 constituency Mirza Abbas alo...

Festivity in the air ahead of PM's election rally in Kotalipara

Festivity in the air ahead of PM's election rally in Kotalipara

-- 2018-12-11 16:54:21

Awami League leaders and activists in Kotalipara, an upazila of their party chief Sheikh Hasina's constituency in Gopalganj, have expressed enthusiasm over a planned rally to be held on Wednesday. Th...

Vote for ‘Boat’, Quader urges youth

Vote for ‘Boat’, Quader urges youth

-- 2018-12-11 16:36:58

Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Tuesday urged young voters to cast their votes in favour of Awami League in the upcoming parliamentary ele...

Attack on Fakhrul’s motorcade during election campaign

Attack on Fakhrul’s motorcade during election campaign

-- 2018-12-11 13:59:18

A group of men has attacked BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir’s motorcade in Thakurgaon, his party colleague has alleged. The attack was carried out during an election rally in...

SC upholds HC order on BNP’s Ali Azgar candidacy

SC upholds HC order on BNP’s Ali Azgar candidacy

-- 2018-12-11 12:57:35

The Appellate Division of Supreme Court has upheld a High Court order cancelling BNP candidate Ali Azgar’s candidature for Mymensingh-1 constituency in the upcoming 11th parliamentary election....

Ershad off to Singapore for health checkup

Ershad off to Singapore for health checkup

-- 2018-12-11 09:44:38

Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad has left Dhaka for Singapore for a medical checkup. Ershad along with party presidium member Ziauddin Ahmed Bablu and his APS Manjurul Islam left Hazrat Shahjalal Inte...

Fakhrul trashes AL allegation of ISI link with BNP

Fakhrul trashes AL allegation of ISI link with BNP

-- 2018-12-10 17:59:09

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday trashed the ruling party's allegation involving their party’s link with Pakistan High Commission and ISI, saying it is a false propaga...

Ershad to fly for Singapore Monday night

Ershad to fly for Singapore Monday night

-- 2018-12-10 17:03:07

Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad will fly for Singapore Monday night for medical check-up. The former president is scheduled to leave Dhaka for Singapore in a flight around 10:45pm from Hazrat Shahjal...

BNP's Dulu, Tuku get HC clearance for polls

BNP's Dulu, Tuku get HC clearance for polls

-- 2018-12-10 15:05:50

The High Court has halted the Election Commission’s decision to reject the nominations of BNP leaders Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku and Ruhul Quddus Talukdar Dulu, clearing the way for them to compete...

Hasina begins election campaign Wednesday

Hasina begins election campaign Wednesday

-- 2018-12-10 14:57:41

Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina will begin the election campaign from Tungipara upazila of Gopalganj district on Wednesday. She will formally inaugurate the campaign after p...

Jatiya Party to field around 150 candidates outside alliance

Jatiya Party to field around 150 candidates outside alliance

-- 2018-12-10 10:58:55

Over 150 candidates of the Jatiya Party are contesting in the election, 29 of them it claims under the Awami League-led Grand Alliance. In the other seats, the Jatiya Party candidates will compete se...

26 candidates from allied parties get paddy sheaf

26 candidates from allied parties get paddy sheaf

-- 2018-12-09 18:53:03

The BNP has granted the paddy sheaf candidacy to 26 members of the Gono Forum, LDP, JSD, Krishak Sramik Janata League, BJP, Khelafat Majlis, the Kalyan Party and the Jamiat Ulam E Islam Bangladesh. T...

Hawlader becomes special assistant of Ershad

Hawlader becomes special assistant of Ershad

-- 2018-12-08 21:09:19

Jatiya Party Chairman Hussain Muhammad Ershad has appointed his party's presidium member Ruhul Amin Hawlader as his special assistant giving him the second position in the party. The new development...

Supporters of BNP's deprived nomination seekers attack Khaleda’s office

Supporters of BNP's deprived nomination seekers attack Khaleda’s office

-- 2018-12-08 19:26:13

Supporters of some deprived nomination seekers attacked party chairperson Khaleda Zia's Gulshan office on Saturday evening and staged demonstration there. Source said, several hundred supporters BNP...

Khaleda disqualified for election as EC rejects appeals

Khaleda disqualified for election as EC rejects appeals

-- 2018-12-08 18:28:24

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is now unable to participate in the 11th parliamentary election as the Election Commission have declared her all three nomination papers invalid. The five-member Election...

Morshed Khan gets candidacy back

Morshed Khan gets candidacy back

-- 2018-12-08 17:19:27

The Election Commission (EC) has restored the nomination of former Foreign Minister M Morshed Khan for the coming 11th parliamentary election upon review. The BNP leader submitted his application for...

Don’t succumb to pressure: AL to EC

Don’t succumb to pressure: AL to EC

-- 2018-12-08 17:08:01

The ruling Awami League has warned the Election Commission not to give in to any form of pressure. A delegation from the party spoke to the EC on Saturday before it was to deliver its decision on whe...

AL assigns four leaders to ‘special duty’

AL assigns four leaders to ‘special duty’

-- 2018-12-08 15:41:17

The Awami League has assigned ‘special duties’ to four of its party leaders who have not been nominated to contest the election despite being members of parliament. The leaders are—...

EC keeps hearing on Khaleda, Kader Siddiqui’s petitions pending

EC keeps hearing on Khaleda, Kader Siddiqui’s petitions pending

-- 2018-12-08 13:59:30

The Election Commission on Saturday kept the decisions pending on the petitions filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and Krishak Sramik Janata League President Kader Siddiqui. After hearing on their...

307 retired govt officials express solidarity with AL

307 retired govt officials express solidarity with AL

-- 2018-12-07 19:03:56

As many as 307 retired government officials have expressed solidarity with the Awami League and pledged to work for the victory of pro-liberation forces in the upcoming national election. The retired...

BNP announces list of 206 candidates  

BNP announces list of 206 candidates  

-- 2018-12-07 18:29:58

BNP on Friday announced the list of its candidates for 206 seats to contest in the forthcoming election with the party's election symbol 'Sheaf of Paddy'. Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam...

Reza Kibria gets back candidacy

Reza Kibria gets back candidacy

-- 2018-12-07 17:37:26

Gono Forum aspirant Dr Reza Kibria Friday got back his candidature for Habiganj-1 constituency as the Election Commission declared his nomination paper valid after hearing. Reza Kibira, also son of f...

Oikyafront to unveil manifesto on Dec 17          

Oikyafront to unveil manifesto on Dec 17          

-- 2018-12-06 20:50:57

Jatiya Oikyafront, led by Dr Kamal Hossain, will formally unveil its election manifesto on December 17. BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir came up with the announcement while talking t...

BNP thanks EC for ‘ensuring justice’

BNP thanks EC for ‘ensuring justice’

-- 2018-12-06 19:28:02

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday thanked the Election Commission for 'ensuing justice' as most of their aspirants whose nominations had been declared illegal got back thei...

AL has no alternative to win: Quader

AL has no alternative to win: Quader

-- 2018-12-06 17:18:59

Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Thursday urged their party leaders and activists to get united and protect the voting centres on December 30 as their party has no alternative to win....

Oikyafront to hold rally at Suhrawardy Udyan on Dec 10

Oikyafront to hold rally at Suhrawardy Udyan on Dec 10

-- 2018-12-06 13:21:15

Jatiya Oikyafront, led by Dr Kamal Hossain, wants to hold a rally at Suhrawardy Udyan in the city on December 10 ahead of the 11th parliamentary elections. On behalf of the Oikyafront, BNP senior joi...

BNP candidates Rony, Milton cleared for polls

BNP candidates Rony, Milton cleared for polls

-- 2018-12-06 13:19:03

The Election Commission has cleared the candidature of several BNP aspirants, including Golam Maula Rony of Patuakhali-3 and Morshed Milton of Bagura-7, to contest the 11th general election. The Elec...