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Fakhrul, Abbas to petition HC for first-class privilege in jail

Fakhrul, Abbas to petition HC for first-class privilege in jail

bdnews24.com 2022-12-13 12:46:40

Lawyers representing arrested BNP leaders, including Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Mirza Abbas, will file a writ petition with the High Court against the prison authorities for denying the lea...

Jamaat chief Shafiqur Rahman arrested

Jamaat chief Shafiqur Rahman arrested

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-13 12:21:32

The Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested the Ameer of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Shafiqur Rahman early hours of Tuesday. Deputy Commissioner (me...

Obaidul Quader says govt reviewing BNP’s 10-point demand

Obaidul Quader says govt reviewing BNP’s 10-point demand

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-12 21:44:43

Describing BNP’s 10-point demand as old ones, Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said the government will review the 10-point demand raised by the BNP whether any of them can be a...

Mirza Fakhrul, Abbas denied bail over Naya Paltan clash

Mirza Fakhrul, Abbas denied bail over Naya Paltan clash

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-12-12 17:15:47

A Dhaka Court on Monday rejected bail petitions of 224 BNP leaders and activists, including party’s Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Standing Committee Member Mirza Abbas, in a...

BNP to stage demonstration at Nayapaltan Tuesday

BNP to stage demonstration at Nayapaltan Tuesday

UNB 2022-12-12 13:46:29

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) will stage a demonstration in the capital on Tuesday protesting the arrest of the party leaders and activists including its Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Ala...

Resignation of BNP MPs nothing but just a drop in ocean: Obaidul Quader

Resignation of BNP MPs nothing but just a drop in ocean: Obaidul Quader

-- 2022-12-11 20:16:56

Awami League General Secretary and Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Sunday said that the resignation of five BNP MPs is nothing but just a drop in the ocean. He said that such a...

Mirza Fakhrul, Abbas seek bail, hearing on Monday

Mirza Fakhrul, Abbas seek bail, hearing on Monday

-- 2022-12-11 18:17:47

A total of 25 to 30 BNP leaders and activists, including party’s Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Standing Committee Member Mirza Abbas, have sought bail from a Dhaka Court on S...

BNP MPs resigned to impede democracy, information minister says

BNP MPs resigned to impede democracy, information minister says

-- 2022-12-11 16:16:47

Information Minister Hasan Mahmud has said that the Members of Parliament (MPs) of BNP have resigned intending to thwart the democratic system of the country. The Minister said this while exchanging...

BNP leader Mirza Fakhrul, 6 others make 'special' bail plea

BNP leader Mirza Fakhrul, 6 others make 'special' bail plea

bdnews24.com 2022-12-11 12:49:50

Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Mirza Abbas are among seven BNP leaders who have applied for bail in a case over the violent clashes outside the party headquarters in Dhaka's Naya Paltan on Dec...

BNP lawmakers’ resignation will not affect parliament: Obaidul Quader

BNP lawmakers’ resignation will not affect parliament: Obaidul Quader

-- 2022-12-10 21:18:57

Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Saturday said the resignation of BNP-nominated lawmakers from the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) will have no impact...

Awami League was in cautious stand over BNP’s rally in Dhaka

Awami League was in cautious stand over BNP’s rally in Dhaka

-- 2022-12-10 19:14:05

Awami League (AL) and its associate bodies were in a cautious stand on Saturday in different places in the capital ‘to prevent any disorder’ centring BNP’s Dhaka divisional rally. S...

BNP ends its rally in Dhaka with 10-point demand

BNP ends its rally in Dhaka with 10-point demand

-- 2022-12-10 17:43:36

Dispelling all speculations and braving numerous obstacles, BNP on Saturday held a massive rally peacefully in the capital, from where the party announced to initiate a 10-point simultaneous anti-gove...

BCL leaders hand over five  JCD activists to police over ‘sabotage suspicion’

BCL leaders hand over five JCD activists to police over ‘sabotage suspicion’

-- 2022-12-10 16:44:20

-Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leaders and activists of Dhaka University unit beat up some Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) activists when they attempted to enter the campus around 10 am this morning....

All 7 BNP lawmakers resign from parliament

All 7 BNP lawmakers resign from parliament

-- 2022-12-10 14:16:47

All seven of the BNP's representatives in parliament are quitting their roles as lawmakers. The MPs have sent their resignation letters on acting party chief Tarique Rahman's orders, the party...

BNP MPs likely to resign today

BNP MPs likely to resign today

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-10 13:45:12

The Members of Parliament (MPs) of BNP are likely to resign on Saturday as per the decision of the party’s standing committee. The party MPs have been asked to resign from parliament as the par...

BNP’s much talked-about Dhaka rally begins, Khandaker Mosharraf may announce 10-point demand

BNP’s much talked-about Dhaka rally begins, Khandaker Mosharraf may announce 10-point demand

UNB 2022-12-10 12:19:02

BNP’s much-discussed last divisional rally in Dhaka has begun with participation of thousands of leaders and activists of the party. The rally, arranged by Dhaka south and north city units of B...

White House calls on Bangladesh to investigate reports of pre-election violence

White House calls on Bangladesh to investigate reports of pre-election violence

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-10 09:44:04

The White House on Friday called on the government of Bangladesh to fully investigate reports of violence against journalists and human rights activists ahead of a major political protest, and...

BNP activists swarm Golapbagh as all set for anti-government rally after deadly violence, arrests

BNP activists swarm Golapbagh as all set for anti-government rally after deadly violence, arrests

bdnews24.com 2022-12-10 09:38:38

With their senior leaders among hundreds arrested over deadly clashes with police, BNP activists have descended in their thousands on an open ground in Golapbagh, a crowded neighbourhood in Dhak...

BNP tastes half-defeat for failure to hold rally at Naya Paltan: Obaidul Quader

BNP tastes half-defeat for failure to hold rally at Naya Paltan: Obaidul Quader

-- 2022-12-09 21:18:36

Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Friday said that BNP tasted a half-defeat in its movement when party leaders agreed to hold a public rally on Golapbagh field in the city. "They...

BNP kept bombs in its office to carry out terrorist acts: Hasan Mahmud

BNP kept bombs in its office to carry out terrorist acts: Hasan Mahmud

-- 2022-12-09 20:30:56

Information and Broadcasting Minister Hasan Mahmud on Friday said BNP’s stubbornness to hold a rally before its Naya Paltan headquarters keeping bombs inside the office proved that their target...

BNP activists start gathering at Golapbagh ahead of Saturday’s rally

BNP activists start gathering at Golapbagh ahead of Saturday’s rally

-- 2022-12-09 19:45:23

Thousands of BNP leaders and activists started gathering at Golapbagh ground in Dhaka since Friday afternoon as the party was finally given permission for holding its last divisional rally there on Sa...

BNP says it will hold rally at Golapbagh peacefully

BNP says it will hold rally at Golapbagh peacefully

-- 2022-12-09 17:59:32

BNP has said it will hold its Dhaka divisional rally at Golapbagh peacefully and it urged the Dhaka city dwellers to spontaneously join the rally. “We will hold the programme in Dhaka peacefull...

Court sends Mirza Fakhrul, Abbas to jail

Court sends Mirza Fakhrul, Abbas to jail

-- 2022-12-09 17:43:20

A Dhaka court has ordered BNP leaders Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Mirza Abbas to jail following their arrests on charges of inciting attacks on police and detonations of improvised explosives at N...

Mirza Fakhrul, Abbas taken to court

Mirza Fakhrul, Abbas taken to court

-- 2022-12-09 17:15:28

BNP leaders Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Mirza Abbas have been taken to court following their arrests on charges of inciting attacks on police and detonations of improvised explosives at Naya Palta...

Obaidul Quader asks US envoy not to make ‘unwanted comments’ on local issues

Obaidul Quader asks US envoy not to make ‘unwanted comments’ on local issues

-- 2022-12-09 16:25:01

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Friday urged US Ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Haas not to harm the friendship with Bangladesh by making unwanted comments about Bangladesh elections a...

BNP rally to be held at Golapbagh

BNP rally to be held at Golapbagh

-- 2022-12-09 15:56:50

The BNP's divisional rally in Dhaka will take place at Golapbagh on Saturday, ending a heated standoff with the authorities over the venue for the event. Police have given the BNP permission to erect...

205 BNP leaders, activists sued over crude bomb blasts in Barishal

205 BNP leaders, activists sued over crude bomb blasts in Barishal

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-09 15:37:07

Police have filed a case against 55 named and 150 more unnamed BNP leaders and activists on Friday over crude bomb blasts at a school ground in Barishal's Babuganj upazila. Sub-Inspector of Babuganj...

BNP to hold press briefing this afternoon

BNP to hold press briefing this afternoon

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-09 15:03:21

The BNP will hold a press conference on Friday afternoon following the detention of the party's two top leaders and the uncertainty over holding a rally at Nayapaltan. Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, th...

Chowdhury Kamal Ibne Yusuf‘s 2nd death anniv today

Chowdhury Kamal Ibne Yusuf‘s 2nd death anniv today

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-09 14:36:30

Today is the second death anniversary of Chowdhury Kamal Ibne Yusuf, former minister and also vice-chairman of BNP. On the occasion, a milad mahfil will be held at Faridpur Muslim Mission Orphanage a...

BNP, govt hint at consensus on rally venue, but concerns linger after deadly violence

BNP, govt hint at consensus on rally venue, but concerns linger after deadly violence

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-09 10:14:49

The government had hoped for a settlement of the dispute with the BNP over the venue of its Dhaka rally, but the issue turned violent. Finally, the two sides appear to have reached a consensus over th...