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Why so many India tours, BNP asks PM

Why so many India tours, BNP asks PM

-- 2018-05-26 18:22:23

BNP senior leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Saturday questioned the motive behind Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s ‘repeated’ India tours when she could not even discuss the Teest...

Qamrul describes BNP as a curse in politics

Qamrul describes BNP as a curse in politics

-- 2018-05-25 19:43:20

Describing the BNP as a curse in Bangladesh politics, Food Minister Qamrul Islam has said the party should be removed from the country. The Awami League leader made the remark at a meeting marking th...

Moudud hints at street movement after Eid

Moudud hints at street movement after Eid

-- 2018-05-25 15:40:59

BNP senior leader Moudud Ahmed has said that their party will begin harsher programmes after Eid-ul-Fitr as it is the only way to realise their demands and free their chairperson Khaleda Zia from jail...

Govt’s ties with India one-sided: BNP

Govt’s ties with India one-sided: BNP

-- 2018-05-24 17:13:41

BNP on Thursday alleged that the government has failed to make any progress on the much-sought Teesta water-sharing deal over the last eight years as its relations with India are unilateral ones. "Aw...

Fakhrul suggests 'non-political drive' to eradicate drug menace

Fakhrul suggests 'non-political drive' to eradicate drug menace

-- 2018-05-23 19:27:32

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has claimed the eradication of drug abuse is possible with a 'non-political' drive and enforcement of law. "Killing people in crossfires in the name...

Khaleda files two more bail pleas with HC

Khaleda files two more bail pleas with HC

-- 2018-05-22 14:04:00

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Tuesday filed two more petitions with the High Court seeking bail in two separate cases. One of the cases was a defamation suit filed by Bangladesh Jananetri Parisad Pr...

No national election under Hasina: Rizvi

No national election under Hasina: Rizvi

-- 2018-05-21 17:03:58

BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi alleged that it will be suicidal for the opposition to join any national election under Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. "The Prime Minister has expo...

BNP accuses law enforcers of killing spree

BNP accuses law enforcers of killing spree

-- 2018-05-20 15:59:39

Voicing deep concern over the growing incidents of extrajudicial killing, BNP on Sunday said it seems law enforcers are on a killing spree. "A killing spree is going on in the name of gunfights acros...

Khaleda files bail pleas with HC in three cases

Khaleda files bail pleas with HC in three cases

-- 2018-05-20 14:18:54

The lawyers of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia have filed separate petitions with the High Court (HC) seeking her bail in three cases. Among the cases, two were filed in Cumilla on charge of plotting to...

'Govt fails to keep market stable during Ramadan'

'Govt fails to keep market stable during Ramadan'

-- 2018-05-19 20:12:52

Two BNP leaders have alleged that the government has failed to control the market at the beginning of the fasting month of Ramadan. BNP standing committee member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain and BNP s...

Khaleda takes iftar in jail with traditional items

Khaleda takes iftar in jail with traditional items

-- 2018-05-18 20:23:17

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Friday took iftar with traditional items in the Old Dhaka central jail on the first day of the holy month of Ramadan. A jail official wishing anonymity said cooked gram...

Govt working to dispose Khaleda's case hurriedly: Fakhrul

Govt working to dispose Khaleda's case hurriedly: Fakhrul

-- 2018-05-18 19:40:36

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has alleged that the government wants to dispose BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia's appeal against her conviction. "Unprecedented incidents are happening...

BNP losing support for negative politics: Obaidul Quader

BNP losing support for negative politics: Obaidul Quader

-- 2018-05-18 19:30:31

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has alleged that the BNP is losing support from countrymen as it engaged in “negative politics”. The road transport and bridges minister came...

BNP thoroughly dishonest, says Joy

BNP thoroughly dishonest, says Joy

-- 2018-05-17 17:41:31

Prime Minister’s ICT Affairs Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy said that the BNP is thoroughly dishonest. He came up with the remark on a facebook post on Wednesday night, reports UNB. “Every day...

People to shun BNP in next general election, says Quader

People to shun BNP in next general election, says Quader

-- 2018-05-16 21:10:31

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said voters will reject the BNP in the upcoming national election as it has refused to accept the outcome of Khulna city polls in which people voted e...

BNP demands reform of Election Commission

BNP demands reform of Election Commission

-- 2018-05-16 11:05:58

After observation of the Election Commission in the recent Khulna City Corporation polls and its activities over the region, BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir demanded its reconstituti...

Police arrest nine Jamaat-Shibir men in Satkhira

Police arrest nine Jamaat-Shibir men in Satkhira

-- 2018-05-15 20:44:20

Detectives arrested nine leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and Islami Chhatra Shibir from different parts of Satkhira town on Tuesday. The arrestees were identified as Obaidullah Mollah, 50, s...

BNP alleges of widespread irregularities in KCC polls

BNP alleges of widespread irregularities in KCC polls

-- 2018-05-15 15:51:07

BNP alleged that ruling party men are responsible for various irregularities centering the ongoing Khulna City Corporation (KCC) election. A BNP leader on Tuesday also pointed that 50 per cent of poll...

Verdict on Khaleda's bail pleas now Wednesday

Verdict on Khaleda's bail pleas now Wednesday

-- 2018-05-15 14:39:49

The Supreme Court has set Wednesday to deliver its verdict on the two appeals against the High Court bail order for BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in a graft case. Though the verdict was expected to com...

Agents are being forced out from polling centres, BNP alleges

Agents are being forced out from polling centres, BNP alleges

-- 2018-05-15 11:48:05

BNP mayoral candidate Nazrul Islam Manju has alleged that the ruling party men have driven out his polling agents from at least 20 centres of the ongoing Khulna City Corporation elections. The conten...

SC decision on Khaleda’s bail Tuesday

SC decision on Khaleda’s bail Tuesday

-- 2018-05-14 19:19:31

The Appellate Division of Supreme Court (SC) will deliver its order on Tuesday on two leave-to-appeal petitions filed challenging BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's bail granted by the High Court in the Zi...

‘Govt conspiring to rig KCC polls’

‘Govt conspiring to rig KCC polls’

-- 2018-05-14 17:53:45

BNP senior leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Monday alleged that the government is conspiring to resist their party's victory in Tuesday's Khulna City Corporation polls by rigging votes. "A tense...

Hearing on charge framing in Niko graft case deferred

Hearing on charge framing in Niko graft case deferred

-- 2018-05-13 18:13:04

A Dhaka court on Sunday deferred the hearing until June 25 on charge framing against BNP chief Begum Khaleda Zia in Niko graft case on health ground. Judge Mahmudul Kabir of Dhaka Special Judge's Cou...

Moudud wants to know total cost of satellite project

Moudud wants to know total cost of satellite project

-- 2018-05-13 17:10:04

BNP senior leader Moudud Ahmed wants to know the total cost of Bangabandhu Satellite-1 launching project. The BNP leader made the demand on Sunday while addressing a discussion in Dhaka, reports UNB....

KCC electioneering gains momentum on final day

KCC electioneering gains momentum on final day

-- 2018-05-13 13:34:03

The Khulna City Corporation election aspirants and their agents were seen to be working relentlessly in electioneering as the last day of campaign approaches on Sunday. All the mayoral and councillor...

BNP questions ownership of Bangabandhu satellite

BNP questions ownership of Bangabandhu satellite

-- 2018-05-12 19:29:42

BNP on Saturday alleged that the ownership of the country's first communication satellite, Bangabandhu-1, has gone to the hands of two persons. "This is fine that they've launched the satellite. Now...

BNP to hold nationwide demo Monday

BNP to hold nationwide demo Monday

-- 2018-05-12 13:31:34

BNP will stage demonstrations across the country, including in Dhaka, demanding better treatment of its chairperson Khaleda Zia and her release from jail. BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kab...

BNP to publish autobiography of Khaleda

BNP to publish autobiography of Khaleda

-- 2018-05-11 16:38:00

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday said an autobiography of their chairperson Khaleda Zia, now in jail, is being written. "An autobiography of our honourable leader is being...

PM mourns death of Maidul Islam

PM mourns death of Maidul Islam

-- 2018-05-11 16:20:38

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday expressed deep shock and sorrow at the death of parliament member and former minister AKM Maidul Islam. In a condolence message, the prime minister prayed for...

‘People to foil attempt to rig vote in Khulna’

‘People to foil attempt to rig vote in Khulna’

-- 2018-05-10 17:14:53

BNP senior leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Thursday warned that people will foil any attempt of vote rigging in Tuesday's Khulna City Corporation polls. "You (AL) have staged a drama by going t...