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Former MP Khurram passes away

Former MP Khurram passes away

-- 2018-04-14 15:09:18

Khandaker Md Khurram, former MP of Sherpur-3 constituency, died at a hospital in Dhaka due to old age complications on Saturday. He was 65. Md Khurram, member of Awami League executive committee, bre...

Do not let BNP, Jamaat take power: PM

Do not let BNP, Jamaat take power: PM

-- 2018-04-14 13:54:39

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday urged all to remain united so that evil forces like BNP-Jamaat clique cannot grab power as they will undermine the country's heritage, culture and existence....

PM mourns death of Narsingdi AL leader

PM mourns death of Narsingdi AL leader

-- 2018-04-13 16:45:55

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday expressed deep shock and sorrow at the death of former general secretary of Narsingdi Awami League and valiant Freedom Fighter Mahbubur Rahman Bhuiyan. In a con...

BNP smells a rat in PM’s quota abolition

BNP smells a rat in PM’s quota abolition

-- 2018-04-12 16:20:27

BNP has alleged that there is a trick in Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's announcement for quota abolition in public service as she did it out of her anger. "The Prime Minister's announcement for the a...

Mirza Fakhrul’s mother passes away

Mirza Fakhrul’s mother passes away

-- 2018-04-12 13:18:08

Fatema Amin, mother of BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, died at a Dhaka hospital on Thursday noon. She was 92. Fatema who had long been suffering from various old age complications,...

Quota system scrapping reflects people’s ‘victory’: Moudud

Quota system scrapping reflects people’s ‘victory’: Moudud

-- 2018-04-11 21:42:48

BNP senior leader Moudud Ahmed has described the Prime Minister's announcement to abolish the quota system in public service in the face of a students' movement as people's 'victory'.  "The Prim...

Politics of blind hatred infiltrates anti-quota demonstrators: Quader

Politics of blind hatred infiltrates anti-quota demonstrators: Quader

-- 2018-04-11 00:35:24

Awami League (AL) general secretary Obaidul Quader said the politics of blind hatred has infiltrated the job quota reform demonstrators, reports bdnews24.com. "On the night of Operation Searchlight o...

Attack on DU VC’s house: BNP blames 'govt agents'

Attack on DU VC’s house: BNP blames 'govt agents'

-- 2018-04-10 18:53:43

The BNP has alleged that 'government agents' carried out the attack on the residence of Dhaka University Vice Chancellor (VC) to divert the quota-reform movement to a different direction. "General st...

Court rejects Khaleda's bail plea in Cumilla arson case

Court rejects Khaleda's bail plea in Cumilla arson case

-- 2018-04-10 14:14:09

A Cumilla court on Tuesday rejected the bail petition of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in a case filed over the 2015 arson attack on a bus in Chouddagram upazila that left eight people dead. Senior Jud...

Khaleda's treatment as per jail code: Quader

Khaleda's treatment as per jail code: Quader

-- 2018-04-07 16:44:41

Awami League General Obaidul Quader has said the government will take necessary steps for the treatment of BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia as per the jail code. "She has been given medical treatmen...

Khaleda needs release from jail for better treatment: Moudud

Khaleda needs release from jail for better treatment: Moudud

-- 2018-04-07 16:40:56

BNP leader Moudud Ahmed has said he has no confidence over the government-provided treatment to Khaleda Zia. He demanded Khaleda's immediate release so that she could receive better treatment, report...

Rivals hack BNP leader to death in Chuadanga

Rivals hack BNP leader to death in Chuadanga

-- 2018-04-07 13:57:37

A local BNP leader was hacked to death by rivals at Jugirhuda village in Alamdanga upazila on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Helalul Islam Helal, son of Eldil Biswas. Helal was vice...

BNP becomes self-confessed corrupt party: Obaidul Quader

BNP becomes self-confessed corrupt party: Obaidul Quader

-- 2018-04-06 21:18:00

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has claimed that the BNP has become a 'self-confessed corrupt party' through changing its constitution. "They changed the section 7 of the party constitu...

BCL nat'l council on May 11-12

BCL nat'l council on May 11-12

-- 2018-04-05 21:10:45

The two-day 29th national council of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) will be held on May 11-12 next. Before the national council, its Dhaka south city, north city and Dhaka University units' councils...

Police recover hanging body of BCL leader

Police recover hanging body of BCL leader

-- 2018-04-05 10:37:52

Police recovered the hanging body of a Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader from his house near Satpai Eye Hospital in Netrokona city on Wednesday evening. The deceased was identified as Adnan Khan...

PM asks Mohila Sramik League leaders to work together

PM asks Mohila Sramik League leaders to work together

-- 2018-04-04 18:33:08

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday directed the leaders of Mohila Sramik League to work together to further strengthen the organisation. The Prime Minister gave the directives while delivering...

India turns focus on Dhaka as Bangladesh gears up for elections

India turns focus on Dhaka as Bangladesh gears up for elections

-- 2018-04-04 12:35:38

NEW DELHI: With elections looming in Bangladesh, Dhaka has taken centre-stage in India's neighbourhood strategy. While national security adviser Ajit Doval travelled to Bangladesh last week to partic...

Gayeshwar released on bail

Gayeshwar released on bail

-- 2018-04-03 20:38:00

BNP standing committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy was released from jail on bail on Tuesday, over three months after his arrest. He walked out of the Keraniganj Central Jail around 7:00pm after the...

BNP to sell nomination forms Thursday for Khulna, Gazipur polls

BNP to sell nomination forms Thursday for Khulna, Gazipur polls

-- 2018-04-03 20:34:42

BNP will sell nomination forms on Thursday among people willing to contest the upcoming elections to Khulna and Gazipur city corporations with its tickets. BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Ka...

BNP accuses AL of ‘monopolising’ corruption   

BNP accuses AL of ‘monopolising’ corruption   

-- 2018-04-02 18:48:52

BNP senior leader Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury on Monday alleged state-sponsored corruption is now taking place in Bangladesh as the ruling party men made it their 'monopoly'. Speaking at a discussio...

PM making ‘mockery’ with people: Rizvi

PM making ‘mockery’ with people: Rizvi

-- 2018-04-02 16:59:33

BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi alleged that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is making 'mockery' with people by seeking vote for her party after 'snatching' voting right. The BNP le...

Fakhrul hospitalised with chest pain

Fakhrul hospitalised with chest pain

-- 2018-04-02 14:03:19

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has been admitted to a Dhaka hospital as he complained of chest pain. Vice Chairman of the party Dr AJDM Zahid Hossain said Mirza Fakhrul has been pl...

Bullet-hit Pabna BCL leader dies at RMCH

Bullet-hit Pabna BCL leader dies at RMCH

-- 2018-04-02 11:51:15

A local leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), who was shot and stabbed Sunday evening allegedly by his rivals at Pakshi Rooppur intersection in Pabna’s Ishwardi upazila, has died at Rajshah...

BNP leaders distribute leaflets to pedestrians seeking Khaleda’s release

BNP leaders distribute leaflets to pedestrians seeking Khaleda’s release

-- 2018-04-01 19:09:11

Standing committee members and senior leaders of BNP on Sunday distributed leaflets among pedestrians across the capital demanding its chairperson's release from jail. The leaflet also carried massag...

'I will seek vote, it's my political right'

'I will seek vote, it's my political right'

-- 2018-03-31 21:06:51

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said seeking votes in favour of her party and its symbol is her political right and she will do that. "Seeking votes for Boat is my right. I'm the head of a political...

BNP telling lies about Khaleda’s illness: Quader

BNP telling lies about Khaleda’s illness: Quader

-- 2018-03-31 18:14:12

Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Saturday alleged that BNP is resorting to lies over Khaleda’s illness to confuse people. “Dhaka’s civil surgeon has already visited...

Only parties with faith in independence should join polls: Noor

Only parties with faith in independence should join polls: Noor

-- 2018-03-30 18:42:30

Cultural Affairs Minister Asaduzzaman Nooron has said only the parties that believe in the Liberation War and the country's independence should be allowed to join polls. "Only those parties that beli...

Khaleda will get necessary medical care: Obaidul Quader

Khaleda will get necessary medical care: Obaidul Quader

-- 2018-03-30 16:42:59

The government will arrange necessary medical care for BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in jail after assessing her ailments. Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader came up with the statement on Fr...

Khaleda falls ill in jail: Rizvi

Khaleda falls ill in jail: Rizvi

-- 2018-03-29 17:13:56

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia suddenly fell sick in Nazimuddin Road Old Central Jail on Thursday, confirmed party senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi. He also said their party secretary ge...

Cops detain JL leader over attack in AL meeting

Cops detain JL leader over attack in AL meeting

-- 2018-03-27 15:22:55

A Jubo League leader from Khulna city was arrested on Monday night in connection with an attack in Satkhira district town at a discussion meeting arranged by Awami League marking Independence Day. Th...