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BNP looking for excuses to boycott election: Inu

BNP looking for excuses to boycott election: Inu

-- 2018-03-10 17:22:31

Referring to BNP's various demands, Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu has said the party is looking for excuses to boycott next parliamentary election. The minister made the remarks while distribu...

Quader a desperate liar, Rizvi says

Quader a desperate liar, Rizvi says

-- 2018-03-10 16:19:26

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Tuesday blasted Obaidul Quader for his comment that BNP staged its sit-in in the city illegally. He said, "Awami League general secretary Oba...

Quader suggests BNP to shun movement, get ready for polls

Quader suggests BNP to shun movement, get ready for polls

-- 2018-03-10 15:55:23

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Saturday suggested BNP to shun their movement demanding the release of its chairperson Khaleda Zia and get ready for upcoming election. Quader, a...

AL plans to retain power without competitive election: Fakhrul

AL plans to retain power without competitive election: Fakhrul

-- 2018-03-09 18:35:47

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir alleged that main motive of ruling Awami League is to retain power without a competitive election. The BNP leader also alleged that their chairperson...

Inu calls Khaleda Pak proxy player

Inu calls Khaleda Pak proxy player

-- 2018-03-09 18:23:31

Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu has said the government only wants to throw 'criminals and Pakistani collaborators' out of politics. "And it has repeatedly been proved that BNP and its chief Kha...

Eight injured in RUET Chhatra League clashes

Eight injured in RUET Chhatra League clashes

-- 2018-03-09 13:50:55

Eight people were injured in clashes between factions of Bangladesh Chhatra League, the ruling Awami League’s student wing, at the Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology. The groups...

BNP's demo Saturday as cops foil 'peaceful' sit-in

BNP's demo Saturday as cops foil 'peaceful' sit-in

-- 2018-03-08 15:48:00

BNP will stage demonstration at all thanas across capital Dhaka on Saturday protesting law enforcers' attack on its sit-in programme in front of the National Press Club on Thursday. Party secretary g...

BNP stages sit-in protesting Khaleda's jailing

BNP stages sit-in protesting Khaleda's jailing

-- 2018-03-08 12:54:59

As part of its countrywide scheduled programme, BNP leaders and activists staged their sit-in programme in the city on Thursday, demanding the release of its chairperson Khaleda Zia from jail. Severa...

Khaleda facing adverse situation with courage: Fakhrul

Khaleda facing adverse situation with courage: Fakhrul

-- 2018-03-07 21:04:23

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said their Chairperson Khaleda Zia is facing 'adverse situation' with courage. The BNP leader made the remarks while talking to reporters after m...

Senior BNP leaders to meet Khaleda in jail

Senior BNP leaders to meet Khaleda in jail

-- 2018-03-07 14:50:04

A group of senior BNP leaders led by Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir is likely to meet Chairperson Khaleda Zia in jail on Wednesday. The BNP leaders were permitted to meet the former pr...

Police detain Swechchhasebak Dal president

Police detain Swechchhasebak Dal president

-- 2018-03-06 13:51:15

Plainclothes policemen detained Jatiyatabadi Swechchhasebak Dal president Shafiul Bari Babu from Jatiya Press Club area on Tuesday. A team of Detective Branch of police picked him up while he was ret...

BNP accuses AL for Zafar Iqbal attack

BNP accuses AL for Zafar Iqbal attack

-- 2018-03-05 17:13:25

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Monday alleged that Awami League has a connection with the knife attack on SUST Prof Dr Muhammed Zafar Iqbal. "A...

Magura BNP leader dies

Magura BNP leader dies

-- 2018-03-04 18:12:05

BNP Magura district Joint Convener Syed Mokaddes Ali died at Anwar Khan Modern Hospital in the capital on Saturday night. He was 74. Mokaddes, who had long been suffering from asthma, breathed his la...

Quader suspects BNP's involvement behind attack on Zafar Iqbal

Quader suspects BNP's involvement behind attack on Zafar Iqbal

-- 2018-03-04 17:12:08

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader suspects BNP's involvement behind the attack on Prof Muhammed Zafar Iqbal in Sylhet. Describing the attack as a communal plot, the road transport and bri...

BNP announces fresh protests to demand Khaleda's release

BNP announces fresh protests to demand Khaleda's release

-- 2018-03-04 12:54:56

BNP has announced a two-day fresh programme across the country, including formation of human chain in the capital Dhaka, demanding the release of its chairperson Khaleda Zia from jail. As part of its...

Prof Muhammad Yunus  condemns attack on Zafar Iqbal

Prof Muhammad Yunus condemns attack on Zafar Iqbal

FE Online Desk 2018-03-04 11:41:16

Nobel Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus condemned the shocking and heinous attack on Prof Zafar Iqbal. “I pray for his early and full recovery and express my earnest hope that the assailants will be...

Quader warns BNP of violence in name of movement

Quader warns BNP of violence in name of movement

-- 2018-03-03 19:19:21

Road Transport and Bridges Minister and Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Saturday warned BNP that the law enforcement agencies will take necessary steps if the party carries out any...

PM’s electioneering ‘illegal’: Moudud

PM’s electioneering ‘illegal’: Moudud

-- 2018-03-03 18:14:26

BNP senior leader Moudud Ahmed has alleged that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is 'deceiving' the nation by 'illegally' carrying out electioneering for her party spending public money. "The Prime Minis...

BNP reschedules rally on March 12

BNP reschedules rally on March 12

-- 2018-03-02 20:00:39

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) moved their rally at Suhrawardy Udyan demanding the release of its Chairperson Khaleda Zia from jail from March 11 to March 12. BNP senior joint secretary general R...

JP’s resignation from Cabinet a matter of time: Ershad

JP’s resignation from Cabinet a matter of time: Ershad

-- 2018-03-02 18:39:35

Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad has said resigning of his party members from Cabinet is now a matter of time.  The prime minister's special envoy came up with this remark while talking to report...

Whitepaper on AL govt's corruption will be published: Moudud

Whitepaper on AL govt's corruption will be published: Moudud

-- 2018-03-02 18:39:28

BNP senior leader Moudud Ahmed has threatened to publish a whitepaper on the corruption being committed during the current Awami League-led government. "This government is not the last one, and it wi...

BNP to hold public rally in city on Mar 11

BNP to hold public rally in city on Mar 11

-- 2018-03-01 18:41:02

BNP has decided to hold a public rally in the capital on March 11, demanding the release of its chairperson Khaleda Zia from jail. The party has also sought permission from the authorities concerned...

BNP starts distributing leaflets demanding Khaleda’s release

BNP starts distributing leaflets demanding Khaleda’s release

-- 2018-03-01 15:33:51

BNP has started distributing leaflets across the country, including the capital, demanding the release of its chairperson Khaleda Zia from jail. BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi l...

Govt playing ‘evil tricks’ to delay Khaleda’s bail

Govt playing ‘evil tricks’ to delay Khaleda’s bail

-- 2018-02-28 21:54:03

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday alleged that the government has resorted to various 'evil tricks' to delay bail for Khaleda Zia in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case. "T...

US has no favourite political party in BD: envoy

US has no favourite political party in BD: envoy

-- 2018-02-28 19:14:38

US Ambassador in Dhaka Marcia Bernicat has said her country has no favourite political party and personality in Bangladesh. The United States just expect fair polls in Bangladesh, she said. Bernicat...

Pro-AL lawyers win Jamalpur Bar election

Pro-AL lawyers win Jamalpur Bar election

-- 2018-02-28 15:01:12

The pro Awami League lawyers’ forum, Bangabandhu Awami Ainjibi Parishad (BAAP), has clinched victory in the Jamalpur Bar Association (JBA) election. The panel backed by the ruling AL has succes...

BNP objects to PM's polls campaign

BNP objects to PM's polls campaign

-- 2018-02-27 19:57:18

The BNP has sent a letter to the Election Commission (EC) registering objection about Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's 'unilateral election campaign'. BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir...

Factional clash foils BCL council in Chittagong

Factional clash foils BCL council in Chittagong

-- 2018-02-27 16:59:51

A factional clash foiled the council of Bangladesh Chhatra League's (BCL) Chittagong north district unit on Tuesday. At least 13 activists of both groups were injured in the clash that erupted follow...

Case against AL leader, 11 others over stone quarry deaths

Case against AL leader, 11 others over stone quarry deaths

-- 2018-02-27 14:04:22

One leader of the ruling Awami League’s local unit has been sued along with 11 others in a case over stone quarry deaths in Sylhet. A total of five workers died on Monday in a landslide at a st...

Sign of early election worries BNP

Sign of early election worries BNP

-- 2018-02-26 22:02:15

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has said that the government might have brought major changes in the district and police administrations as part of an 'evil plan' to hold snap polls. The party app...