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Popularity of political parties will be tested in elections: Obaidul Quader

Popularity of political parties will be tested in elections: Obaidul Quader

-- 2022-11-21 20:51:38

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Monday said the popularity of a political party is not proved by public gatherings but its popularity will be tested in elections. "BNP is making fals...

BNP says power tariff will deepen public suffering further

BNP says power tariff will deepen public suffering further

-- 2022-11-21 19:21:52

BNP denounced the government’s decision to increase the power tariff and warned that it is just like slaying the slain amid the skyrocketing prices of daily essentials. At a press conference at...

Chhatra League to hold its council on December 8 and 9

Chhatra League to hold its council on December 8 and 9

-- 2022-11-21 18:12:35

The 30th annual council of Bangladesh Chhatra League will be held on December 8 and 9. "The council will be held at the Suhrawardy Udyan," BCL’s central committee president Al-Nahean Khan joy t...

BNP won't get benefit by complaining to foreigners: Quader

BNP won't get benefit by complaining to foreigners: Quader

-- 2022-11-19 21:45:42

BNP will not get any benefits lodging complaints to foreigners as elections would be held here likewise other countries which have constitutional democracy, said Awami League (AL) General Secretary Ob...

People won’t return home without realising their demands, says Fakhrul

People won’t return home without realising their demands, says Fakhrul

-- 2022-11-19 20:58:48

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam on Saturday said the government’s “threats” will not work this time as countrymen will not return home “until their voting rights are...

No more sufferings for electricity, fuel from next month, hopes PM

No more sufferings for electricity, fuel from next month, hopes PM

-- 2022-11-19 16:30:31

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday expressed her optimism that people would not have to suffer much for electricity and fuel from the next month. “Due to the war in Ukraine, it is difficu...

BNP’s 7th divisional rally begins in Sylhet

BNP’s 7th divisional rally begins in Sylhet

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-19 12:37:34

BNP's divisional rally in Sylhet began on Saturday morning, with presence of thousands of leaders and activists of the party and its associate bodies. The rally, organised by Sylhet city unit of BNP,...

BNP seeks permission for Dec 10 rally in Dhaka

BNP seeks permission for Dec 10 rally in Dhaka

-- 2022-11-15 19:54:53

Police will review intelligence reports from government agencies to decide whether to allow the BNP to hold a rally in Dhaka on Dec 10. A BNP delegation met Khandker Golam Faruq, commissioner of Dhak...

BNP meets DMP commissioner to seek permission for Dec 10 rally

BNP meets DMP commissioner to seek permission for Dec 10 rally

UNB 2022-11-15 14:10:36

BNP has sought permission from Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) to hold their much-talked-about rally in front of the party’s Naypaltan central office in the capital on December 10. A delegation...

Hasan Mahmud says BNP should seek apology before using Padma Bridge

Hasan Mahmud says BNP should seek apology before using Padma Bridge

-- 2022-11-14 21:23:35

Information and Broadcasting Minister Hasan Mahmud on Monday said BNP leaders, who carried out propaganda against the Padma Bridge extremely, should seek an apology to the Prime Minister and the natio...

Canadian envoy meets Fakhrul, discusses polls issues

Canadian envoy meets Fakhrul, discusses polls issues

-- 2022-11-14 17:18:55

Canadian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Dr Lilly Nicholls on Monday met BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and discussed various issues relating to Bangladesh's upcoming national elect...

BNP will participate in next polls, hopes Razzaque

BNP will participate in next polls, hopes Razzaque

-- 2022-11-12 21:01:58

Awami League Presidium Member and Agriculture Minister Abdur Razzaque has expressed his hope that all political parties, including BNP, would participate in the next national elections. In his addres...

Awami League won’t be allowed to play game anymore in name of election: Fakhrul

Awami League won’t be allowed to play game anymore in name of election: Fakhrul

-- 2022-11-12 19:42:56

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam has said Awami League will not be allowed to play any more games in the name of the election. “You went to power by playing games in the name of electi...

32 BNP men, including ex-councillor, arrested in city

32 BNP men, including ex-councillor, arrested in city

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-12 12:16:49

Police arrested 32 leaders and activists of BNP, including a former councillor, from Mohakhali’s Sena Kalyan Sangstha Tower on Friday night. Former ward councilor of no 20 ward of Banani unit B...

Get ready for more sacrifices to restore democracy, Fakhrul tells BNP members

Get ready for more sacrifices to restore democracy, Fakhrul tells BNP members

-- 2022-11-07 20:44:35

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday urged his party leaders and activists to prepare for 'more sacrifices' for making the current pro-democracy movement a success by ousting th...

Quader promises to finish BNP's movement in December

Quader promises to finish BNP's movement in December

-- 2022-11-07 20:40:48

Issuing a warning, Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Monday said a game will be played in December against the misrule of BNP, vote thieves and arsonists. "BNP failed to raise 13 minut...

Mohila Dal leader Sultana Ahmed arrested in digital security case

Mohila Dal leader Sultana Ahmed arrested in digital security case

-- 2022-11-06 16:29:34

The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested Sultana Ahmed, general secretary of the Jatiyatabadi Mohila Dal, in a Digital Security Act case, just after she arrived back in Dhaka following a rally in...

BNP trying to gather people in its rallies in exchange of money: Obaidul Quader

BNP trying to gather people in its rallies in exchange of money: Obaidul Quader

-- 2022-11-05 20:20:51

Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader has alleged that BNP is trying to gather people in their rallies in exchange of money. “Now BNP is trying to gather people in their rallies in...

42pc people in Bangladesh still living under the poverty line, says Mirza Fakhrul

42pc people in Bangladesh still living under the poverty line, says Mirza Fakhrul

-- 2022-11-05 20:08:07

Rejected the government’s claim on achieving self-sufficiency in food production, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says 42 per cent of people in Bangladesh are still living unde...

BNP activists rally in Barishal amid allegations of attack on party leader’s convoy

BNP activists rally in Barishal amid allegations of attack on party leader’s convoy

-- 2022-11-05 17:20:41

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s rally in Barishal was underway leaving two chairs empty on the stage, a new practice that mirrors similar events in other major cities, as opposition activists...

BNP is the father of revenge politics: Obaidul Quader

BNP is the father of revenge politics: Obaidul Quader

-- 2022-11-02 19:30:53

Claiming that Awami League does not believe in the politics of revenge, Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader today said BNP is the father of such politics. “The August of 1975 giv...

We know some secrets behind BNP’s ongoing movement: Obaidul Quader

We know some secrets behind BNP’s ongoing movement: Obaidul Quader

-- 2022-10-31 19:29:34

Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Monday said that BNP’s dream of toppling the government on December 10 and returning to power would not be realised. Obaidul Quader, also the ro...

Sabih Uddin, adviser to BNP chief Khaleda Zia, dies at 76

Sabih Uddin, adviser to BNP chief Khaleda Zia, dies at 76

-- 2022-10-31 16:12:29

Sabih Uddin Ahmed, an adviser to BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, has died in hospital care after suffering from health complications linked to a brain haemorrhage. Ahmed breathed his last at 7:35 am at...

Awami League forms 11 sub-committees for its council

Awami League forms 11 sub-committees for its council

-- 2022-10-30 19:55:20

A total of 11 preparation sub-committees have been formed to hold the upcoming 22nd National Council of Bangladesh Awami League (AL) on December 24. AL General Secretary Obaidul Quader disclosed this...

No election will be held under Sheikh Hasina, says Mirza Fakhrul

No election will be held under Sheikh Hasina, says Mirza Fakhrul

-- 2022-10-29 20:45:38

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday said members of parliament from his party are ready to resign from the current parliament as their main goal is to restore democracy by ou...

Benzir elected president, Poniruzzaman gen secy of Dhaka district unit of Awami League   

Benzir elected president, Poniruzzaman gen secy of Dhaka district unit of Awami League  

-- 2022-10-29 18:17:29

Benzir Ahmed has been made the president of Dhaka district unit of Awami League while Poniruzzaman Torun the general secretary. AL general secretary Obaidul Quader announced their names during the tr...

Awami League to hold its national council on December 24

Awami League to hold its national council on December 24

-- 2022-10-28 19:25:30

Awami League has decided to hold its 22nd national council on December 24 at Suhrawardy Udyan in the city. The decision was taken at the ruling party’s central executive committee meeting at Ga...

BNP set to hold fourth divisional rally in Rangpur Saturday

BNP set to hold fourth divisional rally in Rangpur Saturday

-- 2022-10-28 18:56:34

Amid a 36-hour transport strike beginning from Friday morning, BNP is all set to hold its fourth divisional rally in Rangpur city on Saturday, defying all adversities. Party leaders and activists hav...

‘EC will look into the matter if Jamaat seeks registration under different name’

‘EC will look into the matter if Jamaat seeks registration under different name’

-- 2022-10-27 17:40:22

Information Minister Hasan Mahmud on Thursday said if Bangladesh Jamaat-e Islami apply for the registration under different name then it will come under the notice of the Election Commission (EC). "T...

Khaleda won’t be sent back to jail before election, Law Minister says

Khaleda won’t be sent back to jail before election, Law Minister says

-- 2022-10-27 16:26:35

The government will not send BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia back to jail before the next national election, Law minister Anisul Huq said on Thursday. The minister made the remark in response to a questi...