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Juktofront will join AL-led alliance: Quader

-- 2018-11-15 20:35:05

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Thursday said AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury-led Juktofront will 'undoubtedly' participate in the upcoming national election under their party-led alliance....

BNP accuses PM of violating electoral code

-- 2018-11-15 17:10:11

BNP on Thursday alleged that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has violated the election code of conduct by holding a meeting with her party's 4,500 nomination seekers at her official residence Ganobhaban...

LNG supply glitch yet to be repaired

-- 2018-11-14 21:41:34

The domestic sector in some areas of the country having piped gas connections had its supply restored tolerably. Many areas are still reeling from a crippling disruption to the supply of LNG. It began...

Fakhrul sees no positive attitude for fair election

-- 2018-11-14 18:58:16

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said the election commission and the government have so far failed to demonstrate a positive attitude for ensuring a credible election. The BNP l...

Rizvi blames police for assaults

-- 2018-11-14 17:05:01

BNP’s Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has alleged that police have assaulted the party’s leaders and activists in front of their headquarters in Dhaka's Naya Paltan withou...

BNP activists attack police to foil election: Obaidul Quader

-- 2018-11-14 17:00:05

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has alleged that BNP activists, led by their senior leader Mirza Abbas, attacked police 'without any provocation' as part of the party's 'plot' to foil th...

BNP slams AL 'for breaching electoral code of conduct'

FE Online Report 2018-11-14 14:44:47

BNP’s senior leader Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has reproached the ruling Awami League for using public money and state media in campaign for national elections due in December. The senior joint secretar...

BNP activists, police clash at Naya Paltan

-- 2018-11-14 13:45:33

A fierce clash broke out between police and BNP leaders and activists in front of the party's Naya Paltan Central office in Dhaka on Wednesday, disrupting traffic in the areas. Witnesses said BNP sta...

Abuse of antibiotics and superbugs

-- 2018-11-14 12:55:12

Antibiotics save lives and, at the same time, their misuse and overuse put the life of millions at risk. Physicians and enlightened sections of the population are aware of this truth. That such awaren...

Inexcusable callousness  

-- 2018-11-10 22:09:58

The news about taking over of operations of the Bangbandhu-1 satellite by the state-owned Bangladesh Communication Satellite Company Limited (BCSCL) comes along with a disturbing piece of information....

Election decision of BNP, allies in two days

-- 2018-11-10 20:45:34

The opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party and its allies are expected to announce its decision in two days on whether it will join the 11th parliamentary election. The 20-party alliance held talks...

Jatiya Party to start nomination paper sale Sunday

-- 2018-11-10 18:54:39

Jatiya Party will formally start selling nomination papers on Sunday among those who want to contest the upcoming 11th general election with its ticket. Party chairman HM Ershad is scheduled to inaug...

BNP to hold series of meetings over joining election

-- 2018-11-10 17:14:31

BNP senior leaders will hold a series of meetings with its leaders and its two alliance partners and party leaders on Saturday to decide whether it will join the forthcoming national election or not....

Two teens die amid AL factional clash in Dhaka city

-- 2018-11-10 11:54:59

Two teenage boys were run over by a vehicle and killed amid a clash between two factions of the Awami League in the Adabor area of Dhaka’s Mohammadpur. The dead were identified as Arif, 17, and...

Medical universities: Public expectation

-- 2018-11-09 21:37:24

The Prime Minister's recent promise to set up five more medical universities in the country if her party is re-elected to power appears to be reassuring. People concerned about the inadequate healthca...

Fakhrul wants level-playing field for election

-- 2018-11-09 19:48:07

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said an election is not acceptable without a level-playing field. Fakhrul came up with the statement while addressing a rally in Rajshahi organis...

EC announces election schedule swiftly at govt behest: BNP

-- 2018-11-09 17:56:22

BNP on Friday alleged that the Election Commission (EC) 'unilaterally' announced the schedule for the 11th parliamentary elections ignoring the opinions of political parties at the behest of the gover...

Another three parties join BNP alliance 

-- 2018-11-08 22:34:15

Ahead of the 11th parliamentary elections, three new parties joined the BNP-led alliance on Thursday night, turning it into a 23-party one. Leaders of Bangladesh Jatiya Dal, People's Party of Banglad...

Protecting rights of consumers

-- 2018-11-08 21:49:37

The country had its first consumer rights protection law way back in 2009. In line with the key provisions of the law, the Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection (DNCRP) was set up to look...

AL Parliamentary Board meeting on Sunday

-- 2018-11-08 21:37:05

A meeting of Awami League Parliamentary Board will be held at the party’s central office at Bangabandhu Avenue in Dhaka city on Sunday. Prime Minister and Awami League Parliamentary Board Presi...

2,200 arrested despite PM’s assurance: Rizvi

-- 2018-11-08 17:56:36

BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi alleged that more than 2,200 leaders and activists were arrested over the last three days centring Oikyafront's Tuesday's rally though the Prime Mi...

BNP just maintained a follow-up to Niko deal: Khaleda

-- 2018-11-08 16:52:05

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Thursday said the Niko deal was signed when Awami League was in power and the BNP government just maintained its continuity. Khaleda came up with the remarks when she w...

Taking Khaleda back to jail illegal

-- 2018-11-08 16:24:10

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday alleged that the government has taken back their Chairperson Khaleda Zia to jail without the 'discharge certificate' from Bangabandhu Shei...

Khaleda Zia shifted back to jail from BSMMU

-- 2018-11-08 12:39:12

Prison authorities have transferred BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to the Old Dhaka jailhouse from hospital for a court appearance in the Niko graft case. The move followed a decision to set up a make...

Khaleda Zia to be shifted back to jail from BSMMU

-- 2018-11-08 11:47:37

Jail authorities have moved to transfer BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to the Old Dhaka jailhouse from hospital for a court appearance in the Niko graft case. The move came after a decision to set up a...

Rising import and its consequences

-- 2018-11-07 22:06:00

When a country's imports rise, the immediate reaction may be disquieting unless it is complemented by corresponding rise in export. But import of not all items is likely to be alarming for a country e...

Oikyafront postpones road march towards Rajshahi

-- 2018-11-07 19:29:49

The Jatiya Oikyafront has postponed its road march programme towards Rajshahi, which was scheduled to be held on Thursday. BNP Secretary General, also the spokesman of the alliance, Mirza Fakhrul Isl...

Ershad-led alliance wants election schedule on Thursday

-- 2018-11-07 14:21:50

Sammilito Jatiya Jote, led by Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad, has urged the Election Commission to announce the election schedule on Thursday (Nov 8). The 15-member delegation of the alliance came u...

Oikyafront’s second phase of dialogue with PM ends

-- 2018-11-07 11:40:42

Leaders of Jatiya Oikyafront held a three-hour dialogue with 14-party alliance leaders, led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, on Wednesday in an effort to reach an understanding over the forthcoming na...

Oikyafront team at Ganabhaban for dialogue

-- 2018-11-07 10:54:35

A group of Jatiya Oikyafront leaders arrived at the Ganabhaban for a second round of dialogue with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday. The 11-member delegation led by Kamal Hossain will sit wi...