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Obaidul Quader describes gas price hike as logical

Obaidul Quader describes gas price hike as logical

-- 2019-07-05 20:13:07

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has described the decision to increase gas price as logical. The Awami League general secretary also said there is no scope to reconsider the decisi...

'Govt increases gas price to facilitate ruling party leaders'

'Govt increases gas price to facilitate ruling party leaders'

-- 2019-07-05 18:15:23

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has alleged that the government has increased the prices of gas unfairly only to facilitate those ruling party leaders and businessmen, who import Liq...

Report on executing arrest order against Khaleda August 4

Report on executing arrest order against Khaleda August 4

-- 2019-07-04 16:11:06

A Dhaka court on Thursday set August 4 to submit report on execution of its order, asking to arrest BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia in a case lodged for making derogatory remarks about Bangabandhu S...

Reconsider decision of gas price hike, Nasim urges govt

Reconsider decision of gas price hike, Nasim urges govt

-- 2019-07-02 20:25:08

Awami League presidium member and central 14-party alliance spokesman Mohammed Nasim has urged the government to reconsider the decision of gas price hike. “I would request the government to co...

Leftist parties call half-day strike for July 7 over gas price

Leftist parties call half-day strike for July 7 over gas price

-- 2019-07-01 18:11:06

The Left Democratic Alliance has called a half-day nationwide general strike for July 7, protesting a gas price hike. The leftist alliance took the decision after an urgent meeting of the party in Dh...

Oli’s new alliance exposes political disarray in 20-party: Hasan Mahmud

Oli’s new alliance exposes political disarray in 20-party: Hasan Mahmud

-- 2019-06-29 16:44:37

Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Friday urged Colonel (retd) Oli Ahmed to clarify his stance before the nation in regard to his political leaning following the announcement of new alliance. &l...

BNP’s Siraj wins Bogura-6 by-polls

BNP’s Siraj wins Bogura-6 by-polls

-- 2019-06-25 13:13:29

BNP candidate Golam Mohammad Siraj was unofficially declared elected in the by-election to Bogura-6 constituency on Monday. Siraj begged 89,742 votes while his nearest rival T Zaman Niketa of Awami L...

Expelled JCD leaders stage demo near BNP office

Expelled JCD leaders stage demo near BNP office

-- 2019-06-24 15:03:55

The disgruntled members of Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal have been staging a sit-in protest in front of the BNP central office urging the party to reverse the expulsion order for 12 JCD leaders...

Voting in Bogura-6 by-polls underway

Voting in Bogura-6 by-polls underway

-- 2019-06-24 12:09:09

Voting in the by-election of Bogura-6 constituency is underway after it was declared vacant as BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir refused to take oath as a member of parliament. Poll...

Election to form JCD committee July 15

Election to form JCD committee July 15

-- 2019-06-23 17:32:29

Amid a movement by some Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) leaders, the schedule for the election to form Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal's new committee was announced on Sunday. Convenor of JCD Election Manage...

Awami League celebrates 70th founding anniversary

Awami League celebrates 70th founding anniversary

-- 2019-06-23 10:33:02

Bangladesh's oldest political party Awami League, which led the country to independence, is celebrating its 70th founding anniversary on Sunday. Since its founding on June 23, 1949 at the historic Ro...

AL to celebrate its 70th founding anniversary Sunday

AL to celebrate its 70th founding anniversary Sunday

-- 2019-06-22 20:44:19

The Awami League, one of the oldest political parties in the country, will celebrate its 70th founding anniversary across the country on Sunday. The ruling party will begin its anniversary programme...

Selima Rahman, Tuku made BNP standing committee members

Selima Rahman, Tuku made BNP standing committee members

-- 2019-06-19 15:14:04

After over three years of the party's national council, Selima Rahman and Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku have been made BNP's standing committee members. Party's senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir R...

Khaleda gets HC bail in two defamation cases

Khaleda gets HC bail in two defamation cases

-- 2019-06-18 13:26:24

The High Court (HC) has granted six-month bail to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in two defamation cases filed against her. Justice Muhammad Abdul Hafiz and Justice Kashefa Hussain passed the order on T...

Govt not formed with ‘people’s votes’: BNP

Govt not formed with ‘people’s votes’: BNP

-- 2019-06-17 20:05:23

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday said the government must hold a fresh election under a caretaker government as the current parliament is not formed with ‘people's vot...

Chhatra Dal leaders stage demo again

Chhatra Dal leaders stage demo again

-- 2019-06-17 17:00:52

A group of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) leaders and activists demonstrated in front of BNP's Nayapaltan central office for the second straight day on Monday demanding the removal of age limit to joi...

Irate JCD activists protest in front of BNP HQ

Irate JCD activists protest in front of BNP HQ

-- 2019-06-16 15:16:53

A faction of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) leaders demonstrated in front of BNP headquarters on Sunday demanding removal of age limit to join the new committee. Several hundred disgruntled leaders a...

Obaidul Quader urges AL leaders to read budget to reply critics

Obaidul Quader urges AL leaders to read budget to reply critics

-- 2019-06-15 20:30:29

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has urged the leaders and activists of his party to go through the proposed budget for 2019-20 fiscal to give a befitting reply to the critics. “A...

Proposed budget will increase inequality, BNP alleges

Proposed budget will increase inequality, BNP alleges

-- 2019-06-14 19:26:11

The BNP has alleged that the people will not accept the proposed national budget for 2019-2020 fiscal year as it will create pressure on them and increase inequality. ''The national budget of Tk 5.23...

JCD faction padlocks BNP central office

JCD faction padlocks BNP central office

-- 2019-06-11 13:51:01

A faction of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) activists were staging demonstrations in front of BNP’s Naya Paltan central office by locking its main gate on Tuesday demanding cancellation of the p...

Hasan Mahmud ‘feels pity’ for Oikyafront

Hasan Mahmud ‘feels pity’ for Oikyafront

-- 2019-06-10 16:51:12

Taking a swipe at Dr Kamal Hossain-led Jatiya Oikyafront, Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Monday said those who are unable to keep themselves united want to forge a greater national unity agai...

Rumeen Farhana takes oath

Rumeen Farhana takes oath

-- 2019-06-09 13:22:03

BNP's reserved seat MP-elect Barrister Rumeen Farhana took oath as a member of the 11th Parliament on Sunday. Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury administered the swearing-in at the Jatiya Sangsad Bh...

Awami League announces month-long anniversary programme

Awami League announces month-long anniversary programme

-- 2019-06-08 18:48:34

The ruling Awami League has announced a month-long programme to celebrate the party's 70th founding anniversary which falls on June 23. Party's General Secretary Obaidul Quader announced the schedule...

Rizvi expresses concern over bomb at BSMMU

Rizvi expresses concern over bomb at BSMMU

-- 2019-06-07 17:23:17

BNP leader Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has expressed concerns over the petrol bomb found in the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib University (BSMMU) on Thursday. The party's senior joint secretary general suspects the...

Oikyafront to expand alliance: Dr Kamal

Oikyafront to expand alliance: Dr Kamal

-- 2019-06-06 17:49:28

Jatiya Oikyafront convener Dr Kamal Hossain on Thursday said that they are working to expand their alliance to intensify their ongoing movement to "restore democracy". "Our goal is to forge the str...

Historic 6-Point Day tomorrow

Historic 6-Point Day tomorrow

-- 2019-06-06 17:46:35

The historic Six-Point Day, marking the demand for autonomy for the then East Pakistan, now Bangladesh, will be observed tomorrow across the country in a befitting manner, reports BSS. On June 7 in 1...

Britain raises concerns about BD HR, democracy

Britain raises concerns about BD HR, democracy

bdnews24.com 2019-06-06 17:04:58

The British government has raised concerns about the records of Bangladesh's human rights and democracy in a report it released for the year 2018. British High Commissioner Robert Dickson in his rema...

Quader for building ‘Sonar Bangla’ under Sheikh Hasina’s leadership

Quader for building ‘Sonar Bangla’ under Sheikh Hasina’s leadership

BSS 2019-06-05 20:32:43

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader called upon all on Wednesday to make united efforts to turn the country into a ‘Sonar Bangla’ under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Ha...

Speaker meets President

Speaker meets President

UNB 2019-06-05 18:45:23

Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury paid a courtesy call on President Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban on Wednesday. The Speaker met the President after exchanging greetings with him on the occasion of Eid...

Relatives meet Khaleda in hospital on Eid day

Relatives meet Khaleda in hospital on Eid day

UNB 2019-06-05 18:36:20

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia spent around two hours with her relatives and took food they cooked for her on the Eid-ul-Fitr day on Wednesday.  Seven relatives of the BNP chief went to meet her at...