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Pro-BNP lawyer Badrul Anwar becomes CBA president

Pro-BNP lawyer Badrul Anwar becomes CBA president

-- 2019-02-11 14:13:49

Pro-BNP lawyer ASM Badrul Anwar has been elected president and Pro-Awami League lawyer Ayub Khan secretary in the Chittagong Bar Association (CBA) election. Chief Election Commissioner Anwarul Haque...

AL reveals more UZ chairman candidate names

AL reveals more UZ chairman candidate names

Agencies 2019-02-10 14:03:39

The ruling Awami League has announced the names of chairman candidates for the second phase of upazila parishad elections in 122 of the 129 upazilas scheduled to be held on March 18. AL General Secre...

Bobby Hajjaj quits DNCC race

Bobby Hajjaj quits DNCC race

-- 2019-02-10 11:52:39

Bobby Hajjaj pulled himself out of the race for the next mayor of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC). The Nationalist Democratic Movement chairman withdrew his candidacy in the mayoral by-polls on S...

AL names two more candidates for women’s seats

AL names two more candidates for women’s seats

-- 2019-02-10 11:08:32

The Awami League has named two more candidates for seats reserved for women in parliament. Pabna’s Nadia Yasmin and Natore’s Ratna Ahmed are the ruling party’s latest nominees. The...

Posts of AL vice-chairman open to all

Posts of AL vice-chairman open to all

-- 2019-02-09 19:42:46

Awami League (AL) said the posts of vice-chairman in the first phase of the Upazila Parishad (UP) elections in 87 upazilas will be open for all.  The party announced it at a media briefing prog...

Quader says BNP gets weaker for negative politics

Quader says BNP gets weaker for negative politics

-- 2019-02-09 19:21:48

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Saturday said BNP is getting weaker day by day due to banking on negative politics. “Strong opposition i...

Awami League finalises 41 for women JS seats

Awami League finalises 41 for women JS seats

-- 2019-02-09 13:54:21

Awami League (AL) has picked 41 women as its candidates for the election to the reserved seats of the 11th parliament, which will be held on March 4 next. The ruling party on Friday finalised the con...

Rizvi urges Quader to join BNP

Rizvi urges Quader to join BNP

-- 2019-02-07 16:08:51

BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has invited Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader to join BNP as its adviser since he has long been giving the party various suggestions....

Khaleda’s bail in defamation cases extended by six months

Khaleda’s bail in defamation cases extended by six months

-- 2019-02-05 14:19:32

The High Court has extended BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's six-month bail to one year in two defamation cases filed in Dhaka and Narail over her 'derogatory remarks' about freedom fighters and Bangaban...

Cumilla court turns down Khaleda’s bail plea

Cumilla court turns down Khaleda’s bail plea

-- 2019-02-04 16:05:35

A Cumilla court has rejected the bail petition of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in a case over the killing of eight people in an arson attack on a bus in 2015. Cumilla Additional District and Session J...

BNP postpones Feb 8 Surawardy Udyan rally for book fair

BNP postpones Feb 8 Surawardy Udyan rally for book fair

-- 2019-02-04 14:36:46

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Monday postponed its scheduled public rally at Suhrawardy Udyan on February 8 due to the ongoing Ekushey Book Fair. Instead of the public rally, BNP will now hol...

UZ polls: AL starts selling nomination forms

UZ polls: AL starts selling nomination forms

-- 2019-02-04 13:32:02

Awami League (AL) has started the sale of nomination forms among those who want to contest the first-phase upazila elections to be held on March 10 on party tickets. The sale of nomination forms star...

11th parliament lacks legitimacy: Fakhrul

11th parliament lacks legitimacy: Fakhrul

-- 2019-02-02 18:30:05

BNP on Saturday alleged that the 11th parliament lacks legitimacy as its MPs were not elected with people's votes. "The current parliament doesn't have the moral legitimacy to go into session since t...

DNCC polls: Officials reject JP’s Shafin’s nomination

DNCC polls: Officials reject JP’s Shafin’s nomination

-- 2019-02-02 13:11:25

Election officials have rejected the nomination of Jatiya Party mayoral candidate Shafin Ahmed for the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) polls. Returning Officer Abul Kashem said on Saturday that o...

EC plans to hold upazila polls Mar 10

EC plans to hold upazila polls Mar 10

-- 2019-02-02 11:31:35

The Election Commission (EC) is planning to hold Upazila Parishad Election in 101 upazilas in the first phase on Mar 10. The EC secretariat will present the names of 101 upazilas in Rangpur, Rajshahi...

Oikyafront not attending Ganabhaban party

Oikyafront not attending Ganabhaban party

-- 2019-02-01 17:53:58

The Jatiya Oikyafront has decided not to attend Ganabhaban’s tea party. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has invited all political parties that took part in the general election at her official res...

Gono Forum MPs-elect won't join parliament: Dr Kamal

Gono Forum MPs-elect won't join parliament: Dr Kamal

-- 2019-01-31 19:31:26

Gono Forum President Dr Kamal Hossain on Thursday said they have asked their two MPs-elect not to join parliament as per their party decision their party’s decision. “We’ve clearly...

Rizvi says corruption runs deep in BD

Rizvi says corruption runs deep in BD

-- 2019-01-31 17:50:30

Corruption has grown into a severe problem in Bangladesh, said BNP’s Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi. Rizvi spoke at a news conference on Thursday in response to the informatio...

‘BNP trying to make polls controversial to foreigners’

‘BNP trying to make polls controversial to foreigners’

-- 2019-01-31 17:28:55

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Thursday said BNP is now lobbying with European Union (EU) and the United States for making the recently held general election controversial, afte...

Fakhrul pushes for reelection under neutral admin

Fakhrul pushes for reelection under neutral admin

-- 2019-01-30 17:37:14

Reiterating that the current parliament has not been formed with people's mandate, BNP on Wednesday demanded reelection under a neutral administration to establish a 'pro-people' government. "Awami l...

New JS sits today: BNP forms human chain

New JS sits today: BNP forms human chain

-- 2019-01-30 12:18:12

BNP leaders and activists formed a human chain in front of the Jatiya Press Club in the capital on Wednesday protesting the start of the maiden session of the 11th parliament. Leaders and followers o...

BNP to form human chain in city Wednesday  

BNP to form human chain in city Wednesday  

-- 2019-01-29 17:59:32

Branding the 11th parliament as a 'fake and stigmatised' one, BNP announced that they will form a human chain in the city on Wednesday, protesting the start of its maiden session. The party will also...

AL infighting in Jhenidah leaves 10 injured

AL infighting in Jhenidah leaves 10 injured

-- 2019-01-29 17:19:10

At least 10 people were injured in a turf war between two factions of ruling Awami League (AL) at Bhatoi of Shailkupa Upazila in Jhenidah on Tuesday. Police said AL's Dudhswar Union unit General Secr...

Two Gono Forum MPs-elect expect positive signal to join parliament

Two Gono Forum MPs-elect expect positive signal to join parliament

-- 2019-01-28 18:48:24

Gono Forum's two MPs-elect, Sultan Mohammad Mansur (Moulvibazar-2) and Mokabbir Khan (Sylhet-2), think their party will take a positive decision about joining parliament showing respect to people's ma...

JaPa picks Mustain Billah for Kishoreganj-1, Shafin Ahmed for DNCC by-polls

JaPa picks Mustain Billah for Kishoreganj-1, Shafin Ahmed for DNCC by-polls

-- 2019-01-28 17:41:47

Jatiya Party (JaPa) on Monday picked Mustain Billah to contest the by-election to Kishoreganj-1 seat with its ticket. Billah, senior vice president of Jatiya Matshyajibi Party, will contest the by-el...

Govt trying to control media: Rizvi

Govt trying to control media: Rizvi

-- 2019-01-28 17:11:54

BNP on Monday alleged that the government is trying to control the media to stop its criticisms and gag the voice of its opponents. "The media are being monitored and regulated regularly by a dark sh...

Dr Kamal to return home early Monday

Dr Kamal to return home early Monday

-- 2019-01-27 17:46:30

Jatiya Oikyafront Convener and Gono Forum President Dr Kamal Hossain is scheduled to return home from Thailand early Monday. Dr Kamal along with his wife Hameeda Hossain is scheduled to reach Hazrat...

Ctg North AL President Nurul Alam Chowdhury dies

Ctg North AL President Nurul Alam Chowdhury dies

-- 2019-01-27 11:42:09

President of North District Awami League unit of the port city Nurul Alam Chowdhury passed away in the early hours of Sunday. He was 74 years old. Nurul Alam, also a freedom fighter, was admitted to...

Tofail confident about BCL's victory in DUCSU polls

Tofail confident about BCL's victory in DUCSU polls

-- 2019-01-26 21:03:42

Awami League Advisory Council Member Tofail Ahmed has said he is confident about the victory of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) in the upcoming Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) electio...

PM tried to justify AL's victory, Fakhrul says

PM tried to justify AL's victory, Fakhrul says

-- 2019-01-26 21:00:47

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina tried to justify Awami League's victory through her address to the nation The BNP leader made the allegation wh...