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Govt applying all ways to repress Khaleda: Rizvi

-- 2019-01-09 16:51:41

BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has alleged that the government is applying all ways to repress their chairperson Khaleda Zia. "Khaleda Zia is still sick. The government has snat...

Oikyafront to hold 'national dialogue'

-- 2019-01-08 19:19:34

The Jatiya Oikyafront has decided to hold a 'national dialogue' demanding fresh election cancelling the results of 11th parliamentary polls. The alliance will also file cases with electoral tribunals...

Doa Mahfil for Syed Ashraf Tuesday

-- 2019-01-07 18:27:01

A doa and milad-mahfil seeking salvation of the departed soul of Awami League former general secretary and Public Administration Minister Syed Ashraful Islam will be held at at Ashraf's official resid...

Ershad takes oath as MP

-- 2019-01-06 13:59:52

Jaitya Party Chairman HM Ershad took oath as a member of the 11th Parliament on Sunday. Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury administered the oath at Parliament Bhaban around 12:30pm, UNB reported cit...

AL must take responsibility for Noakhali rape: CPB

-- 2019-01-05 18:27:09

Awami League has to take responsibility for the rape of a woman in Noakhali's Subarnachar Upazila, said leaders of Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) Women Cell on Saturday. "AL cannot deny its resp...

'Two Gono Forum MPs-elect may take oath'

-- 2019-01-05 17:09:26

Two candidates from Gono Forum who won in the 11th parliamentary election may take oath as Members of Parliament (MPs). Dr Kamal Hossain, president of Gono Forum and chief of Jatiya Oikyafront, gave...

Fakhrul visits Noakhali rape victim

-- 2019-01-05 16:48:31

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir visited the Subarnachar gang-rape victim, who is now undergoing treatment at Noakhali Sadar hospital, on Saturday. Fakhrul assured the victim that th...

Quader blasts BNP for complaining to foreigners

-- 2019-01-05 16:08:24

Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Saturday said BNP has nothing other than complaining to foreigners after its failure in both the election and its movement. He also described the rema...

AL’s grand rally in capital on January 19

-- 2019-01-04 19:29:34

Awami League will organise a grand rally marking its landslide victory in the 11th parliamentary election at 2.30pm on January 19 at Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital. AL President and Prime Minister S...

Rizvi slams EC’s ‘Pitha Utsab’

-- 2019-01-04 19:25:15

BNP leader Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Friday has slammed the Election Commission (EC)’s “Pitha Utsab”. His criticism came a day after the EC organised the festival at its headquarters in...

BNP is doing what defeated parties do: Quader

-- 2019-01-04 18:22:56

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Friday said BNP is doing what the defeated opposition parties do and this trend will stop after a few days. “The people of the country gave thei...

Dr Kamal mourns Syed Ashraf's death

-- 2019-01-04 17:47:53

Gano Forum President Dr Kamal Hossain and general secretary Mostafa Mohsin Montu on Friday expressed deep shock at the death of Awami League Presidium member and Public Administration Minister Syed As...

BNP informs US envoy about ‘election irregularities’

-- 2019-01-04 16:11:28

A three-member BNP delegation, led by its secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, on Friday met US Ambassador to Bangladesh Earl R Miller and discussed various issues relating to 11th national...

Ershad to lead opposition in parliament

-- 2019-01-04 13:55:37

The Jatiya Party has decided to form the main opposition in parliament with Chairman HM Ershad as the leader of the group.  The party’s newly-elected MPs will not join the government&rsqu...

Fakhrul terms Dec 30 polls ‘cruel mockery’ with nation

-- 2019-01-03 18:18:29

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday said the December 30 election was 'a cruel mockery' with the nation. "It was mockery, a cruel mockery with the nation, and the nation has...

Khaleda declines to comment on national election

-- 2019-01-03 17:33:51

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Thursday declined to comment on the latest national election. "No comment," is what she said when reporters asked her about the December 30 polls after the Niko corrupt...

Decision on Jatiya Party’s role in JS Thursday

-- 2019-01-02 17:25:34

Jatiya Party co-chairman GM Quader on Wednesday said its parliamentary party on Thursday will decide its role in the 11th parliament. "Our newly-elected MPs will join Jatiya Party Parliamentary Party...

Minister Mosharraf urges elected BNP MPs to take oath

-- 2019-01-02 14:34:03

Housing and Public Works Minister Engineer Mosharraf Hossain on Wednesday urged the elected BNP MPs to accept people's verdict and take oath. "It will not be wise to reject the people's verdict. Thou...

AL infighting leaves 20 injured in Shariatpur

-- 2019-01-02 11:44:05

At least twenty people were injured in a clash between two factions of Awami League over dominance at Subochini Bazar in Shariatpur’s Sadar upazila on Tuesday evening. Quoting locals, police sa...

Re-election to B’baria centres on Jan 9

-- 2019-01-02 10:41:28

Polls to three polling stations in Brahmanbaria-2 constituency will be held on Jan 9, SM Asaduzzaman, the Election Commission (EC) Secretary, said. The EC suspended voting at the three centres—...

Ershad names GM Quader as his successor

-- 2019-01-02 09:54:46

Jatiya Party co-chairman GM Quader will be the chairman of the party in absence of his elder brother and party's current chairman HM Ershad. Ershad made the announcement in a statement issued late on...

BNP calls ‘Sheaf of Paddy’ candidates for urgent meeting

-- 2019-01-01 20:51:50

In the wake of its debacle in Sunday's polls, BNP has convened an emergency meeting of the candidates who contested the 11th national election with its symbol the 'Sheaf of Paddy'. The meeting will b...

UN welcomes opposition’s participation in polls

-- 2019-01-01 18:04:39

The United Nations has welcomed the participation of the opposition in elections for the first time in last ten years. “We called on all sides to exercise restraint and ensure a peaceful post e...

Chhatra Dal marks low-key 40th anniversary

-- 2019-01-01 17:33:54

The BNP’s student organisation, the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, has not organised any programme on the 40th anniversary of its formation. The party usually holds events to mark the occasion every...

Tofail says lax preparation behind BNP’s defeat

-- 2019-01-01 17:26:33

BNP suffered debacle in the national election because it lacked proper polls preparations, senior Awami League leader Tofail Ahmed said on Tuesday. During an interaction with journalists in the city,...

Jatiya Party unhappy over election results: Ranga

-- 2019-01-01 16:30:54

Jatiya Party secretary general Moshiur Rahman Ranga has said they are not happy with results of their party in the 11th parliamentary election. "We're not happy with the election results as Jatiya Pa...

Election violence leaves one more dead at DMCH

-- 2019-01-01 11:45:59

A young man who sustained bullet injury in firing on the eve of the voting in the national election in Barura upazila of Cumilla on Sunday died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) in the capital...

Jatiya Party decision on opposition after talks with alliance

-- 2018-12-31 20:00:09

The Jatiya Party will decide whether it will sit in the opposition bench in parliament after discussion with its allies in the Awami League-led Grand Alliance, its secretary general says. “We a...

AL factional clash in Savar leaves 10 injured

-- 2018-12-31 18:02:45

Ten activists of Awami League (AL) were injured in a clash between two factions of the party at Samair village in Savar on Monday. Locals said Sajib, a local AL activist, had an altercation with some...

BNP, alliances to hold meetings to finalise next steps

-- 2018-12-31 17:31:19

Jatiya Oikyafront, BNP and 20-party alliance are going to hold separate meetings to discuss their next course of action In the wake of a massive debacle in the 11th parliamentary elections. The top l...