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LDA announces two-day programme demanding ‘fair’ polls

LDA announces two-day programme demanding ‘fair’ polls

-- 2018-10-14 18:06:35

Left Democratic Alliance (LDA) on Sunday announced a two-day programme to press for holding the next polls under a non-party neutral administration. As part of the programmes, the LDA will hold a 'ma...

BNP raps govt for filing ‘fictitious’ cases against its leaders

BNP raps govt for filing ‘fictitious’ cases against its leaders

-- 2018-10-14 17:15:09

BNP on Sunday presented a list of its dead, sick, and hajj-performing leaders reportedly implicated in various 'fictitious' cases filed over the last one and a half months. BNP senior joint secretary...

JP to hold grand rally in city on Oct 20

JP to hold grand rally in city on Oct 20

-- 2018-10-14 16:50:21

Jatiya Party (JP) will hold a grand rally at the Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka city on October 20 ahead of the next general election. JP Chairman and former president Hussain Muhammad Ershad urged the pa...

Graft trial can continue in Khaleda's absence: HC

Graft trial can continue in Khaleda's absence: HC

-- 2018-10-14 13:32:12

The High Court (HC) has cleared the way to continue the trial proceedings of Zia Charitable Trust graft case against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia in her absence. A bench of Justice Obaidul Hasan and J...

B Chy wants broader alliance against domination of single party

B Chy wants broader alliance against domination of single party

-- 2018-10-13 20:30:04

Bikalpadhara chief Prof AQM Badruddozza Chowdhury has said he wants to see a broader alliance against the domination of a single party. The former president made the remarks while addressing a press...

BNP leader held in Sylhet

BNP leader held in Sylhet

-- 2018-10-13 19:19:42

Police arrested a local leader of Bangladesh National Party (BNP) in an explosive case from Natunbazar area at Biswanath upazila in in Sylhet on Saturday noon. The arrestee was identified as Abdul Ha...

Dr Kamal forms alliance with BNP

Dr Kamal forms alliance with BNP

-- 2018-10-13 18:49:54

Jatiya Oikya Prokriya chief Dr Kamal Hossain has formed a new anti-government alliance with the BNP, leaving out Jukto Front Convener AQM Badruddozza Chowdhury in growing signs of political rifts amon...

Dr Kamal, B Chy to hold separate press conferences

Dr Kamal, B Chy to hold separate press conferences

-- 2018-10-13 17:34:59

Just before the announcement of the framework of greater national unity, a rift has developed between Dr Kamal Hossain and Dr Badruddoza Chowdhury as they called for separate press conferences on Satu...

Quader terms BNP terrorist party

Quader terms BNP terrorist party

-- 2018-10-13 17:31:47

Awami League General Secretary and Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Saturday said it has been proved through the verdict of the August 21 grenade attack case that BNP is a terror...

BNP’s black-flag procession now on Oct 21

BNP’s black-flag procession now on Oct 21

-- 2018-10-13 16:37:05

BNP has rescheduled its Tuesday's countrywide black-flag procession for October 21 due to Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Hindu community. Besides, the party's women wing Jatiyataba...

Quader says verdict proves BNP a terrorist party

Quader says verdict proves BNP a terrorist party

-- 2018-10-12 18:46:46

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Friday said it has now been proved in the country's court after Canada that BNP is a terrorist party. "It's been proved in the courts of Canada and Ba...

No question of Tarique’s resignation following ‘vengeance’ verdict: BNP

No question of Tarique’s resignation following ‘vengeance’ verdict: BNP

-- 2018-10-12 18:32:10

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday said there is no question of Tarique Rahman's resignation from the party post following his conviction in the August 21 grenade attack cases...

People less concerned over BNP’s agitation: Anisul

People less concerned over BNP’s agitation: Anisul

-- 2018-10-12 17:07:39

Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq on Friday said people now don’t bother about the agitation of BNP and are less concerned. “People don’t bother about the a...

Fakhrul files GD over fake FB profiles

Fakhrul files GD over fake FB profiles

-- 2018-10-12 11:57:28

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has filed a general diary (GD) with Paltan Police Station seeking action against those opened fake Facebook accounts in his name. Yunus Ali, personal...

Police arrest 19 Jamaat men in Joypurhat

Police arrest 19 Jamaat men in Joypurhat

-- 2018-10-11 17:45:36

19 leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami were arrested while they were holding a secret meeting at Dhalahar village under Sadar upazila in Joypurhat on Thursday. Officer-in-charge of Joypurhat Sad...

PM donates Tk 200m more to journalists’ welfare trust

PM donates Tk 200m more to journalists’ welfare trust

-- 2018-10-11 17:30:27

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina donated Tk 200 million more to the fund of the Bangladesh Journalists’ Welfare Trust, which was constituted by the present government to provide financial support to...

‘State-sponsored verdicts’ in Aug-21 cases to ruin BNP: Rizvi

‘State-sponsored verdicts’ in Aug-21 cases to ruin BNP: Rizvi

-- 2018-10-11 16:37:18

BNP on Thursday alleged that 'state-sponsored' verdicts were announced in the August 21 grenade attack cases, aiming to destroy BNP in a planned way. "We came across various remarks and Awami League...

AL not fully satisfied with Aug 21 attack verdict: Quader

AL not fully satisfied with Aug 21 attack verdict: Quader

-- 2018-10-10 19:31:54

Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader has said their party is not fully satisfied with the verdict of the August 21 grenade attack cases as the mastermind of the incident and BNP leader Tariqu...

Grenade attack victims demand capital punishment for Tarique

Grenade attack victims demand capital punishment for Tarique

-- 2018-10-10 19:25:49

Victims of August 21 grenade attack expressed dissatisfaction with the verdict of the case and demanded death sentence to Tarique Rahman, the mastermind of the gruesome attack. Members of Bangladesh...

BNP rejects verdict in Aug 21 grenade attack cases

BNP rejects verdict in Aug 21 grenade attack cases

-- 2018-10-10 14:15:06

BNP has turned down the verdict in the August 21 grenade attack cases, saying it has been given at the 'behest of the government' with a political motive. "BNP thinks that the verdict is a politicall...

BNP wants to create anarchy: Quader

BNP wants to create anarchy: Quader

-- 2018-10-06 19:57:57

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has alleged that BNP wants to create anarchy across the country centring the forthcoming parliamentary polls. “A peaceful environment is prevailing...

BNP to file writ with HC against fictitious cases: Moudud

BNP to file writ with HC against fictitious cases: Moudud

-- 2018-10-06 16:48:23

BNP senior leader Moudud Ahmed on Saturday said they mulling to file a writ petition with the High Court against the fictitious cases filed against their leader and activists. "We are seriously consi...

2.5m BNP activists implicated in ‘false’ cases: Fakhrul

2.5m BNP activists implicated in ‘false’ cases: Fakhrul

-- 2018-10-06 14:25:58

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir alleged that the party's 25,70,547 leaders and activists have been implicated in 90,340 false cases over the last 10 years. Presenting the statistics...

'BNP to get befitting reply, if it creates anarchy'

'BNP to get befitting reply, if it creates anarchy'

-- 2018-10-05 21:30:22

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said the countrymen will give befitting reply to BNP, if they try to create anarchy centring the forthcoming parliamentary polls. “They (BNP) s...

AL factional clash in Narsingdi leaves two dead

AL factional clash in Narsingdi leaves two dead

-- 2018-10-04 19:51:11

Two people were killed and 11 others injured in clash between two factions of Awami League over establishing supremacy at Bogargot village in Sadar upazila on Thursday. The deceased were identified a...

People will elect JP as it has no stigma: Ershad

People will elect JP as it has no stigma: Ershad

-- 2018-10-04 19:27:57

Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad on Thursday said people will elect his party in the next election as it has no stigma.  By electing his party, they will get rid of Awami League and BNP, he added...

Govt playing double standard over quota issue: Rizvi

Govt playing double standard over quota issue: Rizvi

-- 2018-10-04 17:31:08

BNP on Thursday accused the government of playing double standard over the quota issue and voiced doubt about the implementation of the decision of abolishing quota for the first and second class publ...

JU suspends seven BCL men

JU suspends seven BCL men

-- 2018-10-02 19:36:14

The authorities of Jahangirnagar University (JU) on Tuesday suspended seven students, also activists of the JU unit Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), for beating up two journalists on the campus. JU a...

People want JP in power, claims Ershad

People want JP in power, claims Ershad

-- 2018-10-02 16:51:22

Jatiya Party (JP) Chairman HM Ershad on Tuesday said that the people of the country like to see JP in power as they are waiting to cast their vote in 'plough', his party's poll symbol, reports UNB....

BNP to lose existence if it boycotts polls: Muhith

BNP to lose existence if it boycotts polls: Muhith

-- 2018-10-02 12:56:16

Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith said BNP will lose its existence as a political party if it does not participate in the next general election. The minister came up with the remarks after atte...