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BNP observes Zia’s 82nd birth anniversary

-- 2018-01-19 02:08:38

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has paid tribute to party founder, the late Ziaur Rahman, on his 82nd birthday. The BNP chief visited Rahman’s grave at Dhaka’s Sher-e-Bangla Nagar alongside s...

AL is positive of winning DNCC by-polls: Obaidul

-- 2018-01-18 12:00:00

Road Transport and Bridges Minister and Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Thursday said that ruling Awami League had a 100 per cent chance of winning the Dhaka North City Corporation (D...

Ivy, Shamim blame each other for clashes

-- 2018-01-18 11:40:43

Top Narayanganj Awami League leaders - Mayor Selina Hayat Ivy and MP AKM Shamim Osman - have blamed each other over Tuesday’s clashes between their supporters over the eviction of hawkers from t...

New Rangpur city mayor takes oath

-- 2018-01-18 02:28:39

Newly elected Mayor of Rangpur City Corporation Mostafizar Rahman has taken oath of office. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina administered the oath at her office on Thursday. LGRD and Cooperatives Minist...

Stay on DNCC by-polls ‘utter failure’ of EC: Fakhrul

FE Online Desk 2018-01-17 12:00:00

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said that the High Court’s stay order on the by-polls of Dhaka North City Corporation reflects “utter failure” of the Election Commi...

Central AL summons Shamim, Ivy

-- 2018-01-17 06:15:47

The central committee of ruling Awami League has summoned lawmaker Shamim Osman and Mayor Selina Hayat Ivy over Tuesday's clash in Narayanganj. A central leader of Awami League confirmed the matter b...

BNP chooses Tabith for Dhaka North mayoral run

-- 2018-01-16 12:24:19

BNP-led coalition has once again chose Md Tabith Awal to vie for the mayoral position in the scheduled by-election to Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC). Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgi...

AL’s DNCC candidate to get 14-party support

-- 2018-01-16 12:15:35

Ruling party Awami League (AL) said that the 14-party alliance would extend its support to its mayoral candidate in the by-election to Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC). AL Presidium Member and Min...

Khaleda seeks acquittal in graft case

FE Online Desk 2018-01-16 12:00:00

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Tuesday placed her closing arguments in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case and sought acquittal claiming her involvement was not proved. A senior lawyer who placed the clos...

Quader asks Ctg AL leaders to settle disputes soon

-- 2018-01-14 09:16:58

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has asked Chittagong city leaders of his party and student wing to settle disputes soon. "Our leader (Sheikh Hasina) has told me that she doesn't want to...

Five collect BNP ticket for DNCC by-polls

-- 2018-01-14 06:37:47

Five aspirants collected BNP’s nomination forms on Sunday for Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) mayoral by-polls. The five are the party’s central leaders Tabith Awal and Asaduzzaman Ri...

AL starts selling DNCC by-polls nomination forms

FE Online Desk 2018-01-13 12:00:00

Awami League has started selling nomination papers for the mayoral by-polls to Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) from Saturday. Rasel Asheki and Adom Tamiji Huq collected the nomination papers from...

AL rules out BNP's demand for dialogue

-- 2018-01-13 11:31:09

Ruling party Awami League (AL) has virtually ruled out arch-rival BNP's demand for holding dialogue ahead of the next Jatiya Sangsad polls. AL General Secretary Obaidul Quader said, "The next general...

PM's speech will deepen country's political impasse: BNP

-- 2018-01-13 01:33:28

Giving his party's instant reaction to the PM’s speech on Friday,BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said the Prime Minister's stance on the election-time government will only deep...

'Awami League is beneficiary of 1/11 changeover'

-- 2018-01-12 12:00:00

BNP Vice Chairman Abdullah Al Noman has described ruling Awami League as the beneficiary of the 1/11 political changeover. He also alleged that the party is now trying to restore one-party rule by es...

ACC failed to prove graft allegation: Khaleda’s lawyer

-- 2018-01-11 12:00:00

BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia's lawyer on Thursday said that Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has failed to prove any allegation of graft against his client. Khaleda's lawyer Zamir Uddin Sarkar said th...

Fakhrul sees patriotism behind Khaleda's comments about Padma Bridge

-- 2018-01-11 08:39:05

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir sees patriotism behind recent comments of party's Chairperson Khaleda Zia about construction of Padma Bridge. "Khaleda made the comments based on med...

Transfer of Khaleda’s cases is vicious step: BNP

-- 2018-01-10 12:00:00

BNP on Wednesday said the transfer of 14 cases filed against its Chairperson Khaleda Zia to a Bakshibazar special court is a brutal government step. "The transfer of 14 false cases filed against our...

Khaleda seeks penalty for prosecution witnesses

-- 2018-01-10 07:08:07

BNP chief Khaleda Zia’s lawyers pleaded to court to punish prosecution witnesses in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case, accusing them of forging documents and perjury. The defence continued its...

Introduce provincial government system: Ershad

-- 2018-01-08 11:27:41

Jatiya Party (JP) Chairman Hussein Muhammad Ershad Monday called upon the government for introducing provincial system of government to ensure welfare of the common people. "Without provincial govern...

A hiding Jamaat leader behind disappearances: Quader

FE Online Desk 2018-01-07 04:49:28

A BNP-Jamaat leader who had gone into hiding in Sweden after the January 5 general elections, is behind the cases of disappearances in Bangladesh, Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has sai...

Huda fails to secure court permission for appeal

-- 2018-01-07 01:56:17

Former minister Nazmul Huda has failed to secure permission from the Appellate Division to challenge a verdict that jailed him for four years on bribery charges. Huda tried to open an appeal without...

Hasina says January 5 election was not voterless

-- 2018-01-06 12:00:00

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that the January 5 election of 2014 was not a voterless one like the ones held during Ershad and Khaleda Zia's regimes. "In any form, the January 5 election was...

10 BCL men sustain injuries as bus catches fire in city

-- 2018-01-06 04:58:57

At least 10 activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League were injured when a bus, hired by them from Uttara west intending to join BCL’s rally, caught fire near Farmgate area of Dhaka on Saturday morn...

Obaidul Quader asks BCL to hold council in March

-- 2018-01-06 04:48:41

Awami League General Secretary Oabidul Quader has asked Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leaders to hold its next council within March this year. "I have discussed with our leader Prime Minister Sheik...

BNP won't join polls under incumbent govt: Moudud

-- 2018-01-05 12:00:00

BNP standing committee member Barrister Moudud Ahmed on Friday said BNP must not take part in the upcoming election  under the incumbent government. Moudud made the remarks while addressing a dis...

BNP to stage demo across Dhaka city Saturday

-- 2018-01-05 12:00:00

BNP will stage demonstrations in all wards of Dhaka city on Saturday protesting denial of permission to it for holding rally at Suhrawardy Udyan marking what it calls “Democracy Killing Day&rdqu...

AL’s ex-local leader Torab Ali dies

-- 2018-01-05 12:00:00

Former local Awami League leader Torab Ali, who was acquitted in the Peelkhana massacre trial, has died. He was among the 12 people acquitted from the charges by the High Court last year. Ali, who h...

Govt trying to push politics towards conflict: BNP

-- 2018-01-04 12:00:00

BNP alleged the government is trying to push politics towards confrontation by buying time in giving permission to their party to hold its scheduled rally in the city on Friday. “Awami League le...

BNP favours avoiding conflict, may not mark ‘Democracy Killing Day’

-- 2018-01-04 08:57:06

BNP is unlikely to arrange any programme in the capital on Friday to mark what the party calls 'Democracy Killing Day' to avoid confrontations.  Earlier, the party was denied permission to hold...