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Badruddoza urges PM to meet teachers’ demand  

Badruddoza urges PM to meet teachers’ demand  

-- 2017-12-25 10:59:46

Chairman of the newly formed political alliance, Juktafront, AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury on Monday urged Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to meet the demand of primary school teachers. He also urged the gov...

DNCC mayoral polls: AL, BNP nominees almost decided

DNCC mayoral polls: AL, BNP nominees almost decided

-- 2017-12-25 10:51:31

Atiqul Islam has started campaign to contest the forthcoming by-polls to the mayoral post of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) as an Awami League candidate. The former president of Bangladesh Garm...

AL will accept whatever people decides: Nasim

AL will accept whatever people decides: Nasim

-- 2017-12-25 07:33:26

Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim on Monday said Awami League will gladly accept people's verdict in the next general election. He came up with the remarks while addressing a programm...

Minister’s remarks expose irregularities from within: BNP

Minister’s remarks expose irregularities from within: BNP

-- 2017-12-25 06:49:20

BNP on Monday hit out at Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid for his remark that not only officials, but also the ministers are 'thieves'. The party said the minister’s comments has exposed th...

Khaleda wants neutral govt for polls

Khaleda wants neutral govt for polls

-- 2017-12-24 12:00:00

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia said her party wants to participate in the general next election under a non-party neutral government. "We want multiparty democracy to be restored in the country and the...

Expat BNP leader scheming enforced disappearances: Quader

Expat BNP leader scheming enforced disappearances: Quader

-- 2017-12-24 12:00:00

A BNP leader living in Sweden is responsible for the recent incidents of enforced disappearances and murders, claimed Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader. The minister also said that...

BNP have to accept election results: Nasim

BNP have to accept election results: Nasim

-- 2017-12-24 06:25:03

Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim on Sunday said BNP will have to accept results of the next national election. "BNP tried to resist the January 5 election which was held in 2014, but...

Promotion of 193 deputy secys ‘obscure’: BNP

Promotion of 193 deputy secys ‘obscure’: BNP

-- 2017-12-23 12:00:00

BNP on Saturday has said the recent promotion of 193 deputy secretaries and its equivalent officials to joint secretaries is confusing. BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said this...

People want change in power: Ershad

People want change in power: Ershad

-- 2017-12-23 07:24:13

Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad has said the Rangpur city polls result showed that people want a change in power. "The Rangpur election has demonstrated that people, and the time has come for the cha...

Kalyan Party's Aminur on 4-day remand

Kalyan Party's Aminur on 4-day remand

-- 2017-12-23 06:53:11

A Dhaka court has granted a four-day remand to interrogate Bangladesh Kalyan Party secretary general MM Aminur Rahman in a violence case. Aminur went missing from Nayapaltan area of Dhaka on August 2...

Muhith hopeful to prove allegations of Khaleda's foreign assets

Muhith hopeful to prove allegations of Khaleda's foreign assets

-- 2017-12-23 05:29:28

Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith has said that there must be sufficient information behind the allegations about foreign assets of Khaleda Zia's family. "It can be proved that Khaleda Zia's fa...

Quader speaks against BCL school committee

Quader speaks against BCL school committee

FE Online Desk 2017-12-23 04:33:40

Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader has said that there is no need to form the school committee of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL). He said this while speaking at a function of the BCL held...

Rangpur polls is victory of democracy: Hanif

Rangpur polls is victory of democracy: Hanif

-- 2017-12-22 12:00:00

Awami League Joint General Secretary Mahbub-ul Alam Hanif said the Rangpur City Corporation election is a victory of democracy in spite of failure of Awami League. Hanif said this while inaugurating...

Fakhrul, Rizvi differ over Rangpur city election

Fakhrul, Rizvi differ over Rangpur city election

-- 2017-12-22 08:21:21

Two top BNP leaders have made different remarks about the Rangpur City Corporation mayoral election. BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says the police had barred their candidate from...

Rangpur polls not to affect parliament election: Muhith

Rangpur polls not to affect parliament election: Muhith

-- 2017-12-22 06:01:23

The result of Rangpur City Corporation mayoral election will not have any effect on the next parliamentary polls, Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith has said. “City corporation election is...

Rangpur election more or less acceptable: Fakhrul

Rangpur election more or less acceptable: Fakhrul

-- 2017-12-22 04:47:13

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said that Rangpur City Corporation election was more or less acceptable but it was not a major election. "The Rangpur election was not a major on...

Rangpur polls a message for BNP: Quader

Rangpur polls a message for BNP: Quader

FE Online Report 2017-12-21 12:00:00

Awami League General Secretary and Road and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said the Rangpur City Corporation (RpCC) polls is a message for Bangladesh National Party (BNP). Quader said it at a press...

BNP blames EC for ‘not fair’ Rangpur polls

BNP blames EC for ‘not fair’ Rangpur polls

-- 2017-12-21 08:24:34

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has alleged that the Rangpur City Corporation election was not fair, neutral and peaceful due to the 'subservient' Election Commission's failure. It also said t...

AL says legal notice to invite legal action against BNP chief

AL says legal notice to invite legal action against BNP chief

-- 2017-12-20 12:00:00

Ruling party Awami League has threatened to go for legal action if the legal notice sent by BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia to prime minister Sheikh Hasina is not withdrawn. The ruling party's presidium...

Rangpur city goes to its second polls Thursday

Rangpur city goes to its second polls Thursday

FE Online Desk 2017-12-19 12:00:00

Rangpur City Corporation is set to go to its second election on Thursday amid four-tier security measure and festivity. The voting will begin at 8am and continue till 4pm with any break at 193 pollin...

Ctg BNP vice-president Mohammad Ali dies

Ctg BNP vice-president Mohammad Ali dies

-- 2017-12-18 12:00:00

Chittagong city BNP vice-president Mohammad Ali passed away at a port city hospital on Sunday night. He was 49. Ali breathed his last at National Hospital in Mehedibagh area of the city around 8:00pm...

Fakhrul accuses Ershad of influencing RpCC polls

Fakhrul accuses Ershad of influencing RpCC polls

-- 2017-12-18 10:51:40

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday accused Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad of influencing the Rangpur City Corporation polls despite being the PM's adviser. "You've a chawal...

Only eligible person will get AL ticket: Quader

Only eligible person will get AL ticket: Quader

-- 2017-12-18 10:33:17

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader Monday said his party would like to nominate a person, who bears  the maximum acceptability of the people, in the forthcoming mayoral election t...

Ershad dismisses doubts regarding fair RpCC polls

Ershad dismisses doubts regarding fair RpCC polls

-- 2017-12-18 09:26:42

Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad on Monday dismissed any doubt of having a fair and neutral Rangpur City Corporation polls on December 21. He also said there is no need to deploy army in the election...

Next general polls in December 2018

Next general polls in December 2018

-- 2017-12-17 12:00:00

Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader said that the next general polls would be held in December 2018. The people of the country wil reject anti-liberation forces in the next general ele...

Rangpur electioneering ends Tuesday midnight, BNP blames AL for obstruction

Rangpur electioneering ends Tuesday midnight, BNP blames AL for obstruction

-- 2017-12-17 12:00:00

The BNP has alleged that their party mayoral candidate in Rangpur City Corporation polls is being obstructed by the ruling party men from carrying out electioneering. Party vice-chairman Iqbal Hasan...

Quader accuses BNP of ‘complaining too much’

Quader accuses BNP of ‘complaining too much’

-- 2017-12-17 11:17:07

Road Transport & Bridges Minister and Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader has said that bringing various allegations over any election is BNP's old habit. According to him, "BNP used to...

BNP vows to accept any poll result under neutral govt

BNP vows to accept any poll result under neutral govt

-- 2017-12-16 12:00:00

The ruling Awami League’s main challenger BNP said on Saturday the party would accept the verdict of the people in a general election, if held under a neutral government. Bangladesh Nationalist...

Rangpur city polls: EC warns junior minister

Rangpur city polls: EC warns junior minister

-- 2017-12-16 12:00:00

The Election Commission (EC) has cautioned a junior minister over violation of code of conduct as campaigning continues ahead of the Rangpur City Corporation poll. The EC served State Minister for Ru...

BNP announces ‘V-Day Rally’ on Sunday

BNP announces ‘V-Day Rally’ on Sunday

-- 2017-12-16 10:00:59

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) is scheduled to bring out a 'V-Day Rally' in the capital city on Sunday in celebration of the 47th Victory Day. BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir R...