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People will reject anti-liberation forces: Obaidul Quader

People will reject anti-liberation forces: Obaidul Quader

-- 2017-12-16 06:00:43

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said the people of the country will reject anti-liberation forces in next general election. Quader urged leaders and activists of the party to take p...

BNP’s countrywide demo on Dec 18

BNP’s countrywide demo on Dec 18

-- 2017-12-15 12:00:00

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) across the country will stage demonstration on Dec 18 protesting what the party said pressing false criminal charges against its workers and leaders. The government...

Mohiuddin Chowdhury laid to rest

Mohiuddin Chowdhury laid to rest

-- 2017-12-15 12:00:00

Former Chittagong city mayor ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury was buried with full state honours beside his father's grave at Chasma Hill family graveyard in the city on Friday. His namaz-e-janaza was held af...

Thousands pay last tributes to Mohiuddin Chowdhury

Thousands pay last tributes to Mohiuddin Chowdhury

-- 2017-12-15 07:04:26

Thousands of people joined the Namaz-e-Janaza of former Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) Mayor ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury on Friday afternoon. The Namaz-e-Janaza was held at Laldighi Maidan in the city...

Rangpur city polls: Councillor candidate injured in attack

Rangpur city polls: Councillor candidate injured in attack

-- 2017-12-15 06:42:59

A councillor candidate of Rangpur City Corporation (RCC) was injured in an attack by his rivals in the city area on Thursday night. The injured was Moniruzzaman Masud, a councillor candidate from war...

BCL internal strife at Comilla Univ leaves 10 injured

BCL internal strife at Comilla Univ leaves 10 injured

-- 2017-12-15 01:00:12

At least 10 activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) of Comilla University unit were injured in fractional clash over Victory Day cricket tournament on the campus on Thursday afternoon. Rezaul I...

Khaleda pays homage to martyred intellectuals

Khaleda pays homage to martyred intellectuals

-- 2017-12-14 12:00:00

BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Wednesday paid tributes to martyred intellectuals by placing a wreath at the Martyred Intellectuals Memorial at Mirpur in the city, marking the Martyred Intellectuals&rs...

Govt to oppose any attack on minority: Quader

Govt to oppose any attack on minority: Quader

-- 2017-12-14 12:00:00

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said the present government is determined to resist any attack on the minority community. The incumbent government under the dynamic leadership of Pr...

AL destroying spirit of liberation: BNP

AL destroying spirit of liberation: BNP

-- 2017-12-14 10:19:23

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday accused the Awami League (AL) of destroying the spirit of the Liberation War whenever they come to power by enfeebling freedom of expressi...

Quader eyes bringing back fugitive war criminals

Quader eyes bringing back fugitive war criminals

-- 2017-12-14 07:52:16

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Thursday expressed hope of bringing back war criminals from abroad who were awarded death sentence. "I hope that the present government would bring b...

Land Minister’s son expelled from Jubo League

Land Minister’s son expelled from Jubo League

-- 2017-12-14 07:33:31

Land Minister Shamsur Rahman Sherif’s son Shirhan Sherif Tomal has been expelled from Jubo League. Action against Tomal, who is also the Ishwardi upazila Jubo League president, was taken follow...

Govt out to suppress alternative views by regulating judiciary: BNP

Govt out to suppress alternative views by regulating judiciary: BNP

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

The government will now try to suppress alternative views and paths by regulating the judiciary, alleged BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir. "We've struggled for a long time for the in...

BNP to join next polls for existence: Quader

BNP to join next polls for existence: Quader

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

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said the BNP has to participate in next general election for the sake of their existence. The Road Transport and Bridges Minister made the remarks wh...

Judges' disciplinary rules unconstitutional: Moudud

Judges' disciplinary rules unconstitutional: Moudud

-- 2017-12-12 10:08:53

Former law minister and BNP standing committee member Barrister Moudud Ahmed has termed the disciplinary rules for lower court judges 'unconstitutional'. According to him, the disciplinary rules is q...

BNP forms steering committee to monitor Rangpur polls

BNP forms steering committee to monitor Rangpur polls

-- 2017-12-11 09:32:44

Vice-Chairman of BNP Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku has been made chief of his party’s central election steering committee formed to monitor Rangpur City Corporation polls. The Election Commission has...

Price hike: BNP's countrywide demo Wednesday

Price hike: BNP's countrywide demo Wednesday

-- 2017-12-11 02:34:57

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) will stage rallies and processions across the country, including all thanas in the capital, on Wednesday in protest against the growing price hike of rice, pulse, on...

Khaleda raises concern over Trump’s decision on Jerusalem

Khaleda raises concern over Trump’s decision on Jerusalem

-- 2017-12-10 12:00:00

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Sunday expressed deep concern over US President Donald Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital. Khaleda said that it would seriously affect peace an...

Party bigger to me than relatives: Ershad

Party bigger to me than relatives: Ershad

-- 2017-12-10 08:37:03

Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad has said his party is bigger to him than his brothers and other relatives. The former president made the remarks on Sunday referring to recent decision to expel his ne...

Khaleda’s meeting with BNP policymakers Sunday night

Khaleda’s meeting with BNP policymakers Sunday night

-- 2017-12-09 12:24:45

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is going to sit in a meeting with the party's senior leaders on Sunday night to discuss the country's latest political situation. The meeting will be held at the BNP chief...

Govt starts bad politics to spread confusion: BNP

Govt starts bad politics to spread confusion: BNP

-- 2017-12-09 12:00:00

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said the government has initiated bad politics to spread confusion among people ahead of the next general election. "What do you (govt) want to g...

Zia family's corruption already proved: Obaidul Quader

Zia family's corruption already proved: Obaidul Quader

-- 2017-12-09 09:21:57

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has claimed that corruption allegations against Zia family were already proved and there is no need to prove it again. "The corruption of Zia family were...

'People must choose AL for development'

'People must choose AL for development'

-- 2017-12-09 06:07:41

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has said for the sake of the advancement people must choose Awami League. "There is no alternative to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for country's development...,"...

PM’s comments on Khaleda totally false, fabricated: BNP

PM’s comments on Khaleda totally false, fabricated: BNP

-- 2017-12-08 12:00:00

BNP accused the Prime Minister of giving ‘false and defamatory’ information about its chief Khaleda Zia and her family members’ assets in Saudi Arabia. “The PM’s comment...

Don’t cast vote for BNP: Mosharraf

Don’t cast vote for BNP: Mosharraf

-- 2017-12-08 05:12:02

LGRD and Cooperatives Minister Engineer Khandker Mosharraf Hossain urged the people not to cast their vote for BNP in next polls. “The party chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia became champion for fi...

Pro-Liberation force should  remain in power: Maya

Pro-Liberation force should remain in power: Maya

-- 2017-12-07 12:00:00

An Awami League (AL) senior leader said on Wednesday the pro-liberation force should remain in power to uphold the Liberation War spirit, reports BSS. "The pro-liberation force should remain in power...

BNP sees no level-playing field in Rangpur polls

BNP sees no level-playing field in Rangpur polls

Agencies 2017-12-07 12:00:00

The Election Commission is giving the ruling party mayoral candidate an edge over others in Rangpur city corporation election, the BNP has said.   That means the polls fall short of a level play...

I never misused power as PM, says Khaleda

I never misused power as PM, says Khaleda

-- 2017-12-06 12:57:39

Pleading innocent in two graft cases, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Tuesday told a court that she had never misused the power as the Prime Minister during her tenure, reports UNB. "The false and f...

Quader rules out possibility of snap poll

Quader rules out possibility of snap poll

-- 2017-12-06 12:00:00

Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Wednesday said the next parliamentary election will be held in the scheduled time. He also ruled out the possibility of snap poll. Quader came up wit...

Ershad regime wasn't even so bad: Fakhrul

Ershad regime wasn't even so bad: Fakhrul

-- 2017-12-06 10:26:49

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said, considering the current government, 'autocrat Ershad' was not even so bad. The BNP leader also alleged that the 'repression and cruelty' of...

HC asks ex-home Minister Altaf to surrender

HC asks ex-home Minister Altaf to surrender

-- 2017-12-06 03:23:49

The High Court (HC) on Wednesaday directed former BNP home minister Altaf Hossain Choudhury to surrender before the trial court in Barapukuria coal mine corruption case. The HC bench of Justice M Ena...