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Khaleda gets bail in graft cases

Khaleda gets bail in graft cases

-- 2017-12-05 12:00:00

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has got bail after surrendering to court over the Zia Orphanage Trust and Zia Welfare Trust graft cases. The BNP chief has also been allowed to continue her defence statem...

Police arrest BNP leader Aminul, 14 others

Police arrest BNP leader Aminul, 14 others

-- 2017-12-05 12:00:00

Police arrested BNP's Sports Affairs Secretary, former national footballer, Aminul Islam and 14 others after a clash at Secretariat area on Tuesday afternoon. BNP leaders and activists engaged in a c...

'AL to nominate efficient DNCC mayor candidate'

'AL to nominate efficient DNCC mayor candidate'

-- 2017-12-05 07:15:34

Ruling Awami League will nominate a suitable and efficient candidate in upcoming by-election to the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) mayoral post. AL General Secretary Obaidul Quader came up with...

Law enforcers should raid in Rohingya camps regularly: Inu

Law enforcers should raid in Rohingya camps regularly: Inu

-- 2017-12-05 04:00:31

Information Minister Hasanul Haque Inu on Tuesday said the law enforcers should l conduct  raid in Rohingya camps of Cox's Bazar regularly   to solve the country's internal drug addicti...

EC distributes mayoral symbols for Rangpur polls

EC distributes mayoral symbols for Rangpur polls

-- 2017-12-04 12:00:00

Seven candidates, three from the major political parties, will vie for mayoral post in Rangpur City Corporation polls to take place in December 1. The three political affiliated candidates are Awami...

Govt devising ‘law’ for own benefit: BNP

Govt devising ‘law’ for own benefit: BNP

-- 2017-12-04 09:44:00

Bangladesh is now being run by whatever the ruling party formulates as law for their personal gain, regardless of what the actual law is, said BNP’s Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury. "Now, there's...

Tarique is working for people: Khaleda

Tarique is working for people: Khaleda

-- 2017-12-03 12:30:40

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has said Tarique Rahman is working to give something useful to the country, not to get anything.She came up with the remarks while speaking at a programme to uncover three...

DB nabs Comilla city Juba Dal president

DB nabs Comilla city Juba Dal president

-- 2017-12-03 11:11:14

Two people, including the president of Comilla city unit Juba Dal and a leader of city unit Chhatra Dal were arrested in Comilla on charges of planning to commit acts of sabotage. AKM Manjur Alam, Of...

BNP silent about Khaleda's offshore assets: Hasan

BNP silent about Khaleda's offshore assets: Hasan

-- 2017-12-03 08:14:00

Awami League central leader Dr Hasan Mahmud has claimed that BNP leaders remain tight-lipped about Zia family's offshore properties in Saudi Arabia. Criticising BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Is...

BNP bigwigs pay last respect to Annisul

BNP bigwigs pay last respect to Annisul

-- 2017-12-02 12:00:00

Senior leaders of BNP paid last respect to Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Annisul Huq, who passed away at a London hospital on Thursday, by placing wreaths at his coffin. A BNP delegation,...

Annisul's dream won’t go in vein: Quader

Annisul's dream won’t go in vein: Quader

-- 2017-12-02 12:00:00

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Saturday said that they would not let the dream of late Mayor Annisul Huq go in vein. "Annisul Huq dreamt of t...

Dissolving parliament a must before polls: Moudud

Dissolving parliament a must before polls: Moudud

-- 2017-12-02 08:15:30

Senior BNP leader Moudud Ahmed has said that the current parliament must be dissolved no matter whether the next general election is held before or after the tenure of the current government. "It's n...

BNP doing bad politics on Rohingya issue: Inu

BNP doing bad politics on Rohingya issue: Inu

-- 2017-12-02 02:57:19

President of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JASAD) and Information Minister Hasanul Haque Inu on Saturday said BNP is doing bad politics on Rohingya issue. BNP’s bad politics would be harmful for the...

Arrest warrant against Khaleda for graft cases

Arrest warrant against Khaleda for graft cases

-- 2017-11-30 12:00:00

A Dhaka court has issued arrest warrant against BNP cheif Khaleda Zia as she failed to appear before it by Thursday afternoon in two graft cases. Dhaka Special Court-5 Judge Md Akhtaruzzaman passed t...

Cops detain 12 BNP men at Benapole

Cops detain 12 BNP men at Benapole

-- 2017-11-30 04:21:13

Police detained twelve leaders and activists of BNP allegedly for plotting sabotage early Thursday. The detainees include Benapole Municipality BNP president Nazim Uddin, Jessore Chhatra Dal finance...

BNP supports hartal for power price hike

BNP supports hartal for power price hike

-- 2017-11-29 04:05:21

BNP has supported Thursday’s general strike called by the left parties protesting the latest power price hike. “We consider this hartal to be rational for the sake of the people. The BNP...

Unearth main motive behind BDR mutiny: BNP

Unearth main motive behind BDR mutiny: BNP

-- 2017-11-28 10:07:33

BNP on Tuesday demanded a fair and neutral investigation into the BDR mutiny in 2009 to unearth the main motive behind the brutal incident. "I don't want to make any comment about the verdict, but I...

Quader urges partymen to get united ahead of elections

Quader urges partymen to get united ahead of elections

-- 2017-11-28 04:00:38

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Tuesday urged the party leaders and activists to get united ahead of the election and solve internal problems. The main focus of Awami League wil...

Torab gets acquitted in BDR case

Torab gets acquitted in BDR case

-- 2017-11-27 12:00:00

Awami League leader of Dhaka city Torab Ali is among the persons who were acquitted by the High Court in BDR mutiny case. Most of the convicts were jawans or non-commissioned officers of the erstwhil...

BNP presses partymen for door to door visit

BNP presses partymen for door to door visit

-- 2017-11-27 10:30:55

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has asked his party leaders and activists to go to door to door to mobilise people's support. He also asked his party colleagues to get united, organ...

AL-backed panel sweeps Khulna Bar polls

AL-backed panel sweeps Khulna Bar polls

-- 2017-11-27 03:03:15

AL-backed Sommilito Ainjibi Somonnoy Parishad has won the annual election to the executive committee of Khulna District Bar Association, bagging eight out of 14 posts, including that of president. BN...

BNP says govt ‘sold’ itself to Myanmar

BNP says govt ‘sold’ itself to Myanmar

-- 2017-11-26 09:49:48

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has alleged that the government has 'sold itself' to Myanmar through signing the Rohingya repatriation instrument with the neighbouring country. "Und...

RCC polls govt, EC’s acid test: BNP  

RCC polls govt, EC’s acid test: BNP  

-- 2017-11-26 06:22:31

BNP senior leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Sunday said the upcoming Rangpur and other city corporations’ election will be decisive in testing validity for both the government and the Elect...

AL to win in next election : Quader

AL to win in next election : Quader

-- 2017-11-25 12:00:00

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader said that his party would win in the next general election because of its sincerity and capability. Quader told the reporters while visiting Dhaka-Tangai...

'Govt used public servants for political purposes'

'Govt used public servants for political purposes'

-- 2017-11-25 12:00:00

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Saturday alleged that the government is using the public servants for political purposes. The BNP leader made the allegation while addressing a...

BNP sceptical about proper implementation of repatriation deal

BNP sceptical about proper implementation of repatriation deal

-- 2017-11-25 10:28:42

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday voiced concern whether the Rohingya repatriation instrument signed with Myanmar will be implemented effectively or not, reports UNB. Talki...

Govt failed to implement election pledges: B Chy

Govt failed to implement election pledges: B Chy

-- 2017-11-25 02:39:27

President of Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury on Friday said the government has failed to deliver on all fronts and implement its election pledges. He said while speaking at a...

‘People will vote AL for PM’s honesty’

‘People will vote AL for PM’s honesty’

-- 2017-11-24 09:04:36

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Friday said Awami League will win in the next general election due to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's honesty and proficiency in politics, which is...

BNP to face critical juncture if boycotts poll: Tofail

BNP to face critical juncture if boycotts poll: Tofail

-- 2017-11-24 04:27:20

BNP has no alternative way other than joining the next general elections under the present government, said Awami League Advisory Council Member and Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed. BNP will face th...

Miscreants kill female AL leader in Brahmanbaria

Miscreants kill female AL leader in Brahmanbaria

-- 2017-11-23 12:00:00

Unidentified miscreants killed a female Awami League leader in Nabinagar upazila of Brahmanbaria on Wednesday night, Officer-in-Charge of Nabinagar police station confirmed it to FE Online. The decea...