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'Democratic' AL permits BNP's rally: Obaidul

'Democratic' AL permits BNP's rally: Obaidul

-- 2017-11-10 06:55:35

Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader said the BNP has got permission for holding rally as the Awami League led government is a democratic one. "We always want to give the party permission as...

Unfair election will create upheaval, disaster: BNP   

Unfair election will create upheaval, disaster: BNP   

-- 2017-11-10 06:40:57

BNP senior leader Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury said the country will face an enormous upheaval provided the result of the next election is tampered. "There's no alternative to returning the ownershi...

Top court rejects Khaleda’s leave to appeal

Top court rejects Khaleda’s leave to appeal

-- 2017-11-09 12:00:00

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday rejected the leave to appeal filed by BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia seeking fresh recording of deposition of the witnesses of Zia Orphanage Trust...

Defeated force out to destabilise country: Quamrul

Defeated force out to destabilise country: Quamrul

-- 2017-11-09 12:00:00

Food Minister Quamrul Islam on Thursday alleged that the defeated force of the Liberation War was still plotting to kill Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and destroy the country through spreading crimes a...

Khaleda reiterates she won’t be vindictive against Hasina

Khaleda reiterates she won’t be vindictive against Hasina

-- 2017-11-09 09:52:15

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has reiterated that she will not be vindictive against her political arch-rival Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. While giving her self-defence statement in the Zia Orphanage...

BNP may get permission for rally: Quader

BNP may get permission for rally: Quader

-- 2017-11-09 07:59:40

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said that BNP is likely to get permission for holding its rally at Suhrawardy Udyan on Sunday next (November 12). He came up with the remarks while a...

HC reduces Nazmul Huda's jail term

HC reduces Nazmul Huda's jail term

-- 2017-11-08 12:00:00

The High Court has reduced jail term of former minister of BNP led government Nazmul Huda in a bribery case. Nazmul Huda has to serve a four-year imprisonment from seven years term awarded by a trial...

BCL men vandalise CU VC office

BCL men vandalise CU VC office

-- 2017-11-07 07:24:08

A faction of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) has vandalised the academic building of Chittagong University and the vice-chancellor's office, demanding suspension of a university teacher.  The un...

SC rejects Khaleda's plea to change court

SC rejects Khaleda's plea to change court

-- 2017-11-06 12:00:00

Hearing of Zia Orphanage graft case will be held in the same court, says a top court order. A five-member bench led by acting Chief Justice M Wahab Miah passed the order on Monday. The order follo...

EC declares RCC polls schedule

EC declares RCC polls schedule

-- 2017-11-05 12:00:00

The Election Commission has announced the schedule for the Rangpur City Corporation election. Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda announced the key deadlines for the Dec 21 polls on Sunday. Ma...

‘EC’s test to begin with city polls’

‘EC’s test to begin with city polls’

-- 2017-11-05 11:25:28

Senior BNP leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Sunday said the test of the current Election Commission will begin with the upcoming elections to Rangpur and other city corporations. “The test...

AL will boycott credible balloting: BNP

AL will boycott credible balloting: BNP

-- 2017-11-05 07:15:21

BNP senior leader Gayeshwar Chandra Roy on Sunday said Awami League will boycott the next general election if there is a minimum scope of credible balloting. he also said Jamaat emerged in Bangladesh...

BNP plans 'big' rally at Suhrawardy Udyan Nov 8

BNP plans 'big' rally at Suhrawardy Udyan Nov 8

Agencies 2017-11-03 12:00:00

BNP has planned a ‘big’ rally at Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka city on November 8, marking the ‘National Revolution and Solidarity Day' that falls on November 7. The party already sough...

Awami League more alert than ever: Obaidul

Awami League more alert than ever: Obaidul

-- 2017-11-03 06:47:34

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said Awami League is now more alert than ever. "We are always ready to tackle any kinds of conspiracy," AL General Secretary added. "We have to kee...

False cases to make me ineligible: Khaleda

False cases to make me ineligible: Khaleda

-- 2017-11-02 12:00:00

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has said filing of 'false' graft cases is part of a conspiracy to make her ineligible for the next general election. She came up with the remarks today while placing her s...

Blaming others is AL’s old habit: Fakhrul

Blaming others is AL’s old habit: Fakhrul

-- 2017-11-02 12:00:00

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday criticised the government for filing two cases against their party men over Feni violence. "Filing cases against its opponents is their (...

Imran secures bail in defamation case

Imran secures bail in defamation case

-- 2017-11-01 12:00:00

Ganajagaran Mancha spokesperson Imran H Sarker has secured bail in a defamation case filed over his alleged derogatory remarks on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Met...

Fakhrul rules out aggressive programme for now

Fakhrul rules out aggressive programme for now

-- 2017-11-01 12:00:00

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said that his party does not want to announce any aggressive programme right now. "We hope good sense will prevail upon the government to come to...

AL to celebrate recognition of Bangabandhu speech

AL to celebrate recognition of Bangabandhu speech

-- 2017-11-01 10:07:02

The Awami League plans to celebrate the recognition of the historic 7th March speech of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as a world documentary heritage. The ruling party has finalised a seven-day p...

Traitors claim Zia announcer of independence: Tofail   

Traitors claim Zia announcer of independence: Tofail  

-- 2017-10-31 12:00:00

Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed on Tuesday called the Pakistan High Commission in Dhaka a traitor and said only traitors can make a claim that former president Ziaur Rahman as the announcer of independ...

Quader terms attack on Khaleda's motorcade ‘staged’

Quader terms attack on Khaleda's motorcade ‘staged’

-- 2017-10-30 12:07:58

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Sunday said BNP staged attack with its Chhatradal and Jubadal men on the motorcade of BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia. "They staged the drama by the...

Tofail dismisses BNP’s claim of ‘diplomatic failure’   

Tofail dismisses BNP’s claim of ‘diplomatic failure’  

-- 2017-10-30 12:00:00

Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed dismissed BNP’s claims that the government has failed to resolve the Rohingya issue diplomatically. "If the government had not gained diplomatic success in dealin...

Khaleda says govt knows attackers, AL disagrees

Khaleda says govt knows attackers, AL disagrees

-- 2017-10-30 12:00:00

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has alleged that the government knows about those responsible for attack on her motorcade in Feni. "I would like to say the government knows it very well who perpetra...

BNP-Jamaat aided Aug 21 genocide: prosecution

BNP-Jamaat aided Aug 21 genocide: prosecution

-- 2017-10-30 06:22:39

BNP-Jamaat alliance government had a hand in the August 21 genocide in 2004, said prosecutor on Monday. "The government and administration directly aided, conspired, planned and provided overall sup...

Khaleda’s C’Bazar-bound convoy reaches Ctg defying attack

Khaleda’s C’Bazar-bound convoy reaches Ctg defying attack

-- 2017-10-28 12:00:00

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson Khaleda Zia, on a four-day tour to visit the persecuted Rohingya people in Cox's Bazar, has reached Chittagong after facing attack near Feni town. The B...

Next election under present government: Tofail

Next election under present government: Tofail

-- 2017-10-28 07:23:53

Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed said the next general election will be held under the government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The Election Commission (EC) will get all cooperation to arrange a fre...

Fakhrul eyes PM’s special initiative for Rohingyas

Fakhrul eyes PM’s special initiative for Rohingyas

-- 2017-10-28 07:01:32

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday urged Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to take special initiative to resolve the Rohingya crisis. “We have long been saying that the PM...

AL men brawl at flyover inauguration

AL men brawl at flyover inauguration

-- 2017-10-27 08:40:42

Some leaders and activists of the ruling Awami League engaged in a scuffle over seats on stage at the inaugural ceremony of Moghbazar-Mouchak flyover, reports bdnews24.com Dhaka South Mayor Sayeed Kh...

Khaleda's speech to create confusion: Obaidul Quader

Khaleda's speech to create confusion: Obaidul Quader

-- 2017-10-27 08:05:44

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader alleged that BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia told lies about Awami League and Sheikh Hasina before the court. "Her speeches will create confusion in the coun...

Khaleda to visit Rohingyas Sunday

Khaleda to visit Rohingyas Sunday

Agencies 2017-10-27 01:18:02

  BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is going to visit the Rohingyas who have taken shelter in Cox’s Bazar in the face of persecution in their own country, Myanmar. She is scheduled to start her...