
Sajjad Hossain
Sajjad Hossain is a staff reporter at The Daily Star. He can be reached at [email protected]
Sajjad Hossain is a staff reporter at The Daily Star. He can be reached at [email protected]
Over the past 11 months, 349 incidents of political violence took place across the country, BNP and its affiliated organisations were linked to 323 of these
First, they beat him. Then they smashed his head and body with bricks and stones
Today, the real fight is not just in speeches or rallies, but in what people see and believe on social media platforms
Imagine if the next global fashion sensation did not emerge from Paris or Milan but quietly bloomed in a lotus pond in the wetlands of Bangladesh.
Party leaders said the decision was made to improve the BNP's image ahead of the next general election, as sticking to the previous stance was drawing criticisms.
Rights groups say the state's failure to act swiftly and decisively has to some extent emboldened mobs and contributed to a climate where vigilante justice is becoming commonplace.
This is the government's moment to show what it truly stands for and bring everyone of those people to face the law
The BNP has decided not to engage in any activity that might delay the election or reignite conflict with the interim government following the recent London meeting between the party’s Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman and Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus.
An illegal sand business is being run in Char Hogla village under Shambhupura union of Narayanganj by allegedly encroaching a portion of the Meghna.
BNP’s first nationwide public event since October 28 was obstructed and foiled by police in nine districts yesterday.
The newly registered political parties -- the Trinamool BNP, Bangladesh Nationalist Movement (BNM), and Bangladesh Supreme Party -- have fielded only 29 nominees in 18 of Dhaka city’s 20 constituencies.
Sagar Hossain came to Dhaka from Munshiganj with his unwell mother on November 23 to avail treatment for her at Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
Six-year-old Siyam stood in front of the Jatiya Press Club with his mother yesterday, showing everyone a photo of his father and pleading, “Release my father.”
Leaving his chicken shop to his salesman, Abul Kashem rushed to gate-1 of New Market around 11:00am yesterday to buy essentials from a mobile shop of the government’s Open Market Sale programme.
The BNP office has been abandoned, heavily guarded and padlocked for a month now.
The BNP office has been abandoned, heavily guarded and padlocked for a month now.
Little-known parties are planning big for the January 7 polls and a number of them are selling nomination forms to anyone willing to buy so that they can field candidates in all 300 constituencies.
Scenes at the Awami League and BNP offices could not be more contrasting.