BD Politics

BNP in crisis, not country: Quader

It is not the country, but the BNP who is in crisis, Awami League’s General Secretary Obaidul Quader says reflecting on the imprisonment of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia over graft charges.

Goyeshwar lands in jail, 54 BNP men remanded

A Dhaka court sends BNP Standing Committee Member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy and party leader Farid Ahmed Juwel to jail in a case filed for attacking policemen and vandalising vehicles in Dhaka.

Observing january 5 / Election will not wait for anyone

The next parliamentary election will be held in line with the constitution and with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in office, Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader said yesterday.

BNP sends legal notice to PM over ‘libel’ on Khaleda

Political opposition BNP has sent a legal notice to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina alleging that the premier brought false claims against Khaleda Zia and defamed her. It demands unconditional apology from the premier in 30 days.

BNP to protest price hike of essentials Wednesday

BNP has announced a countrywide protest programme for December 13, against the price hike of essential commodities, electricity and other issues.

People want to see Khaleda in power: Fakhrul

Alleging mass corruption and misdeeds of the ruling Awami League, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir claims that people want to see a change in power.

BNP has given shelter to Bangabandhu killers: Nasim

Awami League presidium member Mohammad Nasim blasts BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir for his comment that Awami League men were active behind the assassination of Bangabandhu and his family members.

Khaleda’s call for unity true: Fakhrul

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir calls upon the government to stay away from dishing out lies centering Khaleda Zia's call for unity against terrorism and militancy.

Fakhrul concerned over Hummam

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir voices concern over detention of Hummam Chowdhury, son of executed war criminal Salauddin Quader Chowdhury.

March 19, 2016
March 19, 2016

Conspirators still active

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged the Awami League leaders and activists to go ahead with honesty and sincerity for materialising the dreams of Bangabandhu.

March 19, 2016
March 19, 2016

Target turnaround

With the aim to return to "positive politics", the BNP holds its long-awaited sixth triennial national council today, more than six years

March 19, 2016
March 19, 2016

Will BNP think for a change?

The BNP holds its national council today with the theme of freeing democracy from captivity, but democratic practice in its own home has remained absent since its birth in 1978.

March 18, 2016
March 18, 2016

BNP may amend charter to denounce extremism

The BNP is likely to amend its declaration and charter to clear its stance on religious extremism, amid criticisms at home and abroad for its alleged leniency towards militancy and radicalism.

March 16, 2016
March 16, 2016

Khaleda calls top leaders ahead of council

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has convened a meeting of the party’s top policy-making body – the standing committee – tomorrow ahead of its national council on March 19.

March 15, 2016
March 15, 2016

3rd phase UP polls April 23

Third phase of Union Parishad elections to 681 UPs will be held across the country on April 23, Election Commission announces.

March 14, 2016
March 14, 2016

SC stays Mirza Abbas’ release from jail

BNP senior leader Mirza Abbas’ bail in a graft case has been stayed for a week by the Supreme Court, thereby halting his release from prison.

March 14, 2016
March 14, 2016

Inu fails to convince dissidents

Despite appeals by Hasanul Haq Inu, the dissidents of the Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) stick to their decision to go on with their own faction, saying they are the "real JSD".

March 11, 2016
March 11, 2016

Fakhrul, 25 others cleared of charges

A Dhaka court yesterday cleared BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and 25 other leaders and activists of the BNP-led 20-party alliance of arson charges in a case filed over a bomb attack on a bus in the city.

March 8, 2016
March 8, 2016

Fakhrul criticises PM’s comment on Khaleda, Tarique

BNP acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir criticises PM Sheikh Hasina’s comments on Khaleda Zia and Tarique Rahman.