BNP to join JS polls if level-playing field ensured: Fakhrul

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says his party will participate in the next general election if level-playing field is ensured for all parties.
24 May 2017, 13:45 PM

Haor disaster: No water experts came up with the truth, minister alleges

Water Resources Minister Anisul Islam Mahmud alleges that no water experts upheld the truth about the haor disaster. He also accused the mass media of not providing accurate information in this regard.
24 May 2017, 08:03 AM

Comilla Mayor Shakoo secures bail

BNP-elect Comilla City Corporation Mayor Monirul Hoque Shakoo secures permanent bail from a Dhaka court in connection with a corruption case of 2008.
24 May 2017, 07:44 AM

BNP denied rally permission; nationwide demo tomorrow

BNP will stage a nationwide demonstration across the country tomorrow as the party has been denied permission to hold its rally at Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka.
24 May 2017, 07:20 AM

CEC starts electoral talks mid-July

Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda says he will kick off electoral dialogue with political parties in mid-July and will continue till November.
23 May 2017, 11:56 AM

BNP to join polls under supportive govt: Noman

The BNP will not take part in the next parliamentary elections without election-time supportive government, says party’s Vice Chairman Abdullah Al Noman.
23 May 2017, 09:04 AM

Cops couldn’t raid without PM's permit: Rizvi

Law enforcers could not have raided BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s Gulshan office without directives of the prime minister, BNP alleges.
23 May 2017, 08:21 AM

Gulshan office raid an ‘attack on democracy’: Fakhrul

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says that raid at party chairperson Khaleda Zia's office is “tantamount to attack on democracy”.
22 May 2017, 15:55 PM

No AL membership to any communal element: Quader

Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader asks the party leaders and workers to remain alert so that no communal evil force can intrude into the party during the member collection campaign of AL.
22 May 2017, 13:15 PM

Khaleda’s office raid: BNP seeks permission for protest rally at Suhrawardy Udyan

BNP seeks permission from the authorities concerned to hold a rally at Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka on May 24, protesting the recent raid at the party chief Khaleda’s Gulshan office.
22 May 2017, 12:54 PM

BNP writes to CEC urging not to use EVM in next JS polls

BNP submits a letter to the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda urging him not to use Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) in the next general election.
22 May 2017, 07:35 AM

SC order on Khaleda’s ‘mine graft’ May 28

The Supreme Court is to deliver its verdict on BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s appeal against her trial in Barapukuria coalmine graft case on May 28.
22 May 2017, 06:37 AM

North Korea declares medium-range missile ready for deployment

North Korea declares its medium-range Pukguksong-2 missile ready for deployment after a weekend test.
22 May 2017, 04:48 AM

Trump lashes out at Iran during Jerusalem visit

US President Donald Trump travels to Jerusalem to seek ways to achieve Israeli-Palestinian peace, but also uses the visit to again lash out at Iran.
22 May 2017, 04:31 AM

Gulshan office raid a part of ‘nasty politics’: Khaleda

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia says that the police raid at her Gulshan office in Dhaka is a kind of “nasty politics”.
21 May 2017, 12:25 PM

Raid at Khaleda’s office based on info: Quader

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader says the police raid at BNP Chief Khaleda Zia’s Gulshan office was carried out following intelligence reports.
21 May 2017, 09:56 AM

Khaleda’s office raid: Fakhrul demands home minister’s resignation

Terming yesterday’s police raid at BNP chief’s Gulshan office “illegal”, the party’s Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir demands the home minister’s resignation.
21 May 2017, 07:52 AM

PM accorded warm reception in Saudi Arabia

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is accorded a warm reception as she arrived Saudi Arabia on a four-day official visit to join the Arab Islamic-American (AIA) Summit at the invitation of Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.
21 May 2017, 04:42 AM

Khaleda calls BNP standing committee meeting

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will hold an emergency meeting of standing committee at her Gulshan office.
20 May 2017, 18:14 PM

[WATCH] What really happened during cop raid at BNP Gulshan office?

After entering the office, the police officials turned off the CCTV cameras and also damaged some of the cameras, Rashed Ahmed, an employee of Khaleda Zia's Gulshan office, says.
20 May 2017, 09:33 AM