Culture of impunity led to more killings: Fakhrul

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says that increased incidents of killings have arisen out of a prevailing culture of impunity in Bangladesh.
24 April 2016, 15:57 PM

EC mocking with people: BNP

BNP sharply criticises Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad’s observation that the third phase of Union Parishad election was “fairer than the previous ones.”
24 April 2016, 13:11 PM

Raushan urges Ershad to defer JP council

Raushan Ershad urges HM Ershad, chairman of Jatiya Party, to defer the party’s council date scheduled to be held on May 14.
24 April 2016, 11:00 AM

Khaleda to hold workers’ rally May 1

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will hold a workers’ rally in Dhaka on May 1 on the occasion of May Day.
24 April 2016, 07:15 AM

Cops claim Shafik Rehman named 3 others

Police have claimed that journalist Shafik Rehman disclosed names of three people involved in the alleged plot to kill Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy. Rehman came up with the names when he was interrogated during his remand, a DMP official said.
24 April 2016, 05:55 AM

UP polls: BNP alleges irregularities in 3rd phase too

Senior BNP leader Nazrul Islam Khan alleges that the third phase of union parishad (UP) elections were also marred by “massive vote rigging and irregularities”, like the first and second phases.
23 April 2016, 12:51 PM

3rd phase UP polls fairer than previous two: CEC

Chief Election Commission Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmed claims that voting in the third phase of Union Parishad (UP) elections was held in a free, fair and congenial atmosphere.
23 April 2016, 12:33 PM

Joy’s Facebook status led to Shafik’s arrest: Fakhrul

Journalist Shafik Rehman arrested based only on Facebook status posted by the prime minister’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says.
23 April 2016, 06:06 AM

UP polls: BNP candidates getting threats, alleges Rizvi

The BNP alleges that the party nominated chairman candidates for the union parishad (UP) elections, their agents and supporters are continuously getting death threats.
21 April 2016, 13:26 PM

HC rejects Khaleda’s plea to stay graft case trial

A High Court bench refuses to stay the trial proceedings against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in Zia Charitable Trust corruption case filed by the Anti Corruption Commission in 2011.
21 April 2016, 13:16 PM

Homegrown militants under control: Kamal

Admitting that there is existence of homegrown militants in the country, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal claims that they are under control.
21 April 2016, 10:02 AM

EC asks AL leaders to keep grassroots men from violence

The Election Commission asks some central leaders of ruling Awami League (AL) to issue directives to the party’s grassroots leaders and activists to refrain from committing violence and irregularities during the next phases of union parishad (UP) polls.
21 April 2016, 07:39 AM

Reports on Shafik’s admission unusual: BNP

BNP standing committee member Nazrul Islam Khan terms “unusual” the media reports that journalist Shafik Rehman admitted to his link with the alleged conspiracy to abduct and kill Prime Minister’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy.
20 April 2016, 14:44 PM

Hope Imran will understand now: Quader

Claiming that the arrest of Shafik Rehman was made based on specific allegations, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said it had nothing to do with him being a journalist.
20 April 2016, 08:08 AM

Shafik arrested to divert attention: Fakhrul

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir claimed the arrest of Shafik Rehman intends to divert the attention from Bangladesh Bank cyber heist and Tonu murder.
20 April 2016, 07:33 AM

Joy says FBI files on his US location found at Rehman’s home

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy says confidential FBI files on his location in the US were hidden in a secret place in journalist Shafik Rehman’s home.
19 April 2016, 15:16 PM

No industry on farmland, forest: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the government will not allow anyone to set up industries indiscriminately destroying farmlands and forests.
19 April 2016, 13:07 PM

DB claims Shafik admitted meeting suspects

Detectives claim that journalist Shafik Rehman admitted holding several meetings with those suspected to be involved in a plot abduct and kill Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy.
19 April 2016, 08:39 AM

Political motivation behind Shafik Rehman’s arrest: Fakhrul

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has alleged that the arrest of veteran journalist Shafik Rehman was motivated from a political cause.
19 April 2016, 07:56 AM

Graft case: HC sets tomorrow to hear Khaleda’s pleas challenging trial court order

High Court fixes tomorrow for hearing two petitions filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia challenging a lower court order that had rejected her two applications in Zia Charitable Trust corruption case.
19 April 2016, 06:36 AM