Action if AL MPs engaged in electoral activities: Hanif

Awami League Joint General Secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif says organisational steps will be taken against the lawmakers who will get involved in electoral activities during the upcoming union parishad elections.
10 March 2016, 14:12 PM

Freedom of expression now treated as ‘treason’: BNP

BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi alleges that freedom of expression is now treated as ‘illegal and treason’ in Bangladesh.
9 March 2016, 14:59 PM

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.
8 March 2016, 07:47 AM

Tarique being barred from coming home: Fakhrul

BNP leader Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir alleges that the government is creating obstruction on the way to returning home of the party’s Senior Vice Chairman Tarique Rahman.
7 March 2016, 15:33 PM

Govt disowns ministers’ comments on CJ: Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expresses dissatisfaction over the comment of two ministers on the chief justice. The government would not own the remarks, Hasina says at a regular cabinet meeting.
7 March 2016, 10:28 AM

2 accused now at BNP’s helm: PM

Describing the reelection of Khaleda Zia as BNP chairperson and Tarique Rahman as its senior vice chairman as a stage-managed drama, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says now two accused are this party’s top leaders.
7 March 2016, 10:10 AM

Khaleda-Tarique re-elected uncontested

Khaleda Zia is re-elected chairperson, and her elder son Tarique Rahman senior vice-chairman of BNP as no-one else collected nomination for the posts.
6 March 2016, 11:53 AM

Ministers’ comments on CJ audacious: BNP

BNP today termed statements of two ministers about the chief justice ‘audacious’ and ‘threatening’.
6 March 2016, 08:19 AM

Zia’s younger brother to form new political party

BNP founder Ziaur Rahman’s younger brother Ahmed Kamal announces that he will form a new political party.
5 March 2016, 12:34 PM

Emajuddin blames politicians for 1/11

Former Dhaka University Vice-Chancellor Prof Emajuddin Ahmed blames politicians for the 1/11 political changeover.
5 March 2016, 10:54 AM

AL has no strong political opposition: Quader

Observing that Awami League has no strong opposition in politics right now, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader says the ruling party’s main challenge is actually to tackle religious extremism.
5 March 2016, 09:40 AM

1/11 masterminds had support of politicians: Quader

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader says the masterminds of the 1/11 political changeover would not have dared the move if they did not have support from politicians.
4 March 2016, 14:46 PM

Nominations of Khaleda, Tarique submitted ahead of BNP’s sixth council

BNP Joint Secretary General Rizvi Ahmed submits the nomination papers for Khaleda Zia, the incumbent chief of the party, for the position of chairperson ahead of BNP’s sixth council.
4 March 2016, 06:57 AM

Khaleda’s time petition accepted in sedition case

A Dhaka court grants a time petition submitted by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in a sedition case filed over her comments on the number of Liberation War martyrs, and asks her to appear before it on April 10.
3 March 2016, 06:04 AM

Rizvi collects Khaleda’s nomination, Shahjahan Tarique’s

BNP Joint Secretary General Rizvi Ahmed has collected the nomination for Khaleda Zia, the incumbent chief of the party, for the position of chairperson ahead of BNP’s sixth council.
2 March 2016, 07:41 AM

Ershad made me acting chairman to avoid arrest: Mahmud

Jatiya Party Presidium Member Anisul Islam Mahmud says that party chief HM Ershard appointed him as the party’s acting chairman after the 1/11 political changeover in 2007 in a bid to avert arrest.
1 March 2016, 11:46 AM

BNP wants to wage anti-govt demo after mid-March: Hafiz

BNP wants to wage anti-government movement after the party’s national council in mid-March, BNP Vice-Chairman Maj (retd) Hafizuddin Ahmed says.
27 February 2016, 09:22 AM

Media was forced to publish lies after 1/11 changeover: Inu

Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu says that The Daily Star Editor Mahfuz Anam’s recent comment reveals that the mass media was forced to publish lies, distorted and partial information during the 2007-2008 caretaker government regime.
25 February 2016, 09:00 AM

Remark on judiciary: SC rejects Fakhrul’s explanation again

The Supreme Court again refuses to accept BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir’s explanation on his comment about the judiciary and orders him to submit a fresh explanation by next Monday.
25 February 2016, 08:08 AM

Form commission to probe 1/11 incidents: Nasim

Health Minister Mohammad Nasim demands that a commission should be formed to investigate the incidents centring the One-Eleven political changeover during the last caretaker government’s regime.
23 February 2016, 13:03 PM