BNP demands 1971 martyrs’ list

BNP leader Nazrul Islam Khan calls upon the government to prepare a list of the Liberation War martyrs like that of the freedom fighters.
30 January 2016, 09:23 AM

PM expects highest show of patriotism from army

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says she expects the highest example of patriotism from Bangladesh Army as this organisation is born through the Liberation War.
30 January 2016, 09:15 AM

Khaleda has to apologise: Minister Kamal

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal says BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has to apologise for questioning the number of martyrs of the Liberation War in 1971.
29 January 2016, 14:57 PM

JP won’t quit cabinet: Raushan

Jatiya Party is not going to quit cabinet for now, party’s presidium member and leader of the opposition Raushan Ershad says.
28 January 2016, 15:10 PM

Move to relocate Zia’s grave will be nightmare: Nazrul

Accusing the government of trying to annihilate Zia family, BNP senior leader Nazrul Islam Khan today warned that any move to relocate the party’s founder Ziaur Rahman’s grave from the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban area would turn into a nightmare.
28 January 2016, 11:19 AM

BNP leader Annie sent to jail after surrender

BNP student affairs secretary Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Annie is sent jail after two Dhaka courts denied him bail in nine violence cases.
28 January 2016, 07:25 AM

Khulna JCD president Kamran held

Police arrest Khulna district unit Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) president Kamran Hasan on sabotage charges from Khulna City Corporation (KCC) market area.
28 January 2016, 05:00 AM

Fakhrul flies to Singapore for treatment

BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir flies to Singapore for a regular health check up. He will check his health at National University Hospital of that country.
28 January 2016, 04:39 AM

Name all 30 lakh war martyrs: Gayeshwar to govt

BNP leader Gayeshwar Chandra Roy demands that the government publish the names of all 30 lakh people martyred in the 1971 Liberation War.
27 January 2016, 14:12 PM

Khaleda to face sedition case legally: Khandker Mahbub

BNP leader Khandker Mahbub Hossain says BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will take all necessary legal steps to face the sedition case.
27 January 2016, 13:08 PM

Sedition case: Summons hung at Khaleda’s Gulshan house

Court officials hung a notice at the main entrance of Khaleda Zia’s Gulshan residence summoning the BNP chief in a sedition case.
26 January 2016, 13:13 PM

JP not seen as opposition in JS: GM Quader

Newly appointed Jatiya Party Co-Chairman GM Quader says people do not consider the party as an opposition in the parliament and stresses the need for his party's ministers to step down from the cabinet.
26 January 2016, 09:01 AM

Political failure, hence case against Khaleda: Fakhrul

BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has alleged that the government has resorted to filing false cases as it has failed to tackle BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia politically.
26 January 2016, 07:06 AM

Quader, Hawlader appointments: Ershad convenes joint meeting

Amid pressure from opponents in the party, Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad convenes a joint meeting on January 31 to discuss appointment of GM Quader as JP co-chair and removal of Ziauddin Ahmed Bablu from the secretary general post.
25 January 2016, 14:47 PM

BNP to be thrown into dustbin of history: Ashraf

Awami League General Secretary Syed Ashraful Islam says BNP will be thrown into the dustbin of history if it fails to accept the truth.
25 January 2016, 13:29 PM

Sedition suit against Khaleda a mockery: Fakhrul

On the note of the sedition lawsuit against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, the party’s acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says “it is nothing but a mockery”.
25 January 2016, 07:11 AM

Court summons Khaleda on Mar 3 following sedition suit

A Dhaka court summons BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on March 3 over a sedition suit filed by a Supreme Court lawyer for her statement regarding the number of martyrs in Bangladesh's 1971 Liberation War.
25 January 2016, 04:05 AM

US envoy to meet Khaleda tomorrow

US Ambassador to Bangladesh Marcia Stephens Bloom Bernicat will call on BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia at the latter’s Gulshan residence in Dhaka.
24 January 2016, 14:13 PM

Municipal polls: AL rebels to face show-cause notice

Awami League decides to issue show-cause notice asking to its rebel candidates in the recently held municipality polls to explain as to why they would not be expelled from the party permanently.
24 January 2016, 12:17 PM

No chance to change decision, Ershad writes Raushan

Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad turns down the call of Leader of the Opposition in Parliament and party’s senior presidium member Raushan Ershad to ‘reconsider’ his decision that brought changes in top posts.
24 January 2016, 10:55 AM