Quitting cabinet: Ershad seeks to meet PM for talks

Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad and his wife Raushan Ershad have sought the prime minister’s appointment for talks on resignation of the party’s leaders from the cabinet.
24 January 2016, 10:34 AM

BNP urges govt to lower oil prices

BNP urges the government to adjust prices of all fuel oils in line with the plunge in the global market.
23 January 2016, 16:04 PM

I can’t dishonour PM: Ershad

Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad says he does not want to dishonour Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina by leaving from the post of her special envoy.
23 January 2016, 12:00 PM

CJ's remark jolted govt's base, says BNP

BNP senior leader Lt Gen (retd) Mahbubur Rahman says Chief Justice (CJ) SK Sinha's recent remark on signing and writing judgement after retirement has shaken the foundation of the current government like a tremor.
22 January 2016, 11:48 AM

Khaleda to sit with senior leaders tomorrow

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia expects to hold a meeting with her party’s National Standing Committee members tomorrow to discuss the country’s latest political situation and to fix the party’s strategies to ensure victory in the upcoming Union Parishad polls.
22 January 2016, 06:50 AM

Mosharaff hospitalised with chest pain

Senior BNP leader and standing committee member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain is admitted to a hospital in Dhaka with chest pain.
21 January 2016, 08:21 AM

Changes to bring back spirit in JP activities: Ershad

Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad says he brought new faces to the party’s top positions to bring back the spirit in its organisational activities.
20 January 2016, 14:17 PM

Parliament session to continue till Feb 29

The ninth session of the 10th parliament will continue till February 29, according to a decision made by the business advisory committee of the national parliament.
20 January 2016, 11:30 AM

Quader, Hawlader given JP co-chair, gen secy charges

Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad today said he has appointed GM Quader the party’s co-chairman as he and his wife have become too old to run the party.
20 January 2016, 09:47 AM

Graft: Mosharraf’s trial to continue

The High Court today has cleared the way for the lower court to continue trial proceedings against BNP senior leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain in a money laundering case.
20 January 2016, 08:29 AM

Restoring democracy big challenge for us: Fakhrul

There is no democracy and rule of law in the country and the big challenge is to restore it, BNP Acting Secretary General Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said today.
19 January 2016, 08:46 AM

JPPP urges Ershad to discuss GM Quader, Hawlader’s appointments

Jatiya Party Parliamentary Party (JPPP) calls upon party chief HM Ershad to hold discussion in the party forum on the appointment of GM Quader and ABM Ruhul Amin Hawlader as co-chairman and secretary general of JP respectively.
19 January 2016, 06:26 AM

I won’t budge on my stance: Ershad

Jatiya Party (JP) Chairman HM Ershad says that he would not budge on his decision on appointing GM Quader and ABM Ruhul Amin Hawlader co-chairman and secretary general of the party respectively.
19 January 2016, 06:12 AM

Jatiya Party 'splits', Raushan to lead new faction

Jatiya Party splits into two a day after its Chairman HM Ershad made his younger brother GM Quader co-chairman of the party
18 January 2016, 14:46 PM

Nagorik Oikya demands Manna’s treatment, release

Civil society platform Nagorik Oikya demands proper treatment and release of their imprisoned leader Mahmudur Rahman Manna.
18 January 2016, 10:01 AM

GM Quader made JP co-chair

Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad declares his younger brother and the party’s presidium member GM Quader as its co-chair.
17 January 2016, 15:20 PM

JP hartal in Rangpur city Thursday

Jatiya Party (JP) will enforce a dawn-to-dusk hartal in Rangpur city on Thursday demanding immediate arrest of those attacked the party’s city unit leader SM Yasir.
17 January 2016, 11:12 AM

‘Asol BNP’ attempts on Nayapaltan office again

For the second time this month, Asol BNP, literally meaning real BNP, made an attempt on BNP headquarters at Nayapaltan in Dhaka today and failed.
17 January 2016, 10:22 AM

Huda-led alliance to join 14-party: Nasim

An alliance of 31 parties headed by former BNP leader Nazmul Huda will join the Awami League-led 14-party combine, Health Minister Mohammad Nasim says.
15 January 2016, 15:22 PM

BNP leader RA Gani laid to rest

BNP standing committee member Dr RA Gani is buried at Banani graveyard in Dhaka.
15 January 2016, 14:52 PM