Waiting for 'right time' to wage movement: BNP leader Gayeshwar Chandra Roy

BNP senior leader Gayeshwar Chandra Roy today said their party is waiting for a conducive atmosphere for a mass uprising to turn Bangladesh into a democratic country.
20 November 2020, 13:10 PM

‘Those who wanted to erase Bangabandhu, have been erased from history’

Opposition leader Raushan Ershad today told parliament those who wanted to erase Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman from history have been erased from history themselves.
15 November 2020, 14:50 PM

AL, BNP trade blame over bus torching incidents

Ruling Awami League and BNP today traded blame over the incidents of torching nine buses at different places in Dhaka on Thursday night.
13 November 2020, 13:48 PM

PM brings JS resolution on discussing Bangabandhu’s life, works, and philosophy

Prime Minister and Leader of the House Sheikh Hasina has brought a resolution under section 147 of the rules of procedure of Jatiya Sangsad, paving the way for discussion on the political life, works and philosophy of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to mark Mujib Borsho.
9 November 2020, 17:03 PM

Don’t allow infiltrators into AL: Sheikh Hasina to party leaders

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked party leaders not to allow “infiltrators” into Bangladesh Awami League (AL), saying that the party’s image will be tarnished due to their misdeeds.
30 August 2020, 14:08 PM

JP won’t accept any decision of EC curtailing political parties’ rights

Jatiya Party Secretary General Ziauddin Ahmed Bablu today said JP would not accept any decision taken by the Election Commission that would curtail the rights of political parties or people's voting rights.
27 August 2020, 15:05 PM

BNP submits audit report to EC showing surplus expenditure of Tk 1.8cr

BNP today submitted its annual financial statement to the Election Commission (EC) for the 2019 calendar year, showing that the party spent Tk 1.8 crore more than its income.
25 August 2020, 12:27 PM

Zia used violence, betrayed others: Lawrence Lifschultz

Investigative journalist and former South Asia correspondent of the Far Eastern Economic Review Lawrence Lifschultz has said General Ziaur Rahman was a ‘psychopath’ in his capability to use violence, use others and then betray them.
21 August 2020, 15:37 PM

Khaleda, her son behind August 21 grenade attack: PM

Recalling the barbaric carnage, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today alleged that the then PM Khaleda Zia staged the August 21, 2004 grenade attack.
21 August 2020, 07:39 AM

Zia was behind-the-scenes architect of Bangabandhu’s killing: Law minister

Law Minister Anisul Huq has alleged that Ziaur Rahman was the “behind-the-scenes architect” of the killing of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and most of his family members on August 15, 1975.
15 August 2020, 17:11 PM

3,000 extrajudicial killings in last 10 years: BNP

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says around 3,000 people were subjected to extrajudicial killing in the hands of law enforcement agencies across the country --from January 2009 to December 2019.
13 August 2020, 08:54 AM

Awami League’s income up by 35 percent

Awami League’s income has increased by 35 percent, according to the party’s annual financial report for 2019.
29 July 2020, 14:08 PM

Swechchasebak Dal President Shafiul Bari dies

Jatiyatabadi Swechchasebak Dal President Shafiul Bari Babu died at a hospital in Dhaka early today.
28 July 2020, 01:58 AM

JCD forms Buet unit committee defying ban on student politics

Defying the ban on student politics at Bangladesh Engineering and Technology University (Buet), Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal has announced convening a five-member committee of the university unit.
25 July 2020, 15:53 PM

New Bogura-1, Jashore-6 MPs take oath

The two newly elected members of parliament -- Begum Sahadara Mannan from Bogura-1 constituency and Md Shahin Chaklader from Jashore-6 -- of the Eleventh Jatiya Sangsad take oath at the Parliament Complex.
23 July 2020, 16:21 PM

BNP leader Abdul Awal Khan dies with Covid-19

Abdul Awal Khan, BNP’s assistant organising secretary, died with coronavirus infection in the city today. He was 54.
20 July 2020, 13:08 PM

Trial against Latif Siddique in corruption case stayed for 6 months

The Supreme Court has upheld a High Court order that stayed for six months the trial proceedings in a corruption case filed against former textiles and jute minister Abdul Latif Siddique.
16 July 2020, 13:24 PM

Jatiya Party observes first death anniversary of Ershad

Jatiya Party today observed the first death anniversary of its founder HM Ershad with various programmes maintaining social distancing and health directives in wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.
14 July 2020, 14:11 PM

Former minister and freedom fighter Shahjahan Siraj no more

Former minister and freedom fighter Shahjahan Siraj has died of cancer at the age of 77.
14 July 2020, 11:03 AM

Condolences pour in for Sahara Khatun

Tributes and condolences continued to pour in for veteran politician and presidium member of Awami League Sahara Khatun, who breathed her last while undergoing treatment at Bumrungrad International Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand last night.
10 July 2020, 11:28 AM