Is Samrat back?

Expelled Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat, an alleged casino kingpin in Dhaka, seems to have become active in politics again centring the organisation’s founding anniversary rally today.
10 November 2022, 18:00 PM

Join political movements to overthrow AL govt: Ganatantra Mancha

Leaders of "Ganatantra Mancha", an alliance of seven parties, urged people to join political movements to overthrow the government.
10 November 2022, 15:00 PM

Is Samrat back again?

Expelled Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat, an alleged casino kingpin in Dhaka, seems to have become active in politics again centring the organisation’s founding anniversary rally today.
10 November 2022, 11:10 AM

Argument placed for lifting injunction on JP chief GM Quader

Arguments were placed today for lifting the injunction imposed on Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader on October 31.
10 November 2022, 07:21 AM

‘Go to graveyard if you want to arrest man who died 12yrs back’

Ahead of BNP’s divisional mass rally in Faridpur on Saturday (November 12, 2022), police have started conducting raids at the houses of local BNP leaders and activists, including that of a leader who died 12 years ago.
10 November 2022, 04:51 AM

‘Pakistan must offer formal apology’

Education Minister Dipu Moni yesterday said Pakistan must offer a formal apology to the people of Bangladesh for the genocide committed by its military in 1971 and arrange compensation for the atrocities.
9 November 2022, 18:00 PM

Court to hear JP chairman’s petition today

A Dhaka court is set to hold a hearing today on Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader’s petition seeking cancellation of its temporary ban on his carrying out party activities.
9 November 2022, 18:00 PM

Faridpur rally: BNP alleges cops arresting party men

BNP leaders have alleged that law enforcers have been raiding the houses of party workers ahead of their November 12 rally in Faridpur city.
9 November 2022, 18:00 PM

Jamaat chief’s son linked to militant outfit

Rafat Chowdhury, son of Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman, is the Sylhet regional coordinator of Al-Qaeda-inspired militant outfit Ansar Al Islam and has been inspiring youths to leave their homes for so-called jihad, claimed police yesterday.
9 November 2022, 18:00 PM

Chattogram city unit AL council on December 18

The council of Chattogram city unit of Awami League will be held on December 18.
9 November 2022, 18:00 PM

‘AL mastermind of arson violence’

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday alleged that Awami League, not BNP, is the mastermind of “arson violence”.
9 November 2022, 18:00 PM

‘EVM use won’t go as planned if purchase of more machines not okayed by Jan 15’

Election Commissioner Md Alamgir today (November 9, 2022) said that if the proposal to buy another two lakh Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) is not approved by January 15, the commission will not be able to use the machines in the way they planned.
9 November 2022, 15:48 PM

Will take measures if political programmes cause public sufferings: Home Minister

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal yesterday (November 8, 2022) warned that the law enforcers will take necessary measures if programmes organised by political parties cause public sufferings.
8 November 2022, 19:14 PM

Rallies in Faridpur: AL, BNP in overdrive

Despite the possibility of a road transport strike in Faridpur, both the ruling Awami League and BNP have begun chalking out plans for rallies that will take place on Friday and Saturday.
8 November 2022, 18:00 PM

90 BNP men sued over violence in Kishoreganj

Some 90 BNP men have been sued over the clash between police and BNP activists in Kishoreganj town’s Station Road area on Monday.
8 November 2022, 18:00 PM

Sweden, Norway envoys meet BNP leader Mirza Fakhrul

Ambassadors of Sweden and Norway to Bangladesh today held a meeting with BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.
8 November 2022, 13:19 PM

UN worried over Bangladesh’s political violence: Gwyn Lewis

The UN has expressed concerns over the political violence that has injured and killed people over the last few months in Bangladesh, said UN Resident Coordinator Gwyn Lewis today
8 November 2022, 06:52 AM

RPO defied as parent parties run BCL, JCD

The Representation of the People Order clearly states that no student organisation can be an associate body of a political party, but Chhatra League and Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal are still being run as the associate bodies of the Awami League and the BNP.
8 November 2022, 02:30 AM

RCC goes to polls on Dec 27

Elections to Rangpur City Corporation will be held on December 27 with electronic voting machines, Election Commission Secretary Jahangir Alam yesterday said while announcing the polls schedule.
7 November 2022, 18:00 PM

‘Continue your sacrifice for democracy’

BNP yesterday urged its leaders and activists to get ready to sacrifice more to restore democracy in the country.
7 November 2022, 18:00 PM