Bangladesh politics
Moudud evicted from Gulshan residence
BNP standing committee member Moudud Ahmed is evicted from the residence at Gulshan Avenue in Dhaka where he has been staying for more than three decades. The eviction drive comes three days after the Supreme Court verdict that ordered the authorities to mutate the Gulshan land and residence.
7 June 2017, 08:40 AM
Khaleda’s office raid: BNP seeks permission for protest rally at Suhrawardy Udyan
BNP seeks permission from the authorities concerned to hold a rally at Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka on May 24, protesting the recent raid at the party chief Khaleda’s Gulshan office.
22 May 2017, 12:54 PM
BNP writes to CEC urging not to use EVM in next JS polls
BNP submits a letter to the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda urging him not to use Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) in the next general election.
22 May 2017, 07:35 AM
BNP’s ‘Vision 2030’ actually AL’s reproduction: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina thanks BNP for announcing Vision 2030 shunning the path of destructive politics but criticises it for copying Awami League's Vision 2021 and 2041.
20 May 2017, 04:59 AM
Awami League trying to mislead people on ‘Vision 2030’: BNP
BNP alleges that Awami League is trying to mislead people about its ‘Vision 2030’.
17 May 2017, 09:37 AM
Graft: Comilla Mayor-elect Shakoo gets bail on surrender
A Dhaka court grants bail to Comilla City Corporation Mayor-elect Monirul Hoque Shakoo after he surrendered before it in a corruption case in 2008.
9 May 2017, 05:49 AM
PM enjoys beauty of Cox’s Bazar beach
It is not a photo you see every day! Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is seen walking along the sea shore barefoot in Inani of Cox’s Bazar.
6 May 2017, 09:54 AM
BNP always ready for national polls: Fakhrul
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says his party is always ready to participate in the next general election if an election-time supportive government and congenial atmosphere are available.
2 May 2017, 09:06 AM
Inu for practicing workers-friendly politics
Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu calls upon all to practice workers-friendly politics and run workers-friendly economy in the country to build a society free from discrimination and exploitation.
1 May 2017, 14:04 PM
AL making ‘blueprint’ to cling to power: BNP
BNP alleges that Awami League is making a blueprint to hang onto power by force to protect the wealth of its leaders and activists amassed illegally.
1 May 2017, 11:48 AM
Graft: Khaleda again appeals for case transfer
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia files a petition with the High Court for transferring the Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case against her from the Senior Special Judge’s Court-3.
26 April 2017, 08:22 AM
No nomination if AL MPs make public suffer: Muhith
The ruling party lawmakers responsible for public sufferings will not get nomination for the next general election, Finance Minister AMA Muhith says at a meeting in New York.
25 April 2017, 05:31 AM
Vested quarter creating distance between govt and judiciary: Chief justice
Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha alleges that a vested quarter is out there creating a distance between the government and the judiciary.
15 April 2017, 08:44 AM
PM fails to realise people’s minimum demand: BNP
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir alleges that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina could not realise any demand of people during India visit due to her “subservient policy”.
11 April 2017, 12:59 PM
AL candidate wins Gaibandha by-polls
Awami League candidate Golam Mostafa Ahmed is elected in the Gaibandha-1 by-election unofficially as he gets 30,071 votes more than his nearest contestant. Mostafa bags 90,169 votes while Jatiya Party nominated candidate Barrister Shamim Haider Patwari obtains 60,100 in all 109 centres.
22 March 2017, 04:38 AM
JP lawmaker calls for Muhith's resignation
A Jatiya Party lawmaker calls for Finance Minister AMA Muhith’s resignation at parliament alleging that he failed to maintain discipline in the financial sector.
23 June 2016, 08:29 AM
Country turned into ‘police state’: Khaleda
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia alleges that the country has been turned into a “police state”.
22 June 2016, 14:48 PM
Stop ‘throwing mud’: Inu
Referring to Syed Ashraf’s accusation, Information Minister Hasanul Huq Inu says that this was not the time to “throw mud” at the 14-party alliance or to dig out history, but it was the time to focus on combating against militancy.
15 June 2016, 14:24 PM
Rizvi now blasts Inu at press briefing
Blaming a faction of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) for creating anarchy in post-independence Bangladesh, BNP today says Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu should be brought to justice for that.
15 June 2016, 12:09 PM
'AL responsible for Bangabandhu killing'
Two factions of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal yesterday said it was the Awami League, not the JSD, which was responsible for the assassination of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
14 June 2016, 18:00 PM