BD Politics
To 'kill' a political party!
A political party cannot be merely reactive to political events and even much less suffer from duality of command exacerbated by string pulling by the absentee landlord.
29 July 2015, 18:00 PM
BNP still has hopes for SQ Chy
After top court upheld death penalty for war criminal Salauddin Quader Chowdhury, his party still fosters hope that the judgment will be altered in review.
29 July 2015, 09:44 AM
JCD chief Rajib remanded in violence cases
Separate Dhaka courts grants police to take Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal President Rajib Ahsan for eight-day questioning in custody.
29 July 2015, 06:42 AM
Graft hearing: Khaleda may appear before court tomorrow
NP Chairperson Khaleda Zia may appear before a special court in Dhaka tomorrow for hearing in two corruption cases.
22 July 2015, 04:50 AM
Jubo League leader expelled for extortion
A top leader of the ruling party’s youth wing Jubo League who was arrested by Rapid Action Battalion this week during extortion has been expelled.
12 July 2015, 09:01 AM
SC bail for Goyeshwar, no bar to release
Supreme Cour upholds a High Court bail for BNP leader Goyeshwar Chandra Roy and paves way for his release from jail.
2 July 2015, 07:25 AM
AL MP's son Rony fired the gunshots that killed 2: Police
Cops confirm Rony, son of AL lawmaker, fired gunshots that killed a pedestrian and an auto-rickshaw driver at New Eskaton in Dhaka on Apr 14, adds there will be no problem to prove it at court.
1 July 2015, 06:58 AM
Cops tear down makeshift structures around DMCH, but leave alone AL offices
Police tear down makeshift structures around DMCH, but do not scrape three political offices of ruling Awami League located there.
24 June 2015, 08:40 AM
Ballistic confirms Rony’s gun over death of 2
Ballistic reports confirm bullets that killed two people in Dhaka were fired from Ruling Awami League MP's son Rony, police say.
19 June 2015, 07:29 AM
News Analysis: Political enmity beyond borders
While her party men were staging demonstration against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's visit in London, BNP chief Khaleda Zia in Dhaka on Monday invited Hasina to attend an iftar party she will host in honour of the country's political leaders.
17 June 2015, 11:57 AM
AL hails Mojaheeds death penalty, BNP mum
The ruling Awami League today hails the Supreme Court verdict upholding the death penalty of Jamaat’s Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed for war crimes charges while BNP, as usual, keep mum.
16 June 2015, 15:26 PM
Jamaat hartal tomorrow against Mojaheed's verdict
Appalled by the Supreme Court verdict against war criminal Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed, Jamaat-e-Islami calls a 24-hour hartal from tomorrow.
16 June 2015, 06:35 AM
Opinion: IGP’s big leader formula
The IGP has not only revealed how politicised he was, he also revealed the nexus between the cops and lawbreaking ruling party men.
15 June 2015, 09:26 AM
PM slams BNP’s UK unit
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina criticises the role of local unit of BNP during her visit to the United Kingdom. “They will slander me while sitting out in London – it is not acceptable,” she said
15 June 2015, 06:54 AM
Govt tried to thwart my meeting with Modiji: Khaleda
BNP chief Khaleda Zia alleges that Awami League government tried to thwart her meeting with Narendra Modi in Dhaka.
14 June 2015, 10:58 AM
Cops not favouring Rony: DMP
Police assert they are not favouring the ruling party lawmaker’s son Bakhtiar Alam Rony who gunned down two people in Dhaka in a drunken rage.
14 June 2015, 08:12 AM
BCL’s tender clash in Barisal (video)
At least 5 injured during a factional clash of ruling party’s student front Bangladesh Chhatra League over a local tender drop in Barisal city.
3 June 2015, 08:49 AM
Khaleda’s indictment, arrest decision on Jatrabari case June 28
A Dhaka court sets June 28 to decide on indictment and arrest of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and 37 others in two cases filed over Jatrabari arson.
28 May 2015, 10:25 AM
Shillong court sends Salahuddin to jail
He will be produced for hearing again after the imprisonment, police say.
27 May 2015, 09:14 AM
Salahuddin to be produced at court tomorrow
BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed has been discharged from hospital, will be produced at a court tomorrow.
26 May 2015, 12:02 PM