BD Politics

Court summons Gayeshwar

A Dhaka court yesterday summoned BNP senior leader Gayeshwar Chandra Roy to appear before it on March 16 in the case filed for his derogatory comments on the Liberation War martyrs.
18 February 2016, 18:00 PM

UP polls: BNP aspirants being harassed, says Rizvi

BNP alleges that the party’s possible chairmen aspirants for the upcoming Union Parishad polls are being harassed in many places.
18 February 2016, 12:21 PM

UP polls: Fakhrul to nominate BNP chairman candidates

BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir will nominate the party’s aspiring chairmen for the upcoming Union Parishad elections.
16 February 2016, 11:23 AM

Cops must not work for any political party

Gonoforum President Dr Kamal Hossain yesterday said policemen should not work as a team of any political party.
13 February 2016, 18:00 PM

BNP now to elect its senior vice-chair

The BNP has amended its constitution to include a provision for electing the senior vice-chairman through an election during the party's sixth national council on March 19.
11 February 2016, 18:00 PM

Read before you react

Seven lawmakers have demanded in the parliament The Daily Star be closed and its editor, Mahfuz Anam, be tried for treason. With banners showing
10 February 2016, 18:00 PM

Khaleda ‘to skip’ tomorrow’s graft hearing

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is likely to skip tomorrow’s trial proceedings of two graft cases for what her lawyer says illness.
10 February 2016, 06:47 AM

BCL suspends its CU unit after factional clash

Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) committee of Chittagong University (CU) unit is suspended following factional clashes on the campus for the last few days.
10 February 2016, 04:53 AM

MP Latif sued over Bangabandhu’s image distortion

Two cases are filed against Chittagong-11 Awami League lawmaker MA Latiffor distorting the portrait of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
9 February 2016, 09:19 AM

Editors are partners of conspiracy

Editors sometimes work as partners of conspiracy against the country's interest, Mahbubul Alam Hanif, Awami League joint general
8 February 2016, 18:00 PM

Stern action for violation of party decisions: Ershad

Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad warns party leaders and activists of stern action if they do not comply with party decisions.
8 February 2016, 09:03 AM

Govt resorts to repressive acts: BNP

The BNP yesterday accused the government of indulging in fascism.
7 February 2016, 18:00 PM

Non-students rule new JCD committee

There is barely any regular student among the 736 members of the new committee of the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), allege leaders of the student wing of the BNP.
7 February 2016, 18:00 PM

Latif blames designer for distortion of Bangabandhu’s image

Ruling Awami League lawmaker MA Latif blames designers for distorting the portrait of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
7 February 2016, 09:26 AM

14-party human chain on Feb 15

Ruling 14-party alliance will stage a human chain in Dhaka on February 15, protesting Pakistan’s denial of 1971 war atrocities and BNP chief Khaleda’s statement on the number of war martyrs.
7 February 2016, 07:39 AM

End Ekram murder trial by 6 months: SC

Supreme Court directs a trial court to finish by 6 months the trial proceedings of the murder case of Phulgazi upazila chairman Ekramul Haque.
4 February 2016, 07:28 AM

15 Rajshahi BNP-Jamaat men jailed for life

A speedy trial tribunal of Rajshahi hands life term prison to 15 activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir, Jamaat-e-Islami and the BNP over a violence case of December 2013 during a blockade sponsored by BNP-Jamaat.
2 February 2016, 15:14 PM

UNO in trouble

He wanted to enter the exam hall where his son was taking the SSC tests. But the UNO didn't allow this and asked him to leave the exam centre.
1 February 2016, 18:00 PM

Ershad group softens its tone on quitting

Jatiya Party chief HM Ershad and his followers have softened their stance on the resignation of three JP ministers from the Sheikh Hasina-led cabinet, party insiders said.
1 February 2016, 18:00 PM

Honour or insult for martyrs?

BNP policymaker Nazrul Islam Khan's announcement that his party would prepare a list of martyrs of our Liberation War in 1971 appeared as a retaliatory step which brought out once again the party's long held dubious stance over the spirit of the Liberation War.
1 February 2016, 18:00 PM