BNP
Municipality polls: BNP hints at participation
BNP hints that it will participate in the upcoming municipality elections which is to be held by the end of this year. “The final decision in this regard will be taken after the BNP chairperson (Khaleda Zia) returns home from London,” says Moudud Ahmed, a standing committee member of the party.
7 November 2015, 08:40 AM
Blogger killers to be resisted thru’ exemplary punishment: Minister
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan says actions will be taken against the killers of bloggers and such criminals will be resisted through carrying out exemplary punishment.
7 November 2015, 08:28 AM
BNP is getting peeled like an onion
Famous American poet, writer and editor, Carl Sandburg, once said that life is like an onion which you peel off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep.
5 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Extremism may rise ‘in absence of democracy’: Ripon
Extremism may rise in the country what he said in absence of democracy and rule of law, BNP spokesperson Asaduzzaman Ripon says.
5 November 2015, 13:27 PM
Panic grips people after cop murder: BNP
BNP spokesperson Asaduzzaman Ripon says the country’s law and order cannot be called “normal” when law enforcers are being killed by criminals.
4 November 2015, 14:32 PM
Fakhrul sent to jail
A Dhaka court sends BNP acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir to jail after he surrendered before it over three violence cases.
3 November 2015, 09:55 AM
Khulna city mayor Moni suspended
The government suspends BNP-backed Khulna City Corporation Mayor Moniruzzaman Moni as he has been charged in two violence cases.
2 November 2015, 15:18 PM
‘Govt failure responsible for Dipan killing’
A BNP-backed platform of eminent citizens hold the government responsible for the killing of Jagriti Prokashany owner Faisal Arefin Dipan.
2 November 2015, 14:38 PM
PM’s accusation may hinder fair probe: BNP
BNP spokesperson Ashaduzzaman Ripon criticises Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for accusing the party’s leaders and activists of carrying out secret killings in the country.
2 November 2015, 13:38 PM
Khaleda out on killing mission: Hasina
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina alleges that Khaleda Zia was out on a killing mission assassinating Awami League leaders, activists, writers, publishers and foreigners in her bid to tarnish the country’s image abroad.
2 November 2015, 12:15 PM
Japanese killing: 2 accused denied bail
A Rangpur court rejects bail petitions of two accused in Japanese citizen Kunio Hoshi murder case.
2 November 2015, 10:22 AM
Analysis: Distasteful comments
Should we call them unthinking or distasteful or outcome of politics overpowering ethics, tastes and values? Yes, we are talking about what the politicians and ministers are saying about the recent attacks on publishers and freethinkers.
2 November 2015, 08:22 AM
Country under ‘monarchic’ rule: Khaleda
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia alleges that monarchy has been established in Bangladesh obliterating democracy.
2 November 2015, 06:09 AM
Mojaheed, SQ Chy’s review plea hearing deferred till Nov 17
The Supreme Court defers till Nov 17 the hearing on the petitions filed by condemned war criminals Mojaheed and Salauddin seeking review of its judgements that upheld death penalties for their crimes against humanity in 1971.
2 November 2015, 05:18 AM
SC asks Fakhrul to surrender by tomorrow
The Supreme Court rejects three petitions filed by BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, seeking extension of its order that granted him bail in three arson and vandalism cases.
2 November 2015, 04:52 AM
Attacks on publishers cowardly, act prompt: BNP
BNP acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir expresses his party’s strong condemnation over the attacks on country’s publishers that killed one and injured three others in Dhaka.
31 October 2015, 15:48 PM
More BNP leaders may follow Mobin: Syed Ashraf
Awami League General Secretary Syed Ashraful Islam says more BNP leaders may follow Shamsher M Chowdhury and quit due to a rift between Khaleda-Tareque and several top leaders.
31 October 2015, 12:01 PM
Liberation War believers will leave BNP: Hanif
Awami League’s acting General Secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif hopes those who believe in the spirit of the Liberation War will leave BNP.
29 October 2015, 07:53 AM
Mahmudur among 9 indicted over Tejgaon arson
A Dhaka court frames charges against Amar Desh acting editor Mahmudur Rahman and 8 others in an arson case of March 2013.
29 October 2015, 06:19 AM
Shamsher Mobin quits BNP
BNP Vice-Chairman Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury resigns from all posts of the party citing health reasons. He submitted his resignation letter to the party’s acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday.
29 October 2015, 05:38 AM