BNP
BNP bans inclusion of new members in party
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has announced a ban on the inclusion of leaders and activists from other political parties or non-political individuals into the party until further notice
8 August 2024, 18:29 PM
Raid at BNP office aimed at diverting quota reform movement
BNP's Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi today accused the government of "staging" a raid on the BNP office
16 July 2024, 20:35 PM
Major shakeup in BNP, ‘seniors kept in dark’
BNP reshuffled its central executive committee yesterday, a day after dissolving some city units over their failure to make the anti-government movement a success.
15 June 2024, 18:00 PM
BNP revamping party, wings
The BNP has started reorganising the party to inject vigour and form a strong base to relaunch its anti-government movement.
14 June 2024, 21:00 PM
‘It’s an anti-Bangladesh budget’
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday termed the proposed national budget “anti-Bangladesh”, saying it contains new schemes to facilitate the embezzlement of public money by the ruling party-backed looters.
6 June 2024, 18:00 PM
5 factors that kept BNP off upazila polls
The BNP boycotted the upazila elections for five reasons, chief among which is its belief that the ruling party will control the polls, said party insiders.
21 April 2024, 18:00 PM
Upcoming upazila elections: BNP remains split over joining polls
Although the BNP has decided not to join the upcoming upazila polls as a political party, many party leaders are in favour of allowing its leaders and activists to contest the elections as independent candidates.
29 March 2024, 18:00 PM
‘Boycott India Campaign’: Top BNP leaders in two minds
BNP standing committee members think the party should not yet get involved in the ongoing campaign for boycotting Indian products.
26 March 2024, 18:00 PM
No one can push the country back to darkness: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said BNP and its allies want restoration of the caretaker government system not for the election, but to push the country back to darkness again
18 March 2024, 09:08 AM
BNP in two minds about local polls
The BNP will not participate in the upcoming upazila polls as per its previous decision, but it has two different thoughts on the elections.
23 January 2024, 18:00 PM
People's loss of faith in elections: To what extent is the EC to blame?
The EC's attempts to portray the election as participatory and fair seem to have been more focused on appearance than on genuine efforts to achieve these goals.
22 January 2024, 02:00 AM
BNP to hold black flag processions on Jan 26, 27
BNP today announced nationwide black flag processions on January 26 and 27 to press home its demands
21 January 2024, 06:51 AM
Protesting Parliament Session: BNP may call hartal or lay siege to JS
BNP plans to observe protest programmes like hartal or lay siege to the parliament building on the first day of the parliamentary session of the new government as part of the movement for its one-point demand.
17 January 2024, 18:00 PM
‘The right to fear-free democratic opposition must be ensured’
Shantanu Majumder, a professor of political science at the University of Dhaka, talks about his thoughts on Bangladesh’s recent national election and its implications on society and opposition parties, in an interview with Afia Jahin of The Daily Star.
14 January 2024, 02:00 AM
PM pushing people in harm's way: Rizvi
BNP today accused Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of pushing people in harm's way by establishing an "autocratic regime" in the country
13 January 2024, 09:21 AM
The Great Game will continue
The absence of democratic behaviour is no longer hidden under the carpet.
9 January 2024, 13:00 PM
BNP can't survive if it follows backers' advice: PM
Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina today said no one could survive in Bangladesh politics if they follow the suggestion of their backers, in an apparent reference to BNP
9 January 2024, 10:28 AM
BNP shelves plans for hartal, blockade for now
BNP will not go for any hartal and blockade-like programmes over the next few days even though the party outright rejected the poll results.
8 January 2024, 18:00 PM
A govt of the dummy, by the dummy, for the dummy: BNP leader Moyeen
BNP Standing Committee member Abdul Moyeen Khan today demanded the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and cancellation of yesterday’s "dummy election"
8 January 2024, 08:05 AM
When will the politics of burning people alive end?
Why haven't our law enforcers been able to identify those responsible for these arson attacks?
7 January 2024, 12:44 PM