BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir say they are also against holding local polls before the national election

Amid criticisms of the party’s demand for early election, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said they are demanding the polls be held after minimal reforms, not right now.

Says Fakhrul; BNP pays tribute to Ziaur Rahman on his 89th birth anniversary

He also said that reform commissions would have been more effective if they had discussed with political parties before submitting reports

Fakhrul also added that there is no place in the BNP for those who were involved in massacre, corruption and terror activity

People will have to take to the streets, the way they did on August 5, to realise their voting rights, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir told a gathering in Thakurgaon yesterday.

A group of people become unhappy whenever the BNP raises the issue of the upcoming national election, party Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir told a rally in Panchagarh yesterday.

Fakhrul fell ill amid the crowd of party leaders and activists, prompting senior leaders to rush him to hospital for treatment.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday called upon India to respect Bangladesh's sovereignty and democracy.

Fakhrul critisises recent clashes, attacks

BNP leaders believe a vested quarter is intentionally trying to destabilise the country.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said his party, if voted to power, will form a “national government” with participation from all parties that supported them throughout.

BNP has been hounded over the last 18 years. The party chief, Khaleda Zia, was put in jail and not allowed treatment abroad while her son, Tarique Rahman, has been living in London since 2008 and faces a prison sentence back home.

The party said it would go for a movement protesting those agreements and MoUs

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.

Since voters are reluctant to take part in this election, the ruling party has resorted to such measures.

An election without any competition will not be acceptable at home or abroad.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday called upon all opposition parties to take to the streets to force the Awami League government to quit and hold the next polls under a non-party government

The chamber judge of the Supreme Court today refused to stay a High Court order that granted bail to BNP leaders Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Mirza Abbas in a case filed over Nayapaltan clashes.

Plainclothes men identifying themselves as law enforcers picked up BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Standing Committee member Mirza Abbas from their homes in Dhaka early today, claims the BNP.