DHAKA: BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said ruling Awami League leaders are mocking, ridiculing and neglecting the physical illness of the party chief Khaleda Zia. Terming AL as an anti-democratic party, Rizvi added that human life, dignity and suffering have no

DHAKA: Police detained 16 BNP leaders and activists including its Dhaka Metropolitan unit acting secretary general Habibur Rashid Habib from Rupyan Tower in city’s Bangla Motor area on Sunday afternoon (April 29). The detainees are- Senior Vice President of BNP Dhaka South Zone M

DHAKA: Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader has warned that Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), the student wing of the party, will not be run by any types of syndicate. Adding that the student organization will be run strictly by party chairperson Sheikh Hasina’s directives

DHAKA: Citing a survey carried out by a US-based research body, Sajeeb Wazed Joy said his mother prime minister Sheikh Hasina is more popular in Bangladesh than former prime minister Khaleda Zia.  Prime Minister son also her ICT adviser Joy made the claim on a post uploaded on his

DHAKA: BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir expressed concern saying that their convicted party chief Khaleda Zia’s physical condition is very worsening. “Her health condition turned very poor. We have become worried after observing her condition today” Fakhrul

NARAYANGANJ: Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader said that BNP itself doesn’t want the return of their acting Chairperson Tarique Zia to the country. Obaidul Quader, also, the Road Transport and Bridges Minister came up with this remark in a crowd after visiting Araihazar

DHAKA: A Dhaka court fixed June 26 for hearing of charge-sheet of the Barapukuria Coalmine graft case filed against BNP chief Khaleda Zia and 10 others. Judge Hosne Ara Begum of the Special Judge's Court-2 of Dhaka fixed the date on Thursday (April 26) following a petition was

DHAKA: BNP leader and former minister M Shamsul Islam passed away on Thursday (April 26) after suffering from cancer for long time.  The veteran politician breathed his last around 2:30pm in Dhaka’s United Hospital.  BNP Chairperson’s press wing member Shamsuddin Didar

DHAKA: Election Commission (EC) Secretary Helaluddin Ahmed said the upcoming polls to Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) won’t have any deployment of army. He was briefing the reporters at the EC secretariat Thursday noon (April 26). Earlier, BNP placed 26-point demand seeking army

DHAKA: BNP leaders formed a human chain in front of party’s main office in city’s Nayapaltan area demanding release of its Chairperson Khaleda Zia from jail. BNP activists came out on street with banners after 10:00 am on Wednesday (April 25), though they were supposed to start

DHAKA: A Dhaka court fixed May 17 for the hearing in two cases of Khaleda Zia that accused her of exhorting the war crimes accused and celebrating a false birthday.   On Wednesday (April 25), Dhaka Metropolitan magistrates Khurshid Alam and Ahsan Habib of the special court installed

DHAKA: Urging all to unify against the government, BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said party chairperson Khaleda Zia will be freed from jail through intensified movement. He made the remarks at a human chain demanding the release of Khaleda Zia in front of BNP

DHAKA: BNP has changed the venue for forming a human chain which is slated to be held on Wednesday (April 25), demanding immediate and unconditional release of its party chief Khaleda Zia.  As per the latest decision, the human chain will be formed in front of BNP central party office

DHAKA: The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Advocate Zainul Abedin urged the government to send jailed BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to United Hospital for treatment. He made the call at a press conference at the SCBA auditorium in Dhaka on Tuesday afternoon (April 24). 

DHAKA: In a latest response to the ongoing political rant, BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said the government has found nothing against BNP’s acting chairman Tarique Rahman except a home office letter full of errors. He also said the only achievement of PM

DHAKA: In a latest response to the ongoing political rant, BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said the government has found nothing against BNP’s acting chairman Tarique Rahman except a home office letter full of errors. He also said the only achievement of PM

PABNA: Police on Tuesday (April 24) recovered the slit-throat body of an activist of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) from the roof of his residence in Pabna. The deceased was identified as Shahed Hasan Shuvo, 30, son of Arshed Alom in Radhanagar Narayanpur area under Pabna

DHAKA: Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad said many of the BNP leaders will now join his party as it has potentials to go to power in the next election.  Ershad made the remark on Monday (April 23) at his Baridhara residence when former BNP MP ATM Alamgir joined Jatiya Party in the

RAJSHAHI: Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB-5) arrested three members of banned militant outfit Ansar Al Islam from Belpukur area of Rajshahi city early Monday (April 23). The arrestees are- Md Raju Ahmmed, 24, son of Md Abu Bakar Siddique, Md Farhad Hossain, 30, son of Md Aktar

DHAKA: BNP has announced 8-day long programmes including holding demonstration and labor rally demanding the unconditional release of party chief Khaleda Zia from jail. BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi announced the programmes at a press conference in party’s Naya