DHAKA: BNP vice chairman Abdullah-al-Noman has alleged that the incumbent government fails to govern the country. It did not control the price hike of rice and other commodities due to its incapacity, he said.     The BNP leader made the allegation at a discussion meeting and

SYLHET: The Sylhet-Teknaf road march called for protesting genocide of Rohingyas and demanding atrocities by Myanmar in Rakhine State was foiled by police on Thursday (September 21). ‘Humanity for Rohingya Bangladesh’, a platform floated for raising voice for repressed Rohingyas,

DHAKA: Gonojagoron Mancha spokesperson Imran H Sarker and activist Sanaton Malo Ullash were granted bail in a case filed over commenting offensive on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Earlier, they surrendered before the court of Dhaka Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Sheikh Samidul,

SYLHET: The Sylhet-Teknaf road march protesting atrocities on Rohingyas in Rakhine State of Myanmar will begin on Thursday (September 21). ‘Humanity for Rohingya Bangladesh’, a platform floated for raising voice for repressed Rohingyas, called the road-march program. Chairman of

SYLHET: Ashraf Babul, acting chairman of the Ghilachhara Union Parishad of Fenchuganj upazila in Sylhet, has been suspended on charge of embezzling fund. He was suspended in line with an order given by the Local Government Division (LGD). The chairman was accused for embezzlement of

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Wednesday (September 20) issued arrest warrant for Gonojagoron Mancha spokesperson Imran H Sarker, in a case filed over commenting offensive on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Dhaka Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Sheikh Samidul Islam issued the warrant

DHAKA: The BNP has again blamed the government for the price hike of rice and other essential commodities across the country. The party’s senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed made the allegation at a press conference at the party’s Nayapaltan central office in the

DHAKA: Several thousands activists of the Hefazat-e-Islam, the platform of Qwami Madrasah’s teachers and students, staged demonstration in the city on Monday (September 18) protesting the persecution of Rohingya Muslims who are fleeing Myanmar to Bangladesh.   The leaders, activists

KHAGRACHHARI: The dawn-to-dusk hartal was observed peacefully in Khagrachhari district on Monday (September 18). Parbatya Bangali Chhatra Parishad and Khagrachari Hill District Sustainable Development and Corruption Prevention Committee jointly called the hartal protesting the killing

DHAKA: The BNP has blamed the government’s mismanagement for the price hike of rice. The people are facing miseries for the price hike, the party said.    The party’s standing committee member Nazrul Islam Khan raised the allegation at a human chain in front of the National Press

MYMENSINGH: Jatiya Party leader Rowshan Ershad, also the leader of the opposition in parliament, will visit Rohingya refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar’s Ukhia upazila on Monday (Sep 18). Mohammad Mamun Hasan, public relations officer of the Jatiya Party office, said it in a press

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Sunday (September 17) asked BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to surrender before it on October 5 in a case filed over undermining the country’s map and the national flag. The BNP chief will face arrest warrant if she fails to appear before the court on that day.

DHAKA: BNP demanded army deployment at the refugee camp areas in Cox’s Bazar of Bangladesh for Rohingyas who fled Myanmar to avoid persecution upon them especially in turbulent Rakhine state following an upsurge last month. BNP standing committee member Mirza Abbas raised the demand

DHAKA: The BNP-led 20-party alliance has demanded whereabouts of one of its leaders and secretary general of Bangladesh Kalyan Party MM Aminur Rahman who went missing on August 27. BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Kalyan Party chairman Maj Gen (retd) Syed Mohammad

DHAKA: Members of the civil society at a roundtable discussion have said that the Election Commission (EC) has to be made strong for a free election and fair election in coming days. Otherwise the election will not be credible, they said. Sushasoner Jonno Nagorik (SUJON) organized the

NOAKHALI: Police detained 26 local leaders and activists of Sweccha Sebok Dal, a wing of BNP, from Sonaimuri upazila on Friday evening (September 15). Joint Convener of District unit Sweccha Shebok Dal Jahangir Alam said that police deatined them along with their vehicles on the way to

DHAKA: BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi alleged that the influential local leaders of the ruling party are exploiting and taking away the limited belongings of Rohingya refugees who fled into Bangladesh escaping persecution in Myanmar.  He made the comment in a

BARISAL: Denouncing BNP’s remark that the government failed diplomatically in Rohingya issue, Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Rashed Khan Menon warned everyone by saying that BNP and Jamaat may collect political gain from the crisis. Menon was addressing a workers’ rally of

DHAKA: Myanmar violated Bangladesh’s airspace for 17 times following atrocities of Myanmar government in Rakhine State began on August 25 and influx of Rohingya refuges to Bangladesh. ‘Humanity for Rohingya Bangladesh’, a newly formed platform floated for raising voice for

DHAKA: BNP chairperson’s adviser Zainul Abdin Farroque on Wednesday (September 11) said that they will come forward to help the government in resolving the Rohingya crisis. The former chief whip of the opposition BNP said this while speaking at a symbolic sit-in program organized