DHAKA: BNP standing committee member Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan has said that the next general elections won’t be free and fair without the non-party government system. He made the comment while speaking at a discussion on ‘Acceptable Elections to Resolve National Crisis: Citizens’

MUNSHIGANJ: A local Awami League activist, who went missing following a clash between two factions of the ruling party in Munshiganj Sadar upazila, was found dead on Saturday (January 06).   Police recovered the body from the Meghna River at Choitar Char village under Mollakandi of

DHAKA: Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader has asked the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), the student wing of the ruling party, to hold its central council in March.   He said this while speaking at a rally on the foot of Aparajeya Bangla on Dhaka University campus on

KHULNA: Police detained four persons, including Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami secretary Asafur Rahman, from Koyra upazila of Khulna early on Saturday (January 6).   The three others are-joint secretary Saifullah of Koyra thana, Abdul Hai Siddiqui and Sura member Jamal Hossain.

DHAKA: Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader said the next general election will be held in due time as per constitution whether the opposition BNP joins or not. Moreover, he also threw a challenge to BNP saying, “If you have the ability to foil the election, you can go ahead

DHAKA: BNP will stage demonstration at every thana of the capital on Saturday (Jan 6) protesting authorities’ rejection to allow the party for holding its pre-scheduled rally in Dhaka.  Earlier BNP sought permission twice from authorities to hold rally on Jan 5 to mark

PABNA: An activist of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) was hacked and shot to death by some unknown miscreants in Pabna on Thursday evening (Jan 4). The deceased was identified as Ariful Islam, 24, son of one (late) Abdul Hamid of Karcharipara area in Pabna municipality.  Pabna

DHAKA: BNP was denied permission for holding a rally at Paltan area on Friday (January 5).    Earlier, BNP sought permission for holding rally at Suhrawardy Udyan but denied. Later they sought permission to hold that rally at Paltan but Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) denied it on

DHAKA: Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), student wing of ruling Awami League, is celebrating its 70th founding anniversary on Thursday (January 4). The largest student organization BCL was formed on January 4 in 1948 at the instruction of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur

SYLHET: Three people were shot in a factional clash between two groups of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) at Sylhet MC College on Thursday noon (Jan 4). Two of the bullet-hit men were identified as Akhter Hossain and Abul Hasan. Followers of Awami League leader advocate Ranjit

DHAKA: Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), student wing of ruling Awami League, is set to celebrate its 70th founding anniversary on Thursday (January 4). The largest student organization BCL was formed on January 4 in 1948 at the instruction of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh

DHAKA: A chase and counter chase took place between the BNP men and the police at the High Court area in the city on Wednesday (January 03). Police detained at least 10 BNP men from there. The BNP men gathered there as the party chairperson Khaleda Zia appeared before a special court

KHAGRACHHARI: Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader has commented that BNP chief Khaleda Zia is jealous of country’s development done by the Awami League government. He made the comment in a bilateral meeting at Ramgarh municipality auditorium after visiting Bangladesh-India

DHAKA: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia appeared before court on Wednesday morning (Jan 3) for the hearing of Zia Orphanage Trust and Zia Charitable Trust graft case filed against her by the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC). Khaleda Zia reached the special court installed on the premises of

DHAKA: The BNP has sought permission from the Dhaka city corporation and the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) to hold a rally at Nayapaltan in the city on Friday (January 05). The party’s Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed said this at a press conference at the

DHAKA: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia has commented that the government is backpedaling the country. She once again said that the government is illegal and the country is run by the wishes of one person.    Khaleda Zia was speaking at a rally at the Institution of Engineers Bangladesh

DHAKA: BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said the countdown for the Awami League government’s collapse has started from today. He made the remark while addressing a student rally marking the founding anniversary of BNP’s student wing Bangladesh Chatra Dal (BCD) in

COMILLA: A Comilla court issued arrest warrant against 55 BNP-Jamaat men including BNP Chief Khaleda Zia and Jamaat-e-islami central executive committee member Abdullah Mohammad Taher.  Comilla Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Joynab Begum issued the warrant on Tuesday (Dec 2).

SYLHET: A local leader of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), student wing of BNP, was killed in a factional clash in Sylhet on Monday (January 1). The deceased was identified as Abul Hasnat Shimu, 25, son of Abdul Aziz of Arambagh area of the city. He was the former organizing secretary

DHAKA: Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader said that the BNP must not despair, as the next general elections will be held in free and fair atmosphere. Obaidul Quader, also the Road Transport and Bridges Minister, said this while exchanging greetings of the New Year with