The government has suspended the jail term of Dr Zubaida Rahman, wife of BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman, for one year on condition of filing an appeal upon her surrender in a corruption case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). The Ministry of Home Affairs today issued a circular in this
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ICT gets genocide charges against AL, 14-party allies
An allegation of genocide was brought Wednesday against Awami League (AL) as a party for allegedly giving direct instruction in the barbaric crimes and its 14-party allies like Workers Party of Bangladesh and Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (Jasad). Nationalist Democratic Movement (NDM) chairman Bobby Hajjaj filed the complaint with the office of
Fakhrul acquitted in arson case
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and seven other party leaders and activists were acquitted on Wednesday by a lower court in an arson case filed at Paltan Police Station. Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Ziadur Rahman acquitted the eight accused in the case. His lawyer Joynal Abedin Mesbah said Mirza
Election Tribunal declares BNP’s Shahadat as CCC Mayor
BNP leader Dr Shahadat Hossain has been elected as mayor of the Chattogram City Corporation (CCC). A Chattogram court declared, Shahadat, also former convener of city unit BNP, as the Mayor of CCC after hearing a case filed seeking cancellation of the election of CCC. Chattogram Election Tribunal judge and 1st Joint
Ex-AL minister Mostafizur Rahman Fizar dies
Former Minister for Primary and Mass Education and Awami League lawmaker Mostafizur Rahman Fizar passed away on Sunday night. He was 70. Fizar, also President of the Dinajpur District Awami League, breathed his last around 8pm at the LabAid Hospital in the capital while undergoing cancer treatment for a long time,
Fakhrul hints at AL conspiracy behind chaos in industrial sector: Fakhrul
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said on Saturday that a vested quarter is trying to create an anarchic situation in the industrial sector. Highlighting the need for a task force to safeguard industries and factories, BNP Secretary General emphasized that in 2023, 85 percent of exports originated from the
Interim Government must announce an election roadmap: Hafiz Uddin
BNP standing committee member Maj (retd) Hafiz Uddin Ahmed on Sunday demanded the Interim Government to announce an election roadmap. “This government should have tried from its beginning to constitute a good election commission. But there is no talk about the Election Commission. They don’t announce any roadmap. They also don’t
BNP dissolves Dhaka north city committee
In a surprising development, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has dissolved the convening committee of its Dhaka North city unit, around two and a half months after its formation. The party announced the dissolution of the committee through a press release, signed by Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on
Interim govt must win BNP’s unshakeable trust: Tarique Rahman
BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman on Saturday said the interim government, led by Dr Muhammad Yunus, must take on the challenge of winning the BNP's trust unshakably. “We all know that there was no alternative to an interim government to fill the vacuum suddenly created in a dictatorship-free Bangladesh. For valid
