A Dhaka Court on Sunday shown arrested former home minister and BNP Vice Chairman Air Vice Marshal (retd) Altaf Hossain Chowdhury in three other separate cases. The cases have been filed with Ramna Police Station. After ending hearing on arrest and bail petitions, Dhaka Additional Metropolitan Magistrate Md Sultan Shohag shown him
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BNP announces 6-day programme beginning Tuesday
BNP on Sunday announced a six-day fresh programme, including mass contact and leaflet distribution, across the country beginning on Tuesday as part of its ongoing movement demanding the cancellation of 12th parliament and a fresh election under a non-partisan government. Party Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi came up with
BNP have to pay for its mistake: Quader
Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader Friday said BNP will have to pay for the mistake it made by not joining the January 7 polls. He made the remark while speaking at a press conference at the AL president's Dhanmondi political office here Friday afternoon. Quader, also the road transport and
No scope to allow any more Rohingya influx: Quader
Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader said there is no scope to show generosity to new Rohingya influx into Bangladesh territory amid the ongoing conflict in Myanmar. "We will not allow Rohingyas to enter Bangladesh again. Earlier, we opened the border showing generosity. Now there is no scope to show
People will again take to streets to topple AL govt: Manna
Nagorik Oikya President Mahmudur Rahman Manna on Monday said people will again take to the streets in the capital to ensure the fall of the current Awami League government. “This Parliament can’t function. They (AL leaders) are disappointed, not us. Common people gave us all-out support by not going to cast
Borders unprotected due to govt’s knee-jerk policy: BNP
Voicing concern over the prevailing tension along the Myanmar frontier, BNP on Monday alleged that the borders of Bangladesh have become unprotected due to the knee-jerk foreign policy of the current Awami League government which it says has usurped power without public support. Speaking at a press briefing at the party’s
BNP wants political gain on public sufferings: Nasim
Awami League (AL) Joint General Secretary AFM BahauddinNasim said BNP wants to gain political interest capitalizing on pubic sufferings. Nasim was speaking at a programme on the occasion of winter-clothe distribution programme in city's Motijheel area here. Referring to BNP's black flag procession, he said this party along with Jamaat wants to
Govt not doing anything to harass Dr Yunus: Anisul
AP, DHAKA Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq today said the government is not doing anything to harass Nobel Laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus. "Government has not filed any false case against him (Dr Yunus). The government is not harassing him. That case was filed by the labourers. The department which
Russia denies BNP allegation of influencing polls
Russian ambassador to Bangladesh Alexander Mantytsky on Wednesday dismissed the allegations made by Bangladesh Nationalist Party, affirming that the government under prime minister Sheikh Hasina was democratically elected by the citizens of Bangladesh. This statement came in response to a journalist’s inquiry about the BNP standing committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy’s
Gas meter rent increase act of revenge against people: BNP
The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Wednesday said that the government increased the charge of residential prepaid gas meters to take revenge on people for not appearing in the polling stations on January 7. ‘A two-fold increase in meter fares has been imposed on people for watching the circus in