BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi received a warm welcome when visited the party's central office at Naya Paltan in Dhaka on Sunday for the first time in 145 days, following his release from prison on April 25. Party leaders and over a hundred of his admirers had gathered
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People have no faith in BNP for its double standard: Quader
Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader Sunday said the people have lost their faith in BNP due to the party's double standard. "On the one hand, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said they won't contest the elections but on the other hand,
Bangladesh takes IMF loan as breathing space: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said Bangladesh has taken a loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as a "breathing space" while the global lender assured of continuing to provide such support in future. "We have taken the loan from the IMF as breathing space," quoting the Prime Minister as
BNP won’t join 5 city polls in any way: Fakhrul
Dismissing all speculations about the party's subtle strategy to take part in city polls, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday categorically said their party is not joining the upcoming elections to five city corporations in any way. "We have made it very clear that we are not going
AL will be tough on election disruptors: Quader
Japan can mediate return the Rohingyas back: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said Japan could mediate and help return the Rohingyas back to their homeland Myanmar as it has benign influence in this region. "Now they (Rohingyas) are becoming a security threat to Bangladesh and to the entire region. Japan, with its benign influence in the region, could
Action against rebel candidates in due course: Quader
Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Thursday said that the stance taken by Awami League against rebel candidates will continue as usual. There is nothing new to say. Action will be taken when there is appropriate time, said the senior Awami League leader in
Hasina, Kishida for resolving Rohingya crisis
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Japanese counterpart Kishida Fumio have shared the view that protracted displacement of the Rohingyas will lead to increased burden on the host communities and "instability in the region". They laid emphasis on realizing a "sustainable, safe, voluntary, and dignified" repatriation of the displaced persons to
2 Ex JL, BCL leaders shot dead in Laxmipur
Two former leaders of Awami League's (AL's) associate bodies--Juba League (JL) and Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) have been shot to death in an attack allegedly by their rivals over establishing supremacy in Sadar upazila of Laxmipur on Tuesday night. deceased identified as Abdullah Al Noman, 35, and Rakib Imam, 28, were
Get ready to make Eid-ul-Azha journey smooth: Quader
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader Wednesday directed the authorities concerned to take preparation from now to make the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha journey as smooth as the holy Eid-ul-Fitr one. “There will be cattle markets, animal carrying trucks and rains during the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha. So, the Eid-ul-Azha journey of people will