BNP announces 48-hour blockade on Wednesday, Thursday

The BNP and like-minded parties called another 48-hour fresh blockade across the country from Wednesday morning to protest the schedule for the next national election announced by the Election Commission (EC). BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi came up with the  announcement at a virtual press briefing on Monday

BNP expels Shahjahan Omar over Awami League nomination

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Thursday expelled Barrister Shahjahan Omar for violating party discipline, after he submitted a nomination paper as an Awami League candidate for the Jhalakathi-1 constituency. A press release signed by BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said Shahjahan Omar has been expelled from all

BNP calls fresh 48-hr blockade from Sunday

BNP and like-minded parties will again enforce a 48-hour fresh road, rail, and waterways blockade across the country starting from Sunday morning to protest the schedule for the next national election announced by the Election Commission (EC). Party Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi came up with the announcement at

BNP to enforce daylong hartal Thursday

Hot on the hills of the 24-hour blockade, the BNP and like-minded parties are set to enforce a daylong hartal on Thursday, the last date for the submission of nomination papers to contest the 12th parliamentary polls. The opposition parties’ shutdown is meant to register their protest against the schedule for

BNP calls fresh blockade for Wednesday, hartal Thursday

BNP has declared a fresh 24-hour nationwide blockade on Wednesday and 12-hour hartal for Thursday. Party Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi announced the eighth round of blockade on roads, railways, and waterways at a virtual press briefing on Monday. BNP has declared the fresh blockade and hartal to press home

BNP to change strategy instead of blockade-hartal

The BNP is planning to change the course of the ongoing movement in early December, moving away from harsher programmes like hartals and blockades to demonstrations and sit-ins. The change is being mulled to keep up public support and prepare to show its strengths before the 12th parliamentary polls billed for

BNP announces fresh 48-hour blockade from Sunday

The BNP and like-minded parties will again enforce a 48-hour fresh road-rail-waterway blockade across the country starting from Sunday morning, giving a break for two days, to protest the schedule for the next national election announced by the Election Commission (EC). Party Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi came up

PM asks BNP to test popularity through polls

Prime Minister and Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina today urged BNP to participate in the 12th national election slated for January 7 to examine whom the people want to see in power. "Let's join the election to see how far one can run and to know whom the people want

Election won’t be one-sided even if BNP boycotts: Quader

Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader Wednesday said the upcoming 12th national election will not be a one-sided one even if BNP does not join it. "It is not right that the elections will be a one-sided one if BNP does not participate in

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul denied bail

A Dhaka court on Wednesday rejected the bail petition of BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in connection with a vandalism case. Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Acting Judge Faisal Atiq Bin Quader's court pronounced the verdict upon the conclusion of the hearing on the case filed against Fakhrul in connection with