One-Point Movement, BNP to hold rally in city next Thursday

The BNP will hold a public rally in the capital on Thursday (July 27) to press home their one-point demand, i.e. the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and holding the next national election under a neutral government. BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir announced the programme from a mammoth

Fair polls not possible without neutral govt : BNP

BNP on Thursday told British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Sarah Cooke that a fair election is not possible here without a neutral government as the current regime has been moving ahead with its scheme of rigging votes. "Though the election is six months away, the scheme of stealing votes is actively

BNP’s condition to join polls goes against constitution: Quader

Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader Thursday said that the condition given by BNP to participate in the election goes against the country's constitution. "The foreigners have no comment over the party's (BNP) caretaker government or one-point demand," he told journalists at the Setu

BNP merely knows how to destroy, plunder PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Thursday urged the countrymen to protect themselves from the clasp of BNP-Jamaat, saying that they only know how to destroy, make corruption and plunder but don't know how to serve people. "They (BNP-Jamaat) know how to destroy, don't know how to create anything, they don't know how

We’ll no longer tolerate persecution: BNP

BNP senior leader Mirza Abbas on Wednesday warned that their party will no longer tolerate political persecution and come up with a fitting reply in the days to come. "The people of Bangladesh will realise their right to vote. We have endured your (govt's) torture for 15 years. We won't tolerate

BNP acting crazy as EU on caretaker govt: Quader

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has gone crazy as foreign delegations of the United States and the European Union did not discuss a polls-time caretaker government, Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader said Wednesday. "BNP had hoped that the representatives of the United States and the European Union would speak on

Loan defaulters want AL in power again: BNP

BNP Chairperson's Adviser Abdus Salam stated that it is not the businessmen, but the loan defaulters and murderers who desire to see this government in power again. "After looting the country without any hindrance, they are now supporting this illegal government to safeguard their ill-gotten wealth," Abdus Salam, who is also

BNP’s politics is on verge of destruction: Quader

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader Sunday said BNP's politics has reached the edge of destruction. "The BNP's politics, not the country, has reached the brink of destruction today," he said in a statement issued in response to the statements of BNP leaders that the country is standing on the edge

It’s not possible to go to polls under AL : BNP

BNP on Saturday told the visiting Election Exploratory Mission from the European Union (EU) that it is not possible for their party to join the next national election under the current Awami League government. "We've told them that there's no question of going to elections under this regime, it is not

Countdown begins for govt’s downfall: BNP

BNP's Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed said that the countdown for the downfall of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's government has begun. "Various pro-democracy parties have joined forces to make he ongoing one-point movement successful. It is certain that she [Sheikh Hasina] can no longer remain in power," he