US wants govt, opposition to work together: Donald Lu

US Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Lu has emphasised the government and the opposition "working together peacefully" to ensure the freedom of assembly as Bangladesh moves towards the next national election. "We as Americans, we will condemn violence when we see

BNP gets sick after doing negative politics: Quader

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader Monday said BNP has now become sick after doing the negative politics, destruction, intrigue and corruption.“If someone becomes sick, he or she will go to hospital, and there is no criticism for that. But, as the BNP gets sick after doing ill politics, the

Revoke power price hike or face protests: BNP

 BNP Vice Chairman Barkatullah Bulu on Friday warned that their party will take to the streets together with people if the government does not cancel its decision to hike power price."The price of electricity has been increased again. It's an anti-people decision of the government. We'll protest against this on

AL to stay on streets to prevent BNP’s anarchy: Quader

Awami League will remain cautious about BNP's movement and stay on streets to protect people's lives and property, said Awami Leaque general secretary Obaidul Quader on Thursday. "We will be cautious about BNP's movement as they can't create any anarchic situation and we won't change our stance. We are on

Wake up to restore voting rights: Fakhrul

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday called upon the country's people to wake up more to restore their voting rights by ousting the Awami League government."The people of Bangladesh have woken up. We need to now wake up more to materialise the dreams of the Liberation War

Ousting AL from power isn’t so easy: PM

Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina Tuesday said it is not so easy to dislodge her party from power through pushing, referring to  BNP-Jamaat’s scheduled nationwide sit-in demonstration tomorrow as part of an attempt to oust the government. “They are now saying they will wage a movement from

Fakhrul, Abbas freed from jail after a month

Just after a month of their arrest, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and standing committee member Mirza Abbas were freed from jail on bail on Monday evening.They walked out of Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj around 6pm after the bail order reached the jail authorities, said media cell

27 points part of anti-govt movement: Khosru

BNP senior leader Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury on Sunday said their party's 27 points for the state reform are 'parts of the ongoing movement' to unseat the Awami League government. "I have been saying repeatedly that these 27 points are parts of the ongoing movement. It's not different," he said.