Caretaker govt most suitable way for credible polls: Fakhrul

 BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday said election under a caretaker government is the most suitable system for a country like Bangladesh, and urged the noted citizens and political parties to raise their voices for its restoration.Talking to reporters at a press briefing at BNP chairperson's Gulshan

Quit now to avoid a shocking ouster: Fakhrul asks govt

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday called upon the government to quit power immediately to avert a shocking ouster, terming their march programme a new form of anti-government movement, "We started a new movement Saturday through this silent protest in Dhaka city. Through the silent march together

Parliament now a one-party club: Fakhrul

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday alleged that the government has turned the Jatiya Sangsad into a 'one-party club' by destroying the country's electoral system."They (govt) have destroyed all the democratic institutions. Is it a Parliament that they have formed? They've created a one-party club. It's a

People want fall of BNP’s leadership: Quader

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader Sunday said the country's people do not want to see the fall of the incumbent government rather they want the fall of BNP's leadership."Fakhrul Saheb, do you remember when the BNP's council was held? You failed in movement and elections as well. BNP leaders

Fakhrul returns home after health checkup

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has returned home from hospital after receiving treatment.He returned to his Uttara residence after discharge from hospital on Monday night.He was admitted to Dhaka's Evercare Hospital for a health checkup on Sunday morning under the supervision of Cardiologist Professor Shahabuddin Talukder.Fakhrul said, "I

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

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

HC grants 6-month bail to Fakhrul, Abbas over Nayapaltan clash

The High Court on Tuesday granted six months bail to BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Standing Committee member Mirza Abbas, in a case over the clash between police and the party activists in the capital's Nayapaltan on December 7 last year. The HC bench of Justice Md Selim

Fakhrul, Abbas sent to jail ahead of rally

A Dhaka court has ordered BNP leaders Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Mirza Abbas to jail following their arrests on charges of inciting attacks on police and detonations of improvised explosives at Naya Paltan. Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammed Jashim issued the order on Friday after dismissing the politicians' bail plea. Security at

BNP to stick to its decision on Dec 10 rally: Fakhrul

Amid a tense situation and speculations over BNP's December 10 rally, BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday said they will hold their rally at Nayapaltan on December 10 as planned earlier.He announced their decision at a press conference at BNP Chairperson's Gulshan office this afternoon.BNP took the