BNP becomes isolated from people in politics: Quader

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today said BNP has become isolated from people in politics after failing to realize the people's mindset. "It has been proved in Bangladesh's politics that the country's democracy is safe at the hands of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. She

BNP’s politics depends on mercy of foreign masters: Quader

Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader Friday said BNP leaders are going to their foreign masters after they were repeatedly rejected by the country's people. "They (BNP leaders) are doing politics thinking of the foreign ambassadors as their gods," he said in a statement. Quader, also the road transport and bridges

BNP-Jamaat’s politics is to burn people: PM

Denouncing BNP as a terrorist party Awami league President Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said it has no right to do politics in Bangladesh. “BNP has no right to do politics in Bangladesh because they burn and kill people,” she said. The prime minister was addressing a huge campaign rally at the historic

No way of amending constitution for caretaker govt: Quader

Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader Sunday outright rejected any possibility of restoring the obsolete caretaker government system by amending the country's constitution. "The caretaker government will not return. No matter whatever efforts you make, the government will stick to the constitution," he said while speaking at the unwrapping ceremony

BNP stage marches in Motijheel, Uttara

 The leaders and activists of BNP's Dhaka south and north city units on Friday brought out separate silent processions in the capital to press home the party's 20-point demand, including holding the next polls under a non-party caretaker government. The organisers said the march programme is also meant for registering the

Never did politics for getting something: President

President Abdul Hamid on Wednesday urged the senior politicians to come forward to highlight the authentic history in front of the new and future generations to enrich them with the spirit of Liberation War and independence. "If we want to enrich our new and future generations with the spirit of

Iran plunged into darkness when Khomeini returns from exile

Contrary to belief, dark clouds had overcast the skies in Iran when the Shia (or Shiite) Islamist leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returned from exile 44 years ago on 1 February 1979. The so-called Islamic Revolution which is believed to have ousted the Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, on 11 February