Newly appointed French Ambassador to Bangladesh Jean-Marc Sere-Charlet met BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday and discussed Bangladesh's current political situation and the upcoming national election. The hour-long meeting began around 12pm at the BNP Chairperson's offic
BNP on Thursday thanked the Chief Adviser for reaffirming that the next national election will be held in the first half of February and for announcing that a referendum will take place on the same day. “The BNP Standing Committee, chaired by Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman, thanked the Chief
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam today (Thursday) said that elected parliament will resolve the country's impending issues. “The elected parliament will address and resolve the country’s unresolved issues through discussions,” he said while speaking at a discussion
Several left-leaning political parties that did not sign the July National Charter have labelled the referendum proposed by Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus as “unnecessary and extra-constitutional”. Immediately following Yunus’s address to the nation on Thursday, these parties expre
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami’s central executive council is holding an emergency meeting to work out its next course of action following the chief adviser’s announcement that the national election and the referendum will be held on the same day. The meeting began on Thursday evening at t
The interim government’s decision to hold the referendum on the July National Charter on the same day as the national parliamentary election “does not meet the people’s aspirations”, says Jamaat-e-Islami. Secretary General Mia Golam Porwar gave the instant reaction at 3:30p
Senior BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed has alleged that Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus “violated” the July National Charter in his televised address to the nation on Thursday. “In his speech, the chief advisor breached the signed July National Charter,” the Standing Committee mem
The BNP Standing Committee is set to hold an emergency meeting on Thursday evening following the Chief Adviser’s announcement that the next national election and a referendum will be held on the same day, along with the approval of the July National Charter implementation order. The meeting
National Citizen Party (NCP) Chief Coordinator Nasiruddin Patwary on Thursday said the ousted Awami League is gaining an advantage from the ongoing cycle of counter programmes separately announced by the BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami. “One day BNP announces a programme, the next day Jamaat respond
In observance of 'National Revolution and Solidarity Day 2025,' Jatiyatabader Pathshala and 7th November Projonmo (7th November Generation) have jointly organized a month-long video content creation competition centered on Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman (Bir Uttam). The event is bein
Miscreants have set fire to the BNP office in Guthia union under Wazirpur upazila of Barishal district ahead of Awami League’s countrywide ‘lockdown’ for Thursday. Locals said the attackers poured petrol around 3am and fled after igniting the blaze. Residents rushed to the scene
Three people, including two leaders of the National Citizen Party (NCP), have been beaten up as they attempted to form a human chain at Ishwarganj Upazila Health Complex in Mymensingh, alleging “irregularities, corruption, broker misconduct, and syndicates”. Police arrested one person
BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman on Wednesday urged political parties not to make the country’s situation volatile by imposing various conditions, but instead to face people in next year’s national election, rather than issuing threats to the ‘fragile’ interim government.
