BNP will hold its final election rally on Sunday in the capital on February 8, ahead of the national election. The rally will take place at the party's central office in the capital's Nayapaltan area at 2:00 pm, with BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman set to address the gathering as the chief guest. BNP
Speculation has grown over Zaima Zarnaz Rahman’s entry into politics following her return to Bangladesh with her father, BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman. After spending many of her formative years abroad, Zaima returned to the country with her family after more than a decade and a half, seeking
For the first time in decades, the image that once defined the hometown of Bangladesh's ousted premier Sheikh Hasina during elections, her Awami League party's "boat" symbol, is absent. In its place, posters of rivals like the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), the Jamaat‑e‑Islami party and indep
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) will announce its election manifesto today (Friday), ahead of the 13th national parliamentary election. Party Chairman Tarique Rahman will formally unveil the manifesto. BNP media cell member Shairul Kabir Khan confirmed it on Thursday. He said the manifesto
Two local election camps of BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami were vandalized in Kapasia, Gazipur, following tensions over a political rally on Thursday night. According to local residents, the incident took place near Saldaoi Bazar while a Jamaat election rally was ongoing, UNB reports. A scuffle br
Bangladesh Khelafat Majlis Ameer Maulana Mamunul Haque on Thursday said terrorism and corruption would be eliminated from Bangladesh’s politics through a “ballot revolution” in the February 12 elections. He made the remarks while addressing an election rally at the Azim Uddin Hi
BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman is set to announce the party’s election manifesto for the 13th parliamentary election on Friday. BNP media cell member Sayrul Kabir Khan said the manifesto will be unveiled at 3:30pm at Sonargaon Hotel in the capital. He said party Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul
Bangabhaban Assistant Programmer Sarowar Alam, who was detained following allegations that he “hacked” the X account of Jamaat-e-Islami chief Shafiqur Rahman, has secured bail. Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Awlad Hossain Mohammad Junaid granted him bail on Thursday. E
BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman will visit the northern districts on Saturday as part of the second phase of his election campaign in the region. According to the party’s media cell, Tarique Rahman will leave Dhaka by air at 10:00am for Saidpur Airport and address three election rallies during t
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday criticised Jamaat-e-Islami over its role during Bangladesh’s 1971 Liberation War, saying the party must clarify its position on the country’s independence. “Jamaat leaders are currently making statements in television
Jamaat Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman on Thursday pledged to ensure the security and rights of people of all religions and communities, while promising strict measures to protect women from harassment and threats. Speaking at an election rally organised by the Naogaon district Jamaat at Atim ground in N
Miscreants vandalised the election office of AB Party chairman Mujibur Rahman Manjur, the Eagle-symbol candidate of the 11-party alliance, at Izzatpur in Feni Sadar late Wednesday night. Local sources said the office, located on Daiyabibi Bazar Road at Izzatpur, was inaugurated by party leaders an
The Election Commission has decided to use the modern network or wireless communication system of law-enforcing agencies to collect election results from 108 remote polling stations accessible by helicopter sorties in the three hill districts -- Rangamati, Khagrachhari and Bandarban. In this regar
