Political parties active through the student-mass uprising instantly welcome the much-envisaged election schedule, saying that the people will be able to exercise their franchise after the end of a decade-and-a-half-long "fascist regime". BNP Secretary-General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir describes
BNP Standing Committee member Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury has said Tarique Rahman will soon return to file his nomination in person for the Feb 12 parliamentary election. After a meeting with his party leaders in Chattogram amid speculations over the return of Tarique, Khosru told reporters the a
Senior BNP leader Mirza Abbas has come under fire from supporters of Sharif Osman bin Hadi when he arrived at the hospital to see the injured independent hopeful for Dhaka-8 and Inqilab Mancha convener. Around 4pm on Friday, as Abbas, the BNP-nominated candidate for the constituency, reached the e
Osman Hadi, an independent candidate who planned to contest the Dhaka-8 parliamentary seat in the upcoming national election, has been shot. The incident occurred in Dhaka's Bijoynagar after Jummah prayers on Friday. He has been taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital for treatment, reports bdnews
Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain, who recently resigned as a student advisor to the interim government, has announced that he will contest the upcoming 13th national election as an independent candidate from the Dhaka-10 constituency. He announced in a video posted on his Facebook page on Saturday, repo
BNP on Thursday welcomed the schedules for the long-awaited national election and the referendum on the Reform Charter, describing it as a ‘new chapter’ in Bangladesh’s political landscape. “BNP has never had any fear regarding elections. We have always said that elections
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami on Thursday welcomed the announcement of the schedule for the national election. The reaction from the party came shortly after Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin unveiled the election timetable in a televised address in the evening. Ehsanul Mahbub Jubaye
BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman on Thursday once again warned his party colleagues that the next election will be a tough one amid a constant spread of lies and false campaigns, urging them to be serious and reach out to people with the party’s plans and programmes. “You must study
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr. Shafiqur Rahman held a meeting on Thursday with a visiting delegation from the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), Japan’s official investment and trade promotion body. The meeting was held in a cordial and constructive atmosphere at the Jamaat chi
After resigning from his government post, Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain is leaning towards joining the Gono Odhikar Parishad (GOP). Although he has not shared any official decision on the matter, the GOP has dropped hints, reports bdnews24.com. However, another student advisor - Mahfuj Alam, who has
A man has been killed in a clash between two factions of the Chhatra Dal, the BNP’s student wing, in Chattogram’s Mirsharai Upazila. Police and witnesses said the incident unfolded on Wednesday night in the Sadar area of the Baroirhat Municipality. The victim was identified as 23-ye
A young member of the Jamaat-e-Islami-backed labour wing was hacked to death in Rajshahi city on Wednesday evening, police said. The victim, Shanto, 26, son of Md Hasnat of Alimganj Purba Para, was a worker of the Kashiadanga thana unit of the Shramik Kalyan Federation, UNB reports. The att
BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia is responding to treatment at Evercare Hospital in the capital as she did in the past, according to her personal physician and BNP leader Dr AZM Zahid Hossain. Addressing the media outside the hospital on Wednesday night, the BNP standing committee member said the
