Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman today (Tuesday) said his party wants to build a curse-free Bangladesh where women and children can live in safety, dignity and security. “Wrong policies and widespread plunder by previous governments forced one factory after another to shut
BNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed on Friday said that those who persecuted the country’s Hindu community during the 1971 Liberation War have returned in a new form to contest elections, raising concerns about the safety of all citizens in Bangladesh. Speaking at an interaction m
Former adviser to the interim government Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain has rejected reports on keeping government-allotted residence occupied despite resignation as an adviser. Describing the reports as false, fabricated and intentional, the former adviser on Friday said he handed over the residence,
Hasnat Abdullah, the chief organizer of the National Citizens' Party (NCP) Southern Region and the 11-party alliance nominee for the Cumilla-4 (Debidwar) constituency, on Friday declared that he would hound the extortionists, drug dealers, and loan defaulters if gets elected in the forthcoming parl
BNP candidate for the Sirajganj-3 (Raiganj–Tarash) constituency, Ainul Haque, has been hospitalised in Dhaka for heart treatment. He underwent surgery at Evercare Hospital in the capital on Thursday, during which two stents were placed in his heart, said Khandaker Selim Jahangir, former pres
BNP chief Tarique Rahman has paid his respects at the grave of Abu Sayed, the first martyr of the July 2024 mass uprising. Tarique began his party’s election campaign in Rangpur on Friday by visiting the grave in Pirganj Upazila's Babonpur village. He travelled to the village from Bogura aft
At least 10 people have been injured in clashes between activists of the BNP and the National Citizen Party (NCP) during the inauguration of a ferry service in Hatia, an island Upazila of Noakhali. The confrontation broke out at around 3:30pm on Friday at the Nalchira Ferry Terminal, centring on a
Rangpur is preparing to welcome BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman as he returns to the city after about two decades ahead of the Feb 12 elections. Tarique is scheduled to arrive in Rangpur on Friday and address a public rally at the Collectorate Eidgah Field in the evening as part of his election campai
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has pledged to protect businesses and eliminate bureaucratic red tape and extortion if it comes to power, party Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman said at a dialogue with business leaders held ahead of the national election. The dialogue, titled "Strategic Thoughts for Industry an
BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman on Thursday warned that a “vote-rigging conspiracy” by a party has not yet ended and urged voters to remain vigilant to protect their votes in the upcoming national election. “The conspiracy of one party has not ended yet. One party has fled the countr
BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman on Thursday pledged to waive agricultural loans of up to Tk 10,000, including interest, and will introduce farmer cards if his party is voted into power, framing the move as part of a broader effort to ease pressure on rural livelihoods. The BNP chief came up with the p
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday said he has never treated politics as a source of income, revealing that he sold his ancestral property to finance his political activities. “I am doing politics by selling my father’s land and houses,” he said while c
BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman has begun his election campaign in northern Bangladesh with a visit to the shrine of the revered Sufi saint Shah Makhdum (R.) in Rajshahi. He arrived at the shrine in the city’s Dargah Para around 1:15 pm on Thursday, where he paid his respects and later signed th
