It is not BNP; people will take the decision to dethrone the government, said Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) standing committee member Mirza Abbas on Saturday. "We (BNP) don't see the government as it was formed without elections (according to BNP's view)," said Mirza Abbas while addressing a
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) standing committee member Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan said on Sunday that the people in the country have no right to speak (freedom of expression). “Where there is no democracy, then media freedom might not exist. People have no right to speak. People are being fo
A meeting of the ruling Awami League (AL) Parliamentary Nomination Board will be held at 7pm on Saturday at Ganabhaban in Dhaka. "Awami League President and Parliamentary Nomination Board President Sheikh Hasina will chair it," BSS reported on Friday. AL General Secretary Obaidul Quader has urged
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said on Friday that those who will contest the upcoming upazila elections defying party directives were traitors and wayward. "One-person rule has been established in the country after the dummy election with the h
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Friday that BNP now itself remains under pressure as they wanted to mount stress on the government through hatching various conspiracies. “Those who wanted to keep us under pressure are now remaining under pressure as the Arab spring has also
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina once again on Thursday called on the ministers and members of parliament not to field their relatives as candidates in the upcoming upazila council elections, clarifying that by ‘relatives’, she specifically meant their ‘children and spouses’, Aw
Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has said BNP never increased the wages of the workers while they were in power. Describing BNP-Jamaat as an evil force, he said they shot dead labourers who were agitating for salary and bonus, killed farmer
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said on Thursday that they will continue their movement until the fall of the government for establishing people’s voting and other rights. “BNP leaders and activists are now on the streets and they wil
The BNP has served show cause notices to 61 leaders for participating in the second phase of upazila parishad elections, going against the party’s decision to boycott the polls to the local bodies. The show-caused BNP leaders have been asked to respond within 48 hours. If they fail to come u
Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Wednesday said that there is stain of worker's blood in BNP's hands. "They (BNP leaders) do not have the strength of waging movement. Movement requires people. People are not with them. The blood stain of
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has invited Bangladesh Awami League (AL) to observe the overall preparation and campaign taken for the national elections in India. Awami League Deputy Office Secretary Sayem Khan disclosed the information to media through a press release on Wednesday, reports BSS. Ac
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia was taken to Evercare Hospital in the capital on Wednesday evening for health check-up. She arrived at the hospital from her Gulshan residence at around 07:05 pm, said her media wing member Shamsuddin Didar. He said the BNP chairperson will undergo several tests a
Hundreds of leaders and activists of BNP and its affiliated organisations have started gathering at Nayapaltan in the capital on Wednesday to participate in a rally on the occasion of May Day. Braving the scorching heat, the opposition activists have begun thronging the rally venue since noon with
