Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) demanded on Thursday that the government mete out exemplary punishment to those responsible for the killing of students and innocent people over the job quota movement. It also called upon the government to provide due compensation to the families of those who we
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Friday reiterated that ‘BNP-Jamaat’, a hyphenation favoured by the ruling party to lump together their political opponents, are fully responsible for the recent mayhem across the country, with help from their allies. He also scoffed at th
Describing the killing of student protesters by law enforcers as ‘mass murder’, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday demanded the army be returned to the barracks, lifting of the curfew that has now been imposed for a week, and asserted the present governmen
A Dhaka court on Thursday sent two people, including Bangladesh Jatiyo Party (BJP) Chairman Andaleeve Rahman Partho, to five-day remand in a case filed over setting fire to the Setu Bhaban in the capital. The other accused is Rezaul Hasanat David, who was allegedly accused of financing the perpetr
Three more BNP leaders, including Shahiduddin Chowdhury Anee, and Bangladesh Jatiya Party (BJP) Chairman Andaleeve Rahman Partho have been arrested. Law enforcers arrested BNP joint secretary general Anee from the capital’s Elephant Road area on Thursday afternoon, said his brother Hap
Leaders and workers of BNP clashed with police in front of the National Mosque Baitul Mukarram on Wednesday. Witnesses said opposition leaders and workers brought out a procession after a gayebana janaza at Baitul Mukarram Mosque’s north gate for students killed in the quota reform movement.
A freedom fighters’ rally will be held in Dhaka on Thursday, protesting derogatory remarks against freedom fighters and the liberation war during the recent movement for reformation of quota system in government jobs. Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque on Wednesday said the r
After the police raid, the Detective Branch (DB) police marked off the areas in front of the main gate of the BNP’s Nayapaltan central office with crime scene tape inscribed with ’Do not cross’. The collapsible gate of the BNP office was also found locked from outside as of 12 pm
Police raided BNP’s Nayapaltan central office early Wednesday following the explosion of some crude bombs in front of it. A team of Detectives Branch (DB) of police conducted the raid around 12:30 am,” said Shamsuddin Didar, an official of the BNP chairperson's press wing. Later, talk
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday called upon the country’s people and all political parties to stand beside the general students who are demonstrating across the country against the reinstatement of the quota system in government jobs. Speaking at a discussion, he
The imprisonment day of Awami League (AL) President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is being observed in the country on Tuesday in a befitting manner. Sheikh Hasina was arrested from her Sudha Sadan residence at Dhanmondi in the city on July 16, 2007 during the military-backed caretaker governmen
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) said on Monday that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has breached her oath through her comments on the annulment of quota in government services in 2018. Earlier on Sunday, the Prime Minister told a press briefing at her Gonobhaban residence that she has abrogated qu
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir will have to take rest at home for some days upon the advice of his doctor. Earlier, he had been admitted to United Hospital in the capital on July 10, 2024 and had an angiogram there. Later he was released from the h
