Election candidates of different political parties and independent ones are passing busy time conducting campaigns to attract voters as the Election Commission (EC) has unveiled constituency-wise final voter list. Candidates of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, Nation
BNP leader Tarique Rahman is set to begin the next phase of his election campaign in the port city of Chattogram on Sunday after kicking off the drive in Sylhet. Tarique is due to arrive in Chattogram by air from Dhaka at 7:35 pm on Saturday and will stay overnight in the city, the party announced
Jamaat-e-Islami chief Shafiqur Rahman has pledged to take initiatives to restore life to Teesta and other northern rivers if his party forms a 10-party coalition government. At an election rally organised by the alliance in Gaibandha on Saturday, he said the initiative would not only benefit peopl
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said a fear-free environment must be ensured to hold a free and fair national parliamentary election. He made the comment in a statement sent to the media on Friday, following the shooting of Keraniganj BNP leader Hasan Molla. In the statement, Mi
BNP Secretary General and Thakurgaon-1 constituency candidate Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir formally started his election campaign on Friday afternoon with a road meeting and public outreach event at Sholthari Bazar in Debipur union, the constituency’s southernmost area. Addressing a large gat
BNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed on Friday assured salt workers of resolving existing problems in the country’s salt industry once BNP is voted to power through the upcoming general elections. He made the assurance during his surprise visit to a salt field located in Magnama La
Jamaat-e-Islami chief Shafiqur Rahman has said North Bangladesh, despite playing a vital role in bolstering the country’s food supply, has been deliberately deprived since the country’s independence. “Since the creation of Bangladesh, North Bangladesh has not been poor —
Jamaat-e-Islami chief Shafiqur Rahman has called on political parties and the government to remain united and refrain from any form of interference as the election campaign enters its second day. Speaking to journalists at the domestic lounge of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on F
As the Jamaat-e-Islami readies for its strongest showing at the polls next month, US diplomats are quietly signalling a willingness to engage with the once-banned party, reports The Washington Post, citing audio recordings it says it obtained. The party, historically outlawed under successive gove
The Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has formally launched its campaign for the upcoming national elections in the capital. Its Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman inaugurated the campaign on Thursday in the Dhaka-15 constituency (Mirpur-Kafrul) as a nominated candidate. He started the campaign through a rally at
A local BNP leader was injured in a gun attack by miscreants in Keraniganj on Thursday night.The victim was identified as Hasan Mollah, secretary of Hazratpur Union BNP under the Dhaka-2 constituency, UNB reports. He was shot by unidentified assailants around 9:00pm, said M Saiful Alam, Office
National Citizen Party (NCP) Convenor Nahid Islam has criticised BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman’s promise of family cards for urban poor, arguing that slum residents seek safety and dignity, not flats. Speaking at a Jamaat-e-Islami election rally in Mirpur-10 on Thursday, Nahid said it is possi
Jamaat-e-Islami chief Shafiqur Rahman has said no one will be allowed to run extortion rackets in the country, vowing to end what he called illegal “tax collection” in the name of politics. Referring to the BNP’s promise of a family card if it forms the government, he said Jamaat
