The Jatiya Party faction led by Anisul Islam Mahmud and Ruhul Amin Howlader has decided to field candidates in local government elections. The decision was taken during a presidium meeting held at Chairman Anisul’s Gulshan residence on Saturday, bdnews24.com reports citing a party media stat
The Leader of the Opposition and Jamaat-e-Islami chief Shafiqur Rahman has vented his fury at the government after the board of Islami Bank sent its managing director on forced leave, reports bdnews24.com. On Monday, speaking at a seminar, he said everything is being monopolised, adding that after
Jamaat-e-Islami chief Shafiqur Rahman has questioned the BNP’s claim over the 1971 Liberation War, pointing out that the party had not even been formed at the time. Speaking at an exchange meeting with the families of July slain and injured protesters in the capital, the Jamaat chief critici
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, also chairman of the BNP, will present a new house to the family of Feni’s slain Jubo Dal leader Harunur Rashid. A delegation from Amra BNP Poribar will formally inaugurate the construction work of the new house tomorrow (Sunday) at 11:30am at Bhorbazar under F
Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman on Saturday said there will be no compromise in the struggle to realise the rights of the people of Bangladesh. He alleged that the government has failed to fulfil its commitments to the people and warned that protests would continue both inside and outside
More than 600 aspirants have collected nomination forms from the BNP for the reserved women's seats in the 13th Parliament. BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi shared the information at a press briefing at the party's Nayapaltan central office on Saturday morning. He said over 50
The ruling BNP has started selling party nomination forms for the elections to the reserved seats for women in the 13th parliament. Around 11 am on Friday, the party's Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi officially started the process of selling the forms at the BNP’s headquarte
Alleging widespread irregularities, ballot stuffing, and the forced removal of polling agents, Jamaat-e-Islami candidate Md Masudur Rahman has announced a boycott of the Sherpur-3 election. The announcement came during a press conference held at the Sreebordi Upazila Jamaat office at 3:30pm on Thu
The “flat corruption” case against Tulip Siddiq, the British MP and niece of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, and two others is ready to head to trial. On Wednesday, Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Sabbir Faiz ordered the case to be transferred to the Dhaka Special Judge
The Election Commission (EC) has announced the schedule for the elections to the 50 reserved seats for women in the 13th parliament. According to the schedule, nomination papers can be submitted to the returning officer at the Election Commission Secretariat by Apr 21. The nominations will be scr
The 11-party alliance led by Jamaat-e-Islami has announced a four-day protest programme calling for the implementation of the referendum results. Alliance leader Maulana Mamunul Haque said that the 11-party programme will kick off with leaflet distribution at Shahbagh on Apr 9. Protest marches wil
A joint team of police and Detective Branch (DB) on Sunday arrested two Jamaat-e-Islami leaders in connection with an assault on police personnel inside Palashbari police station in Gaibandha. The arrestees were Palash Ahmed, 35, Baitul Mal secretary of Palashbari upazila Jubo Jamaat, and Golzar R
Ahead of the election in Sherpur-3 (Sreebardi-Jhenaigati) constituency scheduled for April 9, Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has deployed its 16 platoons to ensure a free, fair, and peaceful voting process. Following directives from the Election Commission, BGB personnel will serve as mobile and st
