BNP Standing Committee Member Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan on Friday said the current government will take Bangladesh to a respectable position in the world. He also highlighted former President Ziaur Rahman’s contributions to the country’s economic recovery, agriculture, labour sector, fisher
Local Government Minister and BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday said research on life, work and political philosophy of martyred President Ziaur Rahman remains inadequate, stressing the need for comprehensive academic studies on his contributions. “Whenever we try t
National Citizen Party (NCP) Convenor Nahid Islam has said the budget proposed by the BNP government lacks initiatives to address the fragility of banking sector, the energy and power sector crisis, and unemployment issues. Talking to journalists at the Chattogram Circuit House on Friday in the pr
Jamaat-e-Islami has torn into the BNP government’s proposed budget, calling it “overly debt-dependent, unimplementable and wide open to looting”. The party demanded immediate revisions to restructure the fiscal package into a public-welfare, investment-friendly, and employment-or
The National Citizen Party (NCP) on Thursday dismissed the government’s proposed Tk 9.38 trillion budget for fiscal year 2026-27 as overly ambitious and detached from economic reality, warning that the actual deficit could be nearly double the official figure. Reacting to the budget placed b
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami on Thursday staged a protest rally in the capital immediately after the presentation of the proposed national budget for the 2026-27 fiscal year, describing it as "anti-people but loot-friendly," and expressing their dissatisfaction with the additional tax burdens it impo
Opposition Jamaat-e-Islami has proposed a Tk 8.39 trillion “shadow budget” ahead of the government’s spending plan for the 2026-27 fiscal year. The proposal prioritises public administration, law and order, anti-corruption reforms, revenue collection, debt servicing, and investme
The United States Ambassador to Bangladesh, Brent T. Christensen, paid a courtesy call on the Leader of the Opposition in the Bangladesh National Parliament, Md. Shafiqur Rahman, on Tuesday. The meeting was held at the Office of the Leader of the Opposition in the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban, where the
Although a significant number of people in the society are aware of the provision requiring 33 per cent women’s representation within political parties by 2030, they believe that political parties are not taking sufficient action to fulfil this obligation, according to a study. The study fou
BNP Standing Committee Member Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan on Sunday said research institutions dedicated to studying the life of former President Ziaur Rahman should have been established in Bangladesh long ago. He expressed hope that the government will take steps soon in this regard, calling it a long-
Convener of the National Citizen Party (NCP) and Opposition Chief Whip Md Nahid Islam has described recent remarks by Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed on “indiscriminate killings” by Indian forces along the border as “deeply objectionable” and “humiliating”, and de
National Citizen Party (NCP) Chief Coordinator Nasiruddin Patwary has warned of “punishment” after a party event in Narayanganj’s Rupganj Upazila came under attack for a second time, which he blamed on BNP’s student wing, Jatiotabadi Chhatra Dal. The Eid reunion was organis
The ruling BNP's parliamentary party held a meeting on Saturday ahead of the budget session of the 13th Jatiya Sangsad beginning on Sunday. The meeting began around 3:30pm in the ruling party's meeting in the Parliament Building, with Prime Minister and Leader of the House Tarique Rahman in the ch
