BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday alleged that the Election Commission (EC) is showing questionable conduct in a number of areas through its actions. “The Election Commission, through its activities, is engaging in questionable conduct in many cases,” Fakhrul
Swiss Ambassador Reto Renggli and Brazilian Ambassador Paulo Fernando Dias Feres separately paid courtesy calls on BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman on Monday. The Brazilian Ambassador to Bangladesh first met Tarique Rahman at the party chairman’s Gulshan political office around 5pm, said BNP Medi
The National Citizen Party (NCP), a partner in the Jamaat-e-Islami-led 11-party alliance, has finalised its candidates for 27 of the 30 parliamentary constituencies allotted under the coalition agreement for the general election. The party published the list on its Facebook page on Sunday afternoo
A five‑member BNP delegation has met Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin at the Election Commission headquarters in Agargaon, as student activists staged a sit‑in outside. The delegation on Sunday afternoon was led by BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir. Other members include
BNP candidate for Cumilla-10 Abdul Gofur Bhuiyan on Sunday lost his candidacy following the hearing of an appeal petition by the Election Commission. The EC rejected the nomination of the BNP candidate for Cumilla-10 on grounds of dual citizenship, accepting an appeal petition filed by Sanskrit Mu
The Election Commission (EC) on Sunday upheld the candidacy of BNP candidate Mohammad Aslam Chowdhury (Chattogram-4), rejecting the appeal petitions submitted by several banks to cancel his candidature on ground of loan default. The Commission, chaired by Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddi
BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman on Sunday said his party plans to create a separate department under the Ministry of Liberation War Affairs to support the families of martyrs and fighters of the July 2024 mass uprising, if it comes to power. Speaking at a views-exchange programme with the families of
Jamaat-e-Islami chief Shafiqur Rahman is scheduled to meet Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus on Sunday. A five-member delegation led by Shafiqur will hold the meeting with Yunus at the State Guest House Jamuna in the evening, according to a senior official at the Chief Advisor’s Office. The me
Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), the student wing of the BNP, on Sunday continued its demonstration in front of Nirbachan Bhaban, protesting the Election Commission’s “biased and controversial” role ahead of the upcoming national election slated for February 12 next. JCD activists
Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) has amended its list of 330 “miscreants” late in the night, removing BNP leader Showkat Azam Khaja’s name nearly eight hours after issuing the original notice. The CMP issued the amendment at around 12:30am on Sunday, sharing a revised first p
The National Citizen Party (NCP) has warned it will take to the streets if dual citizens are allowed to contest in the parliamentary polls. Labelling Sunday, the final day of the EC’s appeal hearings, as a “red line”, NCP cautioned that any attempt to let dual citizens or loan de
Mohammad Fahim Chowdhury, the BNP-nominated candidate for Sherpur-2 (Nakla–Nalitabari), has regained his candidacy after the Election Commission’s appeal board on Saturday declared his nomination valid. The decision came following a hearing on January 17 regarding allegations of dual c
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has dissolved its Golachipa and Dashmina Upazila committees in Patuakhali, the constituencies from which Gono Odhikar Parishad President Nurul Haque Nur is running for parliament. The order, signed by senior BNP Joint Secretary Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Saturday,
