Sajjad Hossain

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has begun his time at the Secretariat with a strict focus on administrative discipline, monitoring whether ministers, state ministers, and secretaries have been maintaining office hours since assuming office on February 18.

BNP rebel candidates, who lost the polls, are now pushing for a comeback to the party.

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman yesterday issued directives to immediately begin work on three key election pledges of his party.

Six members of the new council of ministers have mirrored their fathers’ legacy as the BNP and its allies assume power after winning the February 12 national election.

BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman was sworn in as the prime minister of Bangladesh yesterday, as the party returned to power after nearly two decades.

BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman has instructed the newly elected party lawmakers to work to implement the party’s election pledges.

By carefully choosing candidates for key posts, BNP seeks to build a competent, controversy‑free cabinet that will send a positive message to the people, party insiders said.

Nine of the 14 constituencies that BNP left to its partners under a seat-sharing arrangement were won by its main rivals, the Jamaat-e-Islami-led 11-party alliance

BNP’s sweeping victory in Thursday’s national election is a result of public trust in the party’s leadership, spirited campaigning, and voter disillusionment with rival Jamaat-e-Islami, according to party leaders and political analysts.

BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman is set to become the next prime minister after his party swept to a stunning landslide in yesterday’s peaceful and festive election, winning more than two-thirds of the parliamentary seats.

BNP is focusing on increasing turnout, with party leaders saying rival parties may attempt to sabotage or slow down the voting process and create fear among voters to keep them away from polling centres.

The BNP has issued detailed instructions to its grassroots leaders and activists to boost turnout and prevent irregularities and voter intimidation at polling centres across the country on election day.

The BNP has issued detailed instructions to its grassroots leaders and activists to boost turnout and prevent irregularities and voter intimidation at polling centres across the country on election day.

BNP-nominated candidates are facing strong competition from rebel party candidates in around four dozen constituencies, according to the party’s internal findings.

BNP yesterday unveiled its election manifesto, pledging nine key commitments across critical sectors and vowing to establish an accountable, responsible, and a “just state” directly answerable to the people.

On the morning of January 29th, before the sun had fully risen over Rajshahi, food vendors began arriving at a local Madrasa field.

Giving priority to justice, the rule of law, human rights, women’s safety and religious freedom -- among 11 fundamental issues -- the BNP will announce its election manifesto today, outlining its vision for what it calls a new phase of democratic governance.

BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman has made over four dozen area-specific pledges over the past 10 days while campaigning in 20 districts, assuring the people of job creation, welfare, healthcare, and the development of infrastructure and agriculture.

BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman yesterday warned against vote theft, urging voters to remain wary of people from other areas casting votes using someone else’s name.

The BNP, if voted to power, will waive agricultural loans of up to Tk 10,000 with interest and build the Padma Barrage to benefit the people of the Rajshahi region, party Chairman Tarique Rahman told a campaign rally in Rajshahi city yesterday.