Ruling BNP moves to mend ties with allies
20 July 2026, 00:00 AM
The BNP has moved to ease discontent among parties that joined its simultaneous movement against the ousted Awami League government, amid complaints over seat sharing, unfulfilled promises and a lack of consultation since it came to power.
20 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Local polls / BNP moves early to prevent rebel bids
19 July 2026, 01:26 AM
Tarique Rahman directs leaders to agree on single contender
19 July 2026, 01:26 AM
Star Special / Rohingyas coming in through hidden hill routes
18 July 2026, 08:00 AM
They quietly enter Bangladesh via remote forests in Bandarban; local trafficking networks help them evade security checkpoints, find work
18 July 2026, 08:00 AM
Intensify drive against AL, BCL, affiliated bodies
17 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman yesterday directed the authorities concerned to strengthen the ongoing drive against the Awami League, Bangladesh Chhatra League, Jubo League and other associate organisations.
17 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Colleagues unhappy with edn minister
16 July 2026, 00:00 AM
A section of BNP lawmakers and senior party leaders has expressed dissatisfaction with the way Education Minister ANM Ehsanul Hoque Milon handled the ongoing HSC exams fiasco, saying the ministry’s decisions embarrassed the government.
16 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Flood, landslides: PM unhappy with officials, BNP activists’ slow response
11 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has expressed dissatisfaction over the response of lawmakers, BNP leaders and activists, and some government officials to the floods and landslides in the Chattogram region and hill districts.
11 July 2026, 00:00 AM
BNP shifts focus to organisational shake-up
6 July 2026, 00:00 AM
BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman has instructed party leaders to restore organisational momentum and strengthen its affiliated bodies as the opposition 11-party alliance steps up street programmes against the BNP-led government.
6 July 2026, 00:00 AM
BNP in a fix as expired dist committees cloud local elections prep
1 July 2026, 00:00 AM
With most district and city committees expired, the BNP faces organisational hurdles ahead of the local government elections, as the party high-ups fear that the party’s disjointed structure could weaken campaign coordination and spark internal disputes.
1 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Benapole Express Fire: Of unanswered calls and missing loved ones
Natasha Jesmin, a teacher of the Academia School in the capital’s Wari, boarded a Dhaka-bound train around 7:00pm on Friday after a visit to her home in Faridpur.
6 January 2024, 18:00 PM
‘I don't know if my sister is dead or alive’
Despair follows torching of Benapole Express
6 January 2024, 09:52 AM
The struggling successors
Although the successors of two political parties are competing for the Munshiganj-1 constituency, their campaign has fallen short in gaining traction among the voters compared to their rivals from the Awami League and an independent candidate from within the AL.
27 December 2023, 18:00 PM
On the campaign trail: Independent has edge over AL candidate
In Munshiganj town, the Awami League leader running for parliament as an independent seems to have more party leaders rallying behind him than the party nominee.
25 December 2023, 18:00 PM
Oust-Govt Movement: Non-cooperation call after 27 years
The outcome that the BNP and its allies are hoping for is what the AL had achieved in 1996
20 December 2023, 18:00 PM
‘King’s parties’ offices gather dust
A few months ago, much speculation surrounded the roles of “king’s parties” (allegedly created or sponsored by strong actors to further their cause) in the upcoming national polls.
20 December 2023, 18:00 PM
Nothing for ‘king’s parties’
Speculation surrounding seat-sharing with lesser-known parties in the upcoming January 7 polls concluded yesterday as the Awami League finalised agreements only with Jatiya Party and three partners from its 14-party alliance.
18 December 2023, 11:05 AM
Fined, evicted yet in business
An illegal sand business is being run in Char Hogla village under Shambhupura union of Narayanganj by allegedly encroaching a portion of the Meghna.
11 December 2023, 18:00 PM
BNP human chains foiled in 9 districts
BNP’s first nationwide public event since October 28 was obstructed and foiled by police in nine districts yesterday.
10 December 2023, 18:00 PM
3 new parties stumble even before election
The newly registered political parties -- the Trinamool BNP, Bangladesh Nationalist Movement (BNM), and Bangladesh Supreme Party -- have fielded only 29 nominees in 18 of Dhaka city’s 20 constituencies.
8 December 2023, 18:00 PM
Patients bear the brunt of blockades
Sagar Hossain came to Dhaka from Munshiganj with his unwell mother on November 23 to avail treatment for her at Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
1 December 2023, 18:00 PM
‘Give back our loved ones’
Six-year-old Siyam stood in front of the Jatiya Press Club with his mother yesterday, showing everyone a photo of his father and pleading, “Release my father.”
28 November 2023, 18:00 PM
More and more people now flocking to OMS trucks
Leaving his chicken shop to his salesman, Abul Kashem rushed to gate-1 of New Market around 11:00am yesterday to buy essentials from a mobile shop of the government’s Open Market Sale programme.
28 November 2023, 18:00 PM
BNP’s Nayapaltan Office: Abandoned, locked for a month
The BNP office has been abandoned, heavily guarded and padlocked for a month now.
27 November 2023, 18:00 PM
BNP's Nayapaltan office: Abandoned, locked for a month
The BNP office has been abandoned, heavily guarded and padlocked for a month now.
27 November 2023, 15:38 PM
Smaller parties planning big
Little-known parties are planning big for the January 7 polls and a number of them are selling nomination forms to anyone willing to buy so that they can field candidates in all 300 constituencies.
23 November 2023, 18:00 PM
AL, BNP offices: Distance 1.6km, mood poles apart
Scenes at the Awami League and BNP offices could not be more contrasting.
18 November 2023, 18:00 PM
Blockade dents income of ride-hailing drivers, rickshaw pullers
Mohammad Alauddin, who drives a CNG-run three-wheeler on hire for a living, had waited to no avail for passengers at Pallabi of Dhaka yesterday during the usual peak hours from 10:00am to 12:27pm.
16 November 2023, 00:15 AM
‘I won’t eat without seeing my father’
Two-year-old Mehreen Akter was seen waiting with her mother in front of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) court in Dhaka for more than seven hours yesterday, just to have a glimpse of her father.
9 November 2023, 18:00 PM
‘Put me in jail, but release my son’
Families continue to throng the court premises to have a glimpse of their loved ones
9 November 2023, 14:03 PM