Attacks on publishers cowardly, act prompt: BNP

BNP acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir expresses his party’s strong condemnation over the attacks on country’s publishers that killed one and injured three others in Dhaka.
31 October 2015, 15:48 PM

More BNP leaders may follow Mobin: Syed Ashraf

Awami League General Secretary Syed Ashraful Islam says more BNP leaders may follow Shamsher M Chowdhury and quit due to a rift between Khaleda-Tareque and several top leaders.
31 October 2015, 12:01 PM

Mobin's resignation outcome of BNP's negative politics: Quader

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader says the resignation of BNP vice-chairman Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury is a shocking outcome of BNP's negative politics.
30 October 2015, 12:36 PM

BNP to fall apart, says Hanif

Awami League Joint General Secretary Mahbub-ul-Alam Hanif says BNP will fall apart for resorting to terrorism and siding with war criminals.
30 October 2015, 11:57 AM

Mobin’s resignation won’t affect BNP: Fakhrul

BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says the resignation of its vice-chairman Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury will not affect the party.
30 October 2015, 10:55 AM

Khaleda to return to Dhaka by Nov 7

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will return home from London before November 7, her lawyers said during a graft case hearing.
29 October 2015, 08:52 AM

Shamsher Mobin quits BNP

BNP Vice-Chairman Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury resigns from all posts of the party citing health reasons. He submitted his resignation letter to the party’s acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday.
29 October 2015, 05:38 AM

‘BNP won’t take liability if anyone personally involved’

BNP senior leader Nazrul Islam Khan says the party would not take responsibility if “any of its members” is found personally involved in two foreigners’ killings.
28 October 2015, 11:27 AM

Foreigners’ killing: Orders came from London, says Hanif

There is no doubt that the instruction for killing the two foreigners in Bangladesh came from London, Awami League Joint General Secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif says.
28 October 2015, 07:25 AM

Diplomats shouldn’t ‘overreact’: Tofail

Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed calls upon the diplomats of different countries residing in Bangladesh “not to overreact” on the matter of the killing of two foreign nationals.
27 October 2015, 12:08 PM

Law and order on downslide: B Chy

Condemning the bomb blasts in Old Dhaka’s Huseni Dalan and killing of a police officer at Gabtoli, Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) president Dr AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury alleges that the government has failed to maintain the country’s law and order.
25 October 2015, 15:23 PM

Ex-BNP MP, Savar poura mayor on 10-day remand

A Dhaka court places former BNP lawmaker Dewan Mohammad Salauddin and Municipality Mayor Mohammad Refat Ullah each on a 10-day remand in two cases filed for keeping firearms and explosives illegally.
25 October 2015, 04:54 AM

Raise voice to protect democracy: Khaleda

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia calls the countrymen to join her anti-government movement in the spirit of Ashura.
23 October 2015, 13:19 PM

Don’t blame BNP for foreigner killings: Fakhrul

BNP acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir urges the government not to put the blame on BNP for the killings of two foreigners in Bangladesh.
22 October 2015, 08:47 AM

1 killed in Natore AL infighting

A local activist of the ruling Awami League has been killed and five others injured during infighting at Natore’s Singra upazila.
22 October 2015, 08:07 AM

Govt conspiring to keep BNP leaders out of polls: Nazrul

BNP leader Nazrul Islam Khan alleges that the government is conspiring to keep top BNP leaders away from polls by punishing them in “false cases”.
21 October 2015, 15:03 PM

I’m made loan defaulter with tricks: Kader Siddique

Krishak Sramik Janata League President Abdul Kader Siddique claims that state-run Agrani Bank made him a loan defaulter with tricks to have his nomination paper filed for contesting Tangail-4 by-polls cancelled.
19 October 2015, 15:27 PM

Don’t harass rivals in probing foreigners’ killing: BNP

BNP Spokesperson Asaduzzaman Ripon calls upon the government not to harass its political opponents in the name of enquiry into the killing of two foreign nationals.
17 October 2015, 14:05 PM

Fakhrul goes to Singapore for treatment

BNP acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir leaves Dhaka for Singapore today for treatment.
17 October 2015, 10:41 AM

BNP leader ‘assaulted inside party office’

A BNP leader is allegedly assaulted inside the party’s Naya Paltan headquarters in Dhaka today.
13 October 2015, 13:10 PM