Take realistic steps to rein in price hike of essentials

BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman yesterday urged the interim government to take pragmatic steps to control the rising prices of essentials.
18 October 2024, 18:00 PM

Granting asylum to Hasina means sheltering a killer: Rizvi

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi today said giving asylum to Sheikh Hasina is like providing shelter to a "killer"
18 October 2024, 15:22 PM

Shamsher arrested in case over violence

Detectives arrested Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury, chairperson of Trinamool BNP, at his home in the capital’s Banani DOHS yesterday afternoon.
17 October 2024, 18:00 PM

Matia Chowdhury's first janaza held at Ramna

The first namaz-e-janaza of Awami League presidium member and former minister Matia Chowdhury was held in the capital today
17 October 2024, 06:55 AM

BNP seeks review of caretaker govt cancellation

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday filed a petition seeking review of a 2010 Supreme Court verdict that scrapped the non-party caretaker government system.
16 October 2024, 18:31 PM

Fix a specific date for election: BNP leader Farroque

BNP Chairperson’s Adviser Zainul Abedin Farroque today demanded the interim government fix a date to hold the next general election
16 October 2024, 16:22 PM

AL condemns cancelling nat'l days, claims govt is erasing history of Liberation War

In a statement released today on the party's verified Facebook page, they voiced their concerns over these actions
16 October 2024, 11:10 AM

State reforms: CA to hold 2nd round of talks with parties October 19

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus will hold talks on reforms with some political parties on October 19.
15 October 2024, 18:10 PM

‘Criminals being given indemnity’

The Awami League yesterday criticised the home ministry for “protecting from prosecution those involved in crimes committed during the Anti-discrimination Student Movement”.
15 October 2024, 18:00 PM

Take action against police recruitment irregularities: Rizvi urges govt

BNP's Senior Joint Secretary Ruhul Kabir Rizvi today alleged that there were “serious irregularities” in the recruitment of 803 sub-inspectors (SIs) and 61 assistant superintendents of police (ASPs) during the Awami League regime
15 October 2024, 13:33 PM

Reforms ahead of polls: BNP waits with cautious optimism

Having weathered a very difficult 15 years as de facto opposition, the BNP now wants only the essential reforms done to ensure free and fair polls.
13 October 2024, 18:09 PM

Try AL under the very laws it enacted

Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman yesterday called for the trial of the Awami League under the laws that were enacted during the rule of the AL regime.
13 October 2024, 18:02 PM

Giving Hasina asylum is like sheltering a killer: Rizvi

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General advocate Ruhul Kabir Rizvi yesteray said giving asylum to Sheikh Hasina is like providing shelter to a “killer”.
13 October 2024, 18:00 PM

BNP slams govt for failure to arrest AL cadres involved in student shootings

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has expressed grave concerns over the government's failure to arrest the 'cadres' of the Awami League and its associate bodies, who were involved in shooting students during mass protests against Sheikh Hasina's regime
13 October 2024, 15:06 PM

Electoral Reform: Most parties for proportionate representation

Leaders of five political parties yesterday proposed introducing a proportionate representation system in elections during a seminar in Dhaka, while a BNP leader dismissed the idea as “illogical”.
12 October 2024, 18:00 PM

Rizvi warns business community, media houses on opportunists

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed today warned the administration, the business community and the media houses about the opportunists posing as BNP leaders and activists
11 October 2024, 19:44 PM

Islamic song at puja mandap: Ctg Puja Udjapon Parishad president, secretary relieved from posts

Central committee of the Bangladesh Puja Udjapon Parishad today relieved its Chattogram chapter President Ashish Bhattacharya and General Secretary Hillol Dey for failing to perform their responsibilities adequately
11 October 2024, 15:51 PM

BNP demands white paper on those who fled country

BNP Chairperson's advisory council member Zainul Abedin Farroque today demanded the government publish a white paper on those who fled the country following the student-led mass uprising
11 October 2024, 12:08 PM

MA Mannan freed on bail, returns home

Former planning minister MA Mannan was released yesterday, a day after he secured bail in a case filed over attacks on protesters in Sunamganj during the student-led mass uprising.
10 October 2024, 20:00 PM

No alternative to free, fair elections

BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman yesterday underscored the need for holding fair elections for continuation of democracy.
10 October 2024, 18:00 PM