A Dhaka court yesterday adjourned till September 29 the hearing in the Niko graft case  against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and eight others.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday called upon leaders and activists of BNP and its affiliated bodies to get ready to take to the streets.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today (August 2, 2022) called upon leaders and activists of BNP and its affiliated bodies to get ready to take to the streets.

Differences of opinion on the use of electronic voting machines (EVMs) in the next national polls are widening among political parties with almost half of the registered ones opposed to electronic voting.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said saving power and fuel oil does not mean that there had been looting in the sector.

Nearly half of the 39 registered political parties are in favour of a polls-time government under interim, caretaker or all-party system for ensuring a participatory and credible parliamentary election. 

The ruling Awami League has demanded that EVM be used in all 300 constituencies in the next national polls while Jatiya Party, the main opposition in parliament, strongly opposes it.

The ruling Awami League last year earned Tk 21.23 crore, more than double what it earned in 2020.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal yesterday said the law enforcement agencies will not restrict BNP if they hold their programmes in a systematic way.

Information and Broadcasting Minister Hasan Mahmud today said power and fuel shortage has hit even the developed countries, not only Bangladesh.

BNP has announced a two-day protest programme over an attack on its rally in Bhola that left a Swechchasebak Dal leader dead and 40 others injured.

A man was killed and at least 40 were injured during a clash between BNP men and police in Bhola Sadar upazila this afternoon.

The income of ruling Awami League in 2021 was Tk 21.23 crore, which was Tk 10,33,43,533 in 2020.

Creating rumors has become the main task of BNP leaders, said Awami League in a post on its verified Facebook page.

Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, BNP Secretary General

GM Quader Jatiya Party Chairman

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has faced criticism on social media following its recent claim over the state of the country’s forex reserves amid the ongoing austerity measures to deal with global inflation.

The BNP has alleged that the government is pushing the country towards economic collapse. 

Nine opposition political parties, including the BNP, have  skipped the ongoing talks with the Election Commission, saying that they have no confidence that the commission would be able to hold a free, fair and participatory national polls.

Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal yesterday said the infant’s death during polls-violence in Thakurgaon was an accident.