BNP senior leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain today (July 6, 2022) warned that Bangladesh is likely to face a deepening economic crisis like Sri Lanka though the government is now trying to hush up the reality.

The Awami League government will not be able to earn people’s confidence even if it builds 1,000 Padma bridges ignoring democracy, said BNP yesterday.

The OECD countries will be happy if next general polls are held in an inclusive, acceptable, and free and fair manner, said Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal.

Akhter Hossain Tinku, a local Awami League leader and a teacher at Mirzapur United Degree College in Narail, has been suspended from the post of president of a local AL committee over the recent assault on the college principal.

BNP, Jatiya Party and Gono Forum MPs at Jatiya Sangsad yesterday blasted the government for the sorry state of the Election Commission (EC), education system, law and order situation and widespread corruption in health sector.

A total of 70 people died in the political clashes across the country in the first half of the year 2022 while 3,770 were injured, according to the data of Human Rights Support Society.

Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud today denounced the Yunus Centre’s statement that denied Dr Muhammad Yunus’s alleged role to scrap World Bank’s financing in Padma Bridge construction as evil attempts to hide the truth.

The grand opening of Bangladesh’s 6.15km bridge of pride over the mighty Padma river may have been lauded at home and abroad but it was met with criticism and questions over quality of construction from opposition BNP.

The parliament today witnessed an unprecedented event as opposition Chief Whip Moshiur Rahman Ranga threatened BNP MP Harunur Rashid and said he won’t be allowed to address the house in the future.

With the next parliamentary election a year and a half away, major political parties, except for the ruling Awami League, are toughening their stance against the use of Electronic Voting Machines in the polls.

Independent lawmaker and a presidium member of Jubo League, Mujibur Rahman Chowdhury, today demanded in the parliament to impose sanctions on Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus, Hilary Clinton, and Cherie Blair so that they could not hatch any further conspiracy against Bangladesh.

Opposition leader and chief patron of Jatiya Party Raushan Ershad returned home yesterday after around eight months of treatment at a hospital in Bangkok.

Opposition BNP lawmaker Harunur Rashid yesterday (June 26, 2022) told the parliament that he is worried of being thrown into Padma river if he goes to visit Padma Bridge, which was inaugurated on Saturday.

The High Court yesterday directed the government to allow BNP Joint Secretary General Syed Moazzem Hossain Alal to leave the country for treatment and to re-enter home without any hindrance and disturbance.

Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud today (June 26, 2022) said India, the US and even Pakistan extended greetings to the government as Bangladesh opened the biggest self-financed Padma Bridge, yet BNP could not.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was overwhelmed at the opening of Padma Bridge today (June 25, 2022). She was visibly emotional while recalling many moments.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (June 25, 2022) asked BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to come and see the Padma Bridge for herself.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia was taken home from Evercare Hospital yesterday as doctors feared she might get Covid amid rising cases in the country.

Leader of the Opposition in Parliament Begum Raushan Ershad today said that the Padma Bridge will serve as an economic lifeline for the people of the southern part of the country.

Prime Minister's ICT Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy has said Bangladesh is now lifting its vulnerable population from a self-perpetuating cycle of poverty trap.