The government yesterday appointed immediate past elected chairmen of 61 zila parishads as administrators, most of them ruling Awami League leaders of the respective districts.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today (April 26, 2022) reaffirmed that their party will not join any election, be it parliamentary or local government ones, under the current government.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday alleged that police are trying to cover up its failure and indifference to contain the violence in the capital’s New Market area and the involvement of Chhatra League.

Police were trying to cover up their failures and hiding Chhatra League activists involved in the recent clashes between students and traders in Dhaka's New Market area, BNP General Secretary Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said today (April 23, 2022).

The track record of illegally seizing state power cost the legitimacy of the opposition parties, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's ICT Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy said, condemning the parties for their lack of involvement with democracy.

The government has urged the Election Commission to take necessary steps to hold Zila Parishad elections as soon as possible.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said a group of political parties joined hands with the BNP-Jamaat alliance to try to oust her government and return the country to an era of darkness again.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday questioned the “inactive role” of police in stopping the day-long clashes between

Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud yesterday said people of the country laugh when leaders of BNP, which was born undemocratically, talk about democracy.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said a group of political parties joined hands with the BNP-Jamaat alliance to try to oust her government and push the country into an era of darkness again.

The Election Commission should take steps to restore people’s trust in it and reform the electronic voting system for holding a free, fair and participatory election, senior journalists said yesterday.

The government’s decision to dissolve zila parishads has received widespread criticisms with experts saying that the appointment of unelected individuals at the helm of the 130-year-old local government body contradicted the constitution.

A five-member partial committee of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) was announced yesterday.

The son of a Jamaat-e-Islami leader has allegedly been made the organising secretary of Palashbari upazila Awami League in Gaibandha.

Referring to a World Bank (WB) report stating that Bangladesh has further reduced poverty, Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud yesterday said the report has proven that some so-called research and social organisations have published fictitious and motivated reports of increasing poverty in the country during the pandemic to create confusion.

BNP standing committee has called upon the judiciary to work neutrally and independently instead of “helping the government to gain its narrow political interests”.

Seven parks and playgrounds were opened for city dwellers in Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) area yesterday.

Referring to a World Bank (WB) report revealing further poverty reduction in Bangladesh, Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud today said this report has proved that some so-called research and social organisations have published fictitious and motivated reports of increasing poverty in the country during Covid-19 to create confusion among the people.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said cases are being filed -- without any basis -- only to harass and defame the “Zia family”.

A Dhaka University campus journalist was allegedly beaten up by an activist of Chhatra League’s Sir AF Rahman hall unit.