BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today said the party will not give any name to the search committee -- tasked with making recommendations for appointments to the Election Commission.

The search committee, tasked with recommending people for appointments to the upcoming Election Commission, has sought names from political parties.

To avoid confusion, only Jatiya Party Chairperson GM Quader and Secretary General Mujibul Haque Chunnu will make statements on the party’s policy-related  issues.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said members of the search committee, formed to constitute a new Election Commission), have obligations to follow the principles of transparency and impartiality within its legal framework.

BNP yesterday alleged that the government has formed a “private” Awami body in the name of a search committee.

Only Jatiya Party (JP) Chairman GM Quader and secretary general Mujibul Haque Chunnu will make statements on the party’s policy related issues to avoid confusion.

BNP today alleged that the government has formed a ‘private’ Awami body in the name of a search committee.

At least 26 leaders and activists of Jubo Dal were critically injured after police charged batons at the protest rally organised in front of Jashore BNP’s party office today.

Activists of Awami League allegedly attacked a BNP leader at Gurudaspur in Natore today.

The Election Commission (EC) yesterday said BNP had not shown its “expenditure” for appointing lobbyist firms abroad in its annual financial reports submitted to the commission for the years 2014 to 2020.

Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud yesterday said BNP is now lying on an extreme level to defend them from the countrywide criticism due to their anti-state conspiracy letters to foreigners.

BNP today corrected its Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir’s remarks on Prime Minister's ICT Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy, made at a press conference yesterday.

General Secretary of Awami League Obaidul Quader yesterday said BNP as a political party is fragile and dependent on others.

Thirty-seven eminent personalities yesterday called upon CEC KM Nurul Huda to make a public apology if he fails to prove allegation of irregularities against Shujan Secretary Badiul Alam Majumdar within a week.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia returned home last night after undergoing treatment at the capital’s Evercare Hospital for 80 days.

BNP yesterday raised questions about the government allegedly spending public money to lift US-imposed sanctions.

The government has requested the Election Commission to probe whether BNP had shown the expenditure of appointing lobbyist firms abroad in their annual financial report.

Thirty-seven eminent personalities today called upon Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda to make an apology in public if he fails to prove allegations of irregularities against Shujan Secretary Badiul Alam Majumdar within a week.

The two-day annual election of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) for its 14 executive posts, will be held on March 15 and 16.

BNP today raised questions on the government’s move to spend public money -- to appoint lobbyist for lifting sanctions imposed by USA.