BNP

EC helpless against polls violence: BNP

Despite knowing the prevailing irregularities in the Union Parishad elections, the Election Commission (EC) did not take any action to prevent the polls violence, alleges BNP.
28 May 2016, 10:17 AM

UP polls: Clashes halt voting at 5 centres

Voting at five polling centres are suspended due to violence in two districts and 13 BNP chairman candidates boycotted polls in three districts during the fifth phase of union parishad election.
28 May 2016, 03:40 AM

Cops seek Aslam in remand on treason charge

Police seek BNP leader Aslam Chowdhury in remand over a sedition case filed for allegedly fraternising with Israel to overthrow government in Bangladesh.
27 May 2016, 14:08 PM

No plan to arrest Khaleda: Obaidul Quader

Defying the allegations raised by BNP leaders, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader says the government has not taken any decision to arrest Khaleda Zia.
27 May 2016, 12:10 PM

‘Dire consequences’ if Khaleda is arrested: BNP

BNP warns of “dire consequences” if the government arrests the party chief Khaleda Zia as per what it termed “plot to weaken BNP”.
26 May 2016, 14:48 PM

BNP’s Aslam charged with treason

Police files a sedition case against BNP leader Aslam Chowdhury for allegedly fraternising with Israel to overthrow the government.
26 May 2016, 10:46 AM

Families want their ‘missing’ dear ones back

Families of victims of enforced disappearances, who were mostly opposition BNP activists, today urged the prime minister to get back their dear ones at a demonstration staged in Dhaka.
26 May 2016, 07:21 AM

Jatrabari arson: Arrest order for Shimul, 26 others

Dhaka court issues arrest warrants against BNP chief’s personal assistant Shamsur Rahman Shimul Biswas and 26 for their alleged involvement in a petrol bomb attack on a bus in Dhaka's Jatrabari in January last year. Charges accepted against 38 including BNP's chief Khaleda Zia.
25 May 2016, 05:37 AM

Govt making law to muzzle NGOs: BNP

The government moves to formulate the foreign donations regulation act to muzzle NGOs so that they cannot speak against its misrule, BNP alleges.
24 May 2016, 16:06 PM

Aslam shown arrested in 2 arson cases

BNP leader Aslam Chowdhury has been shown arrested in two arson cases filed with Motijheel and Lalbagh police stations in January last year.
24 May 2016, 10:06 AM

BNP-Jamaat out to oust govt, says Bangladesh PM Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has alleged that the BNP-Jamaat nexus has joined hands with Israel to oust her government as the two parties are working against the country and Islam.
18 May 2016, 18:00 PM

British envoy calls on Khaleda

British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Alison Blake meets BNP chief Khaleda Zia at the party’s Gulshan office.
18 May 2016, 11:41 AM

Arrest warrant for 23 BNP leaders in Paltan case

Arrest warrants have been floated for 23 leaders of BNP, including several of its seniors, as a Dhaka court takes into cognisance of an explosives case.
18 May 2016, 09:08 AM

BNP, Jamaat joined hands with Israel to oust govt: PM

BNP-Jamaat nexus has joined hands with Israel to oust her government, as they are working against the country and Islam, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina alleges. "The truth can never be suppressed...the BNP-Jamaat clique has joined hands with those who are frequently killing children and women in Palestine," she says.
18 May 2016, 04:39 AM

'Ashol BNP' tries to occupy BNP's HQ again

Some people under the banner of "Ashol BNP" (literally meaning real BNP) yesterday made a failed attempt to enter the Naya
17 May 2016, 18:00 PM

Arrest of Aslam a drama: BNP

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Rizvi Ahmed alleges that the government “staged a drama” by arresting its leader Aslam Chowdhury in a bid to bury the Bangladesh Bank reserve heist issue.
17 May 2016, 13:55 PM

‘Asol BNP’ surfaces again at Paltan

A group of people under banner ‘Asol BNP’ (literally meaning real BNP) has attempted to occupy BNP’s central office, the third try in five months.
17 May 2016, 10:24 AM

Met Aslam, but no secret plot

A Dhaka court yesterday placed BNP leader Aslam Chowdhury and his associate Asaduzzaman Miah on a seven-day remand in
16 May 2016, 18:00 PM

BNP turns down allegation of ‘plot to topple govt’

The top leaders of BNP turn down the government’s allegation that the party is conspiring with Israeli intelligence agency Mossad to topple the government.
16 May 2016, 15:58 PM

Blames on opposition encouraging militants: Khaleda

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia says that militants are being encouraged as the government is trying to blame the opposition for the recent gruesome killings.
16 May 2016, 15:11 PM