BNP

Fakhrul flies to Singapore for treatment

BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir flies to Singapore for a regular health check up. He will check his health at National University Hospital of that country.
28 January 2016, 04:39 AM

Sedition case: Summons hung at Khaleda’s Gulshan house

Court officials hung a notice at the main entrance of Khaleda Zia’s Gulshan residence summoning the BNP chief in a sedition case.
26 January 2016, 13:13 PM

Political failure, hence case against Khaleda: Fakhrul

BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has alleged that the government has resorted to filing false cases as it has failed to tackle BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia politically.
26 January 2016, 07:06 AM

BNP to be thrown into dustbin of history: Ashraf

Awami League General Secretary Syed Ashraful Islam says BNP will be thrown into the dustbin of history if it fails to accept the truth.
25 January 2016, 13:29 PM

SC upholds ex-BNP MP’s acquittal in tax evasion case

The Supreme Court upholds a High Court verdict that scrapped six years’ imprisonment of former BNP lawmaker M Rashiduzzaman Millat in a tax evasion case.
25 January 2016, 13:10 PM

Sedition suit against Khaleda a mockery: Fakhrul

On the note of the sedition lawsuit against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, the party’s acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says “it is nothing but a mockery”.
25 January 2016, 07:11 AM

Noman’s graft trial to continue, SC rules

The appellate division upholds a High Court verdict that cleared way for a lower court to run trial against BNP leader Abdullah Al Noman in a graft case.
25 January 2016, 05:05 AM

Court summons Khaleda on Mar 3 following sedition suit

A Dhaka court summons BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on March 3 over a sedition suit filed by a Supreme Court lawyer for her statement regarding the number of martyrs in Bangladesh's 1971 Liberation War.
25 January 2016, 04:05 AM

BNP in talks about nat'l council

The BNP national standing committee met last night to finalise the roadmap for the party's national council, likely to be held in March.
23 January 2016, 18:00 PM

BNP urges govt to lower oil prices

BNP urges the government to adjust prices of all fuel oils in line with the plunge in the global market.
23 January 2016, 16:04 PM

Khaleda to sit with senior leaders tomorrow

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia expects to hold a meeting with her party’s National Standing Committee members tomorrow to discuss the country’s latest political situation and to fix the party’s strategies to ensure victory in the upcoming Union Parishad polls.
22 January 2016, 06:50 AM

No legal basis of caretaker govt verdict

The Supreme Court Bar Association yesterday demanded restoration of the caretaker government system claiming the judgment, which scrapped the provision, was illegal and unconstitutional.
20 January 2016, 18:00 PM

Restoring democracy big challenge for us: Fakhrul

There is no democracy and rule of law in the country and the big challenge is to restore it, BNP Acting Secretary General Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said today.
19 January 2016, 08:46 AM

Cabinet's no to retirement age extension

The cabinet yesterday rejected a proposal to raise the retirement age of freedom fighters in public service to 65 years from the existing 60.
18 January 2016, 18:00 PM

'Asol BNP' bid to occupy office foiled again

Some people under the banner of "Asol BNP" (literally real BNP) yesterday made an abortive attempt to enter the Naya Paltan central office of the BNP, the second such incident this month.
17 January 2016, 18:00 PM

‘Asol BNP’ attempts on Nayapaltan office again

For the second time this month, Asol BNP, literally meaning real BNP, made an attempt on BNP headquarters at Nayapaltan in Dhaka today and failed.
17 January 2016, 10:22 AM

Govt turning country into 'security state'

The government wants to hold on to power, using law enforcers, BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said, accusing it of turning the country into a "security state”.
16 January 2016, 18:00 PM

Huda's 31-party to merge with 14-party: Nasim

Former BNP leader Nazmul Huda-led Bangladesh National Alliance, a platform of 31 political parties, would join ruling Awami League-led 14-party grand alliance, meaning a new combine of 45 political parties is in the offing, according to Health Minister Mohammad Nasim.
15 January 2016, 18:00 PM

BNP leader RA Gani laid to rest

BNP standing committee member Dr RA Gani is buried at Banani graveyard in Dhaka.
15 January 2016, 14:52 PM

The boy to be in grandma's custody

A Dhaka court allowed grandmother to take custody of a minor boy yesterday, a day after he was granted bail in a bomb blast case.
14 January 2016, 18:00 PM