BNP
BNP leader Rizvi freed on bail
BNP Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed gets release from Kashimpur Central Jail in Gazipur on bail.
7 December 2015, 12:04 PM
Niko graft: Khaleda challenges HC verdict
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia files an appeal with the Supreme Court challenging a High Court verdict that cleared the way for a lower court to run the trial proceedings of Niko corruption case filed against her in 2007.
7 December 2015, 09:47 AM
BNP contesting polls for sake of democracy: Fakhrul
BNP is taking part in the upcoming municipality polls as part of its movement for restoring democracy in the country, party’s Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says.
6 December 2015, 07:49 AM
BNP demands fresh poll schedule for 3 Feni municipalities
BNP demands that the Election Commission announce fresh election schedule as its candidates could not file nomination due to obstacle created by the ruling Awami League men.
4 December 2015, 14:28 PM
BNP to win 80% seats: Gayeshwar
BNP-nominated mayoral candidates will gain victory in 80 percent municipalities if the polls are held in a free and fair manner, the party’s Standing Committee Member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy says.
4 December 2015, 09:40 AM
RU pro-Jamaat teacher sent to jail
A pro-Jamaat-e-Islami teacher of Rajshahi University is sent to jail for his alleged involvement in an attack on police during BNP-led 20-party alliance’s anti-government agitation this year.
4 December 2015, 07:12 AM
Graft cases: Khaleda to skip tomorrow’s hearing
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will skip tomorrow’s hearing in Zia Charitable and Zia Orphanage Trust corruption cases on health ground.
2 December 2015, 08:22 AM
Fakhrul released on bail
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir is released on bail from Kashimpur Jail in Gazipur.
1 December 2015, 14:15 PM
Pakistan committed war crimes, atrocities: BNP
Hitting out at Pakistan for its denial of committing war crimes and atrocities during the 1971 Liberation War, BNP says it is a fact that Pakistani forces had carried genocide and atrocities.
1 December 2015, 12:22 PM
EC incapable, spineless: BNP
Terming the Election Commission “incapable, submissive and spineless”, BNP Spokesperson Asaduzzaman Ripon says it will not be able to hold upcoming municipality polls in a free and fair manner.
1 December 2015, 08:26 AM
BNP finalises municipality mayoral aspirants
BNP finalises the list of its mayoral aspirants in all 236 municipalities across the country to contest the elections scheduled to be held on December 30.
1 December 2015, 08:24 AM
‘Don’t allow Jamaat men to run polls’
The Workers Party of Bangladesh urges the Election Commission not to allow any Jamaat-e-Islami activists to take part in the municipality election under the banner of BNP-led 20-party alliance.
30 November 2015, 10:48 AM
Khaleda gets bail in Niko graft case
A Dhaka court grants bail to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia after she surrendered before the court in Niko corruption case.
30 November 2015, 05:25 AM
BNP man, 2 ‘robbers’ killed in ‘gunfights’
Three, including a root-level BNP leader and two of an alleged robber gang, killed in separate gunfights, law enforcers claim.
30 November 2015, 04:39 AM
SC upholds Fakhrul’s bail order, no bar to release
The Supreme Court upholds the High Court order that had granted bail to BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in three cases paving way for him to walk out of jail.
30 November 2015, 04:39 AM
EC to decide tomorrow on AL, BNP’s demands
Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad says the Election Commission will decide tomorrow on the demands of political parties over the upcoming municipality elections.
29 November 2015, 12:21 PM
BNP against MPs’ participation in polls campaign
BNP urges Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad to take measures so that lawmakers cannot take part in the municipality election campaign.
29 November 2015, 10:08 AM
Khoka indicted in graft case
A Dhaka court frames charges against former Dhaka city corporation mayor Sadeque Hossain Khoka and three others in a corruption case.
29 November 2015, 08:23 AM
AL for MP role in municipality poll campaign
Ruling Awami League has urged the Election Commission to pave way for lawmakers to take part in municipality election campaign. Regarding deferral of polls schedule, the party hopes the commission will resolve the issue upholding the electoral code of conduct.
29 November 2015, 06:21 AM
Niko graft case: Khaleda to surrender before court tomorrow
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will appear before a Dhaka court tomorrow in connection with Niko corruption case. She will appear before the Special Judge-Court-9 at 11:30am, Khaleda’s lawyer Sanaullah Miah confirms.
29 November 2015, 04:36 AM