BNP

Summer vacation to be halved for schools

Education ministry asks the affected education institutions to cut down the summer vacation in half if needed for the recently passed political violence.
10 May 2015, 10:34 AM

Opinion: Salauddin becomes another forgotten case?

It seems we do not care that a man just disappeared into the blues amidst allegation that the law enforcing agency was behind the Houdini act. He seems to have gone down the annals of disappearance of the likes of Ilias Ali, Chowdhury Alam and labour leader Aminul Islam.
10 May 2015, 08:08 AM

Salahuddin in Rab custody: Khaleda

Alleging that the missing BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed is “in the hands” of Rapid Action Battalion, Khaleda Zia warns of dire consequences if the elite force do not return back her party’s joint secretary general safe.
9 May 2015, 16:44 PM

BNP thanks Modi over land bill

BNP thanks Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, his government, and leaders of different political parties who were involved in passage of the Land Boundary Agreement bill.
7 May 2015, 14:38 PM

Abbas, Khoka charged with Shibir leader killing

Rampura police press charges against 37 BNP leaders and activists, including Mirza Abbas, Goyeshwar Chandra Roy and Sadeque Hossain Khoka, in connection with the killing of Chhatra Shibir leader Mansur Pradhania.
7 May 2015, 13:17 PM

Rajshahi city mayor suspended

Government sacks BNP-backed Rajshahi City Corporation Mayor Mosaddek Hossain Bulbul, officials say.
7 May 2015, 11:56 AM

Goyeshwar gets bail

High Court grants ad-interim bail to BNP leader Goyeshwar Chandra Roy in a case filed on charge of planning subversive acts in December last year.
6 May 2015, 10:10 AM

BNP concerned over jailed leaders' health

BNP expresses deep concern that several jailed BNP leaders are becoming critically sick due to repeated remands and lack of proper treatment.
5 May 2015, 14:29 PM

Khaleda asked to appear before court May 25

A Dhaka court asks BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to appear before it on May 25 in connection with Zia Orphanage Trust and Zia Charitable Trust graft cases.
5 May 2015, 07:03 AM

Fakhrul at BSMMU for checkup

Acting secretary general of BNP Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir was shifted to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) in Dhaka from Kashimpur Jail in Gazipur for medical checkup.
5 May 2015, 04:16 AM

HC questions acceptance of charges against Moudud

The High Court questions the legality of a lower court order that accepted charges against former BNP minister Moudud Ahmed in a land related case.
4 May 2015, 11:45 AM

Abbas’ bail hearing deferred again

High Court defers again the bail hearing of senior BNP leader Mirza Abbas until May 24 in two criminal cases.
4 May 2015, 06:09 AM

Khaleda pays tribute to Pintu

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and her party leaders and activists pay tribute to Nasiruddin Ahmed Pintu at its central office at Nayapaltan in Dhaka. Later, the first namaz-e-janaza of Pintu, who died of heart attack at Rajshahi Central Jail yesterday, was held there.
4 May 2015, 05:25 AM

Khaleda blames govt for Pintu’s death

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia alleges that the government shifted former BNP lawmaker Nasir Uddin Pintu to Rajshahi jail from Dhaka “in a bid to kill him”.
3 May 2015, 16:14 PM

Ex-BNP MP Nasiruddin Pintu dies

Ex-BNP lawmaker Nasiruddin Ahmed Pintu, who was serving life-term for carnage at Pilkhana headquarters of paramilitary Bangladesh Rifles force, dies of heart attack.
3 May 2015, 07:01 AM

Bogra Jubo Dal man shot in custody

A local leader of Jubo Dal, the youth front of BNP, was shot on his leg while in police custody in Bogra Sadar.
3 May 2015, 05:21 AM

Hasina 'dispels' Ban's worry

Irregularities in last week's city corporation polls and BNP's decision to boycott the election halfway into the voting featured
2 May 2015, 18:00 PM

BNP demands fresh city polls

BNP urges Election Commission to cancel Dhaka and Chittagong city corporation elections alleging massive irregularities and demands fresh polls.
2 May 2015, 11:28 AM

PM wants UN chief to advise BNP to return to democratic politics

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expresses her hope that UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will suggest BNP to return to the democratic politics shunning the path of terrorist and militant activities.
1 May 2015, 18:04 PM

Miscreants damage Zia’s grave decor

Miscreants partially damage the decoration of the tomb of BNP founder and late president Ziaur Rahman in Dhaka’s Sher-e-Bangla Nagar.
30 April 2015, 06:11 AM