BNP

PM flouting election law: BNP

The prime minister is flouting electoral laws by sponsoring the candidates of Dhaka and Chittagong city corporation polls, BNP complains.
7 April 2015, 13:49 PM

Salahuddin’s wife seeks PM’s help, again

The wife of “missing” BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed moves a memo seeking the prime minister’s intervention to trace her husband’s whereabouts.
7 April 2015, 13:06 PM

Dhaka city polls: Mintoo challenges HC order

BNP-backed mayoral aspirant Abdul Awal Mintoo files an appeal with Supreme Court challenging High Court order that upheld cancellation of his nomination for DNCC polls.
7 April 2015, 08:10 AM

City polls campaign kicks off

The mayoral and councilor aspirants launch campaign for the Dhaka and Chittagong city corporations poll.
7 April 2015, 07:14 AM

A return to sanity, hopefully?

KHALEDA Zia's bail and the opening of the BNP's central office in Nayapaltan by law enforcers have brought in a sense of relief for the people of this country.
6 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Cops redeployed at Khaleda’s Gulshan house

A day after BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia returned to her Gulshan residence, the government Monday evening redeploys police personnel in front of it to ensure her security.
6 April 2015, 17:39 PM

Mintoo out of mayoral race

The High Court upholds the election commission’s order that rejected the nomination of Abdul Awal Mintoo, the BNP-backed mayoral candidate for the Dhaka North City Corporation polls.
6 April 2015, 09:19 AM

Khaleda to visit Koko’s grave in afternoon

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will offer ziarat at the grave of her youngest son Arafat Rahman Koko at Banani civil graveyard in Dhaka this afternoon.
6 April 2015, 06:48 AM

Minister’s parade cripples city

Thousands of people suffer on Dhaka city streets this afternoon for the mass parade of Shipping Minster Shahjahan Khan that crippled vehicular movements through key streets.
5 April 2015, 11:20 AM

Mintoo challenges nomination cancellation

Abdul Awal Mintoo, a BNP-backed mayoral candidate for Dhaka North City Corporation, files a writ petition with the High Court challenging cancellation of his nomination.
5 April 2015, 09:30 AM

Khaleda returns to her residence after 92 days

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia returns to her Gulshan residence in Dhaka today after a 92-day stay at her political office.
5 April 2015, 06:24 AM

Khaleda gets bail in graft cases

A Dhaka court grants bail to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in Zia Orphanage Trust and Zia Charitable Trust graft cases in her presence at the courtroom. The court passed the order after counsel for Khaleda, submitted separate bail petitions in the cases.
5 April 2015, 04:02 AM

‘Khaleda returning home tomorrow’

BNP chief Khaleda Zia will return to her house tomorrow after 91-day stay at her Gulshan office. Before that she will go to court at 9:30am, a media wing staff says.
4 April 2015, 17:34 PM

BNP backs Abbas for DSCC mayoral race

BNP decides to back its standing committee member Mirza Abbas for the upcoming mayoral race in Dhaka South City Corporation.
4 April 2015, 16:29 PM

BNP men enter headquarters after 90 days

BNP leaders and activists enter the party central office at Nayapaltan in Dhaka Saturday, 90 days after the law enforcement agencies allegedly locked it.
4 April 2015, 13:53 PM

Graft cases: Khaleda to appear before court Sunday

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will appear before a Dhaka court on Sunday to seek bail in Zia Charitable Trust and Zia Orphanage Trust corruption cases, her counsel Sanaullah Miah says.
4 April 2015, 06:22 AM

BNP has come to sense: Obaidul Quader

Though late, BNP has come about its senses by participating in the forthcoming city corporation polls, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader says.
3 April 2015, 08:10 AM

Mintoo, Pintu challenge nomination cancellation

Mayor aspirants Abdul Awal Mintoo and Nasir Uddin Ahmed Pintu appeal to the Dhaka divisional commissioner’s office for validating their nominations for the upcoming Dhaka north and south city corporation elections.
2 April 2015, 11:28 AM

PM for partisan local govt elections

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said local government elections should be held in partisan manner and the related laws should be amended to do so.
1 April 2015, 12:29 PM

HSC exams begin peacefully

HSC and equivalent examinations begin peacefully throughout the country with over 10.5 lakhs examines are expected to appear in the exams.
1 April 2015, 05:00 AM