Zia’s death anniversary today
The 44th anniversary of the death of Bangladesh Nationalist Party founder Ziaur Rahman, also a former president of the country, will be observed today.
Politics
Yunus sticks to polls by June next year
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has remained stick to his position that the national election would be held anytime between December this year and June next year.
Khaleda hopes democracy to be restored soon
Bangladesh Nationalist Party chair Begum Khaleda Zia on Thursday hoped that democracy would soon be restored in Bangladesh, describing the goal as the party’s pledge on the occasion of Ziaur Rahman’s martyrdom anniversary.
Protests on against Azhar release
Protests erupted in Dhaka and elsewhere in the country condemning acquittal of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami leader and former alleged Al-Badr commander ATM Azharul Islam who was charged with war crimes...
SC seeks EC’s clarification on Ishraque’s mayoral oath
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Election Commission to clarify its position regarding an appeal seeking a stay on the commission’s gazette notification that declared BNP leader Ishraque Hossain as the mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation...
Tarique, Zubaida now cleared of all cases
The High Court on Wednesday acquitted Bangladesh Nationalist Party acting chairman Tarique Rahman and his wife Zubaida Rahman in a corruption case, overturning a lower court verdict that had jailed the BNP leader for six years and his wife for three years in absentia during the ousted Awami League regime...
BNP wings’ rally underway in Dhaka
Thousands of leaders and activists of three associate bodies of Bangladesh Nationalist Party — Juba Dal, Swechchhasebak Dal and Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal — gathered at Nayapaltan to join a youth rally on Wednesday afternoon...
Three BNP bodies set to hold youth rally in Dhaka today
Three associate bodies of Bangladesh Nationalist Party — Juba Dal, Swechchhasebak Dal and Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal — will hold a ‘massive’ youth rally at Nayapaltan in the capital on Wednesday, with the participation of at least ‘15 lakh young people’...
Left students protest at Azhar release
Several left-leaning student organisations, including Bangladesh Students’ Union, on Tuesday staged a protest rally protesting at the acquittal of Bangladeshi Jamaat-e-Islami leader and former alleged Al-Badr commander ATM Azharul Islam who was charged with war crimes...
Nagar Bhaban kept locked for 11th day
The supporters of Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Ishraque Hossain on Tuesday continued their protest by locking all gates of Dhaka South City Corporation headquarters, Nagar Bhaban, and all its zonal offices for the 11th consecutive day demanding the administer of Ishraque’s oath as the city mayor...
Unhappy BNP decries no polls road map
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Tuesday expressed disappointment over a government statement released after meetings with political parties, saying it did not include a clear plan for the upcoming national election...
LGD awaits court order on Ishraque’s oath-taking as DSCC mayor
The Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives on Tuesday said that it had been awaiting a court order regarding the swearing-in of Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Ishraque Hossain as the mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation...
Politician Abdus Salam remembered
Leaders of the Ganosamhati Andolan at a commemoration meeting in Dhaka on Monday said that the role of the party’s first executive coordinator Abdus Salam would be remembered for a long time.
Polls delay to deepen crisis, says BNP
Bangladesh Nationalist Party standing committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury on Monday said that the country’s ongoing crisis would deepen with any further delay in restoring the democratic order through a credible electoral process.
Political parties find little common ground
The National Consensus Commission on Monday said that the first round of dialogues with political parties concluded with unanimous support for some reform proposals, while some proposals received support from most parties but disagreement remained about many key reform issues.
