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Khasru gets bail in four more cases

A Dhaka court yesterday granted bail to BNP standing committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury in four cases filed over political violence centring the October 28 BNP rally in Dhaka.
18 January 2024, 18:00 PM

Time for sweet-talking the govt is over: JPPP

Jatiyo Party Parliamentary Party (JPPP) yesterday instructed all party MPs to stop sweet-talking the Awami League government in parliament or showering it with praise, the way they did in the previous two parliaments.
18 January 2024, 18:00 PM

'Long road ahead, but we’ll prevail'

Say BNP leaders on ongoing movement to oust govt
18 January 2024, 16:00 PM

TIB speaks the same language as BNP: Quader

Parliament session will make opposition clear, he says
18 January 2024, 07:59 AM

JP Parliamentary Party holding meeting in JS

The Jatiya Party Parliamentary Party (JPPP) is holding a meeting at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban today
18 January 2024, 07:18 AM

Protesting Parliament Session: BNP may call hartal or lay siege to JS

BNP plans to observe protest programmes like hartal or lay siege to the parliament building on the first day of the parliamentary session of the new government as part of the movement for its one-point demand.
17 January 2024, 18:00 PM

Intra-party feuds will be dealt with a firm hand

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday asked the party leaders and activists not to engage in any kind of conflict among themselves over the election results.
17 January 2024, 18:00 PM

‘Country now has 648 sworn MPs’

The country currently has two parliaments, claimed BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi yesterday.
17 January 2024, 18:00 PM

BTV Polls Coverage: Quader edges past Hasina in airtime

The election-coverage of the state-run Bangladesh Television (BTV) was mostly a three-person show featuring none other than the Awami League trio -- party President Sheikh Hasina, General Secretary Obaidul Quader, and Joint General Secretary Hasan Mahmud
17 January 2024, 16:44 PM

Fakhrul, Khasru get ad-interim bail in police assault case

A Dhaka court today granted ad-interim bail to BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and its standing committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury in a case filed with Paltan Police Station over assaulting law enforcers in the capital on October 28 last year
17 January 2024, 11:38 AM

Charge sheet submitted against Tarique Rahman in DSA case

Detectives have pressed charges against BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman in a case filed under the Digital Security Act
17 January 2024, 11:32 AM

January 7 polls one-sided, staged to appear competitive: TIB

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) today termed the 12th parliamentary election as a one-sided one that was staged to appear competitive, and said it was an “ominous sign” for the country's democracy and the future of elections
17 January 2024, 09:57 AM

BNP announces 2-day programme to observe Zia's 88th birth anniversary

BNP today announced a two-day programme to observe the 88th birth anniversary of the late Ziaur Rahman, the party's founder and a former president
17 January 2024, 07:14 AM

BNP looking for other ways to assume power

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said yesterday that the BNP did not participate in the January 7 election out of fear of defeat and has been searching for other ways to assume power after being rejected by the people time and again.
16 January 2024, 18:00 PM

AL factional clash: 7 hurt, 4 vehicles torched in Narayanganj

Seven people were injured in a factional clash between two groups of Awami League in Rupganj upazila of Narayanganj this afternoon
16 January 2024, 16:09 PM

January 7 election ensured democracy, people's right to vote: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the absolute win of Awami League in the January 7 election was the victory of Bangladesh, its people, and continuation of democracy and development
16 January 2024, 07:27 AM

BNP had no backup plan for its anti-govt movement

With the election now over and the new government formed, some grassroots BNP leaders think things would have been much different had the party high-ups had an alternative plan for their anti-government movement.
15 January 2024, 18:00 PM

Did not take money to run in the election

Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader and Secretary General Mujibul Haque Chunnu yesterday outright rejected allegations that they took money from the ruling party to run in the election.
15 January 2024, 18:00 PM

SC upholds HC order on Fakhrul’s bail

The Supreme Court yesterday upheld a High Court order that directed the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court in Dhaka to accept, hear, and dispose of the bail petitions of BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in nine cases.
15 January 2024, 18:00 PM

Stop blaming each other

Awami League President Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked the party leaders and activists to stop blaming each other centring the polls result.
15 January 2024, 18:00 PM