Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)
BNP: Govt desperate to make Khaleda ineligible for polls
BNP senior leader Nazrul Islam Khan alleges that the government is desperate to make their chairperson Khaleda Zia ineligible for election by punishing her with ‘false’ cases filed against her.
18 April 2016, 14:30 PM
BNP not frustrated: Fakhrul
Alleging that the ruling Awami League is continuing an “unbearable and limitless oppression” on the opposition leaders and activists, BNP says it is not frustrated over this.
11 April 2016, 14:41 PM
Fakhrul hopes for stronger anti-govt demo this time
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir hopes for a stronger anti-government movement this time with new leadership at the party’s helm.
10 April 2016, 15:48 PM
Power, gas price hike: BNP warns of tough agitation
BNP will announce tougher programmes if the government increases prices of gas and electricity, the party’s Senior Joint Secretary General Rizvi Ahmed says.
8 April 2016, 10:32 AM
Khaleda gets bail in sedition, 4 other cases
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia secures bail in five cases including a sedition one after she surrendered before five separate courts in Dhaka.
5 April 2016, 04:15 AM
Khaleda reiterates call for dialogue
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia reiterates her call for a dialogue with the opposition parties to resolve the country’s “political crisis” and to hold a free, fair and acceptable election.
31 March 2016, 14:02 PM
Graft case: HC clears way for trial of Mirza Abbas
The High Court clears way for the lower court concerned to resume trial proceedings against former BNP minister Mirza Abbas in a corruption case filed on charge of fraudulently allotting an industrial plot.
30 March 2016, 13:02 PM
Zia’s younger brother to form new political party
BNP founder Ziaur Rahman’s younger brother Ahmed Kamal announces that he will form a new political party.
5 March 2016, 12:34 PM
EP team for agreed mechanisms before next election
The European Parliament delegation puts emphasis on ‘some agreed mechanisms’ well ahead of the next general election in Bangladesh so that ‘many parties’ can participate in the polls in a free, fair and open manner.
12 February 2016, 13:38 PM
BNP to participate in UP polls: Mahbubur
BNP will participate in the upcoming Union Parishad (UP) election although it has doubts over the free and fair arrangement of the polls.
12 February 2016, 09:11 AM
JCD leaders set fire to motorbikes at Nayapaltan
A group of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) leaders protesting “nepotism” in formation of its new committee set fire to at least three motorbikes in front of BNP’s Nayapaltan central office in Dhaka.
8 February 2016, 12:36 PM
BNP applies for 3 venues for Mar 19 council
BNP has applied for three venues to hold its annual council to be held on March 19, the party’s spokesperson Rizvi Ahmed says.
5 February 2016, 10:20 AM
Jubo Dal leader stabbed to death in Pabna
A local Jubo Dal leader is stabbed to death by miscreants at Nechrapara in Faridpur upazila of Pabna.
3 February 2016, 15:51 PM
Move to relocate Zia’s grave will be nightmare: Nazrul
Accusing the government of trying to annihilate Zia family, BNP senior leader Nazrul Islam Khan today warned that any move to relocate the party’s founder Ziaur Rahman’s grave from the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban area would turn into a nightmare.
28 January 2016, 11:19 AM
Name all 30 lakh war martyrs: Gayeshwar to govt
BNP leader Gayeshwar Chandra Roy demands that the government publish the names of all 30 lakh people martyred in the 1971 Liberation War.
27 January 2016, 14:12 PM
SC upholds ex-BNP MP’s acquittal in tax evasion case
The Supreme Court upholds a High Court verdict that scrapped six years’ imprisonment of former BNP lawmaker M Rashiduzzaman Millat in a tax evasion case.
25 January 2016, 13:10 PM
US envoy to meet Khaleda tomorrow
US Ambassador to Bangladesh Marcia Stephens Bloom Bernicat will call on BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia at the latter’s Gulshan residence in Dhaka.
24 January 2016, 14:13 PM
BNP urges govt to lower oil prices
BNP urges the government to adjust prices of all fuel oils in line with the plunge in the global market.
23 January 2016, 16:04 PM
CJ's remark jolted govt's base, says BNP
BNP senior leader Lt Gen (retd) Mahbubur Rahman says Chief Justice (CJ) SK Sinha's recent remark on signing and writing judgement after retirement has shaken the foundation of the current government like a tremor.
22 January 2016, 11:48 AM
Mosharaff hospitalised with chest pain
Senior BNP leader and standing committee member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain is admitted to a hospital in Dhaka with chest pain.
21 January 2016, 08:21 AM