Two Bangladesh Nationalist Party-backed councillor candidates and 20 others were injured as ruling Awami League’s leaders and activists swooped on them at Shahjadpur and Dakkhinkhan in Dhaka on Wednesday. Witnesses said Dhaka north city ward 18 councillor candidate Sharif Uddin Jewel and his supporters were campaigning near Confidence Tower in Shahjadpur on Wednesday afternoon, when ...Read More

Condemning Abrar Fahad’s murder, Central Chhatra League acting general secretary Lekhak Bhattacharjee has stated that they will not take responsibility for anyone’s personal conflict. He made the statement at a press briefing held near Dhaka University’s Madhur Canteen around 11am on Wednesday. Lekhak said: “We do not support the demand of banning student politics. Besides, ...Read More

BNP MP Harunur Rashid yesterday said their jailed Chairperson Khaleda Zia is willing to go abroad for treatment if she is granted bail. Harun said this talking to reporters after he and two other party MPs visited Khaleda at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) Hospital in Dhaka in the evening. “She needs better treatment at a ...Read More

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has claimed that police and other law enforcement agencies are working according to the directives of Awami League higher-ups in the government. He spoke about the matter while participating in a human chain, organized by the Bangladesh Mahila Parishad, in front of the National Press Club on Sunday. The ...Read More

Jatiya Party (JaPa) has nominated Rahgir Al Mahi alias Saad Ershad, eldest son of JaPa founding chairman late HM Ershad and party co-chairman Raushan Ershad, to contest the upcoming by-polls for Rangpur 3 constituency. “After having a meeting with our party chairman GM Quader, it was decided to nominate Saad Ershad as the Rangpur 3 ...Read More

The cabinet yesterday approved in principle the draft of an act that would make airlines pay over Tk 1.35 crore to the family of any Bangladeshi killed in a crash. The Air Transport (The Montreal Convention, 1999) Act, 2019, will be aimed at ensuring rights of passengers flying to an international destination, officials said. Currently, ...Read More

Terming Bangladesh Biman as a ‘symbol of independence’, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today asked authorities of the national flag carrier to enhance its reputation by improving passenger services further. “It’s a responsibility of all involved in operating the national flag carrier to retain and increase reputation of Biman by further raising its passenger services,” she told ...Read More

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday vowed to work as long as she is alive to materialize the dream of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to establish a Sonar Bangladesh. “I have nothing to get for my personal gains; rather the aim of my life is to materialize the ideals of Bangabandhu ...Read More

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said that the proposed budget for FY2019-20 will ensure security and growth; however, the BNP is unable to grasp the aims of this budget plan. Quader, also Road Transport and Bridges Minister, stated this at a press conference organized by Awami League – at the party president’s office in ...Read More

BNP on Monday urged the government to ensure the release of its ailing chairperson Khaleda Zia on bail from jail before the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr. “Though Begum Zia has been staying in jail, she’s still the most popular leader in the country. That’s why Awami League is hatching a new plot to eliminate her from earth,” ...Read More