BNP

Khaleda calls top leaders ahead of council

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has convened a meeting of the party’s top policy-making body – the standing committee – tomorrow ahead of its national council on March 19.
16 March 2016, 09:50 AM

Bribery case against Tarique to go ahead

The High Court clears the way for trial court to run the trial proceedings against BNP leader Tarique Rahman and three others in a case filed on charge of bribery.
16 March 2016, 06:53 AM

Govt should quit over BB reserve heist: BNP

BNP demands Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her government's resignation over the recent heist from Bangladesh Bank account with Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
15 March 2016, 13:55 PM

SC stays Mirza Abbas’ release from jail

BNP senior leader Mirza Abbas’ bail in a graft case has been stayed for a week by the Supreme Court, thereby halting his release from prison.
14 March 2016, 04:57 AM

Govt, bank officials involved in BB money stealing: BNP

BNP senior leader Goyeshwar Chandra Roy alleges that Tk 800 crore is stolen from Bangladesh Bank’s account in the US Federal Reserve Bank with the help of government and central bank officials.
12 March 2016, 12:09 PM

Fakhrul, 25 others cleared of charges

A Dhaka court yesterday cleared BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and 25 other leaders and activists of the BNP-led 20-party alliance of arson charges in a case filed over a bomb attack on a bus in the city.
10 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Fakhrul, 25 others relieved of explosive case

A Dhaka court relieves 26 leaders and activists of BNP-led-20 party alliance including Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir of charges filed under Anti-Terrorism Act in January 2014.
10 March 2016, 16:05 PM

Zia trust graft: Khaleda files plea to cancel trial

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia files a petition with the High Court seeking cancellation of the trial proceedings in Zia Charitable Trust corruption case against her, as a Dhaka court is set to resume the hearing tomorrow.
9 March 2016, 16:11 PM

Freedom of expression now treated as ‘treason’: BNP

BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi alleges that freedom of expression is now treated as ‘illegal and treason’ in Bangladesh.
9 March 2016, 14:59 PM

Mirza Abbas free to walk out of jail

The High Court grants bail to BNP leader Mirza Abbas in a corruption case, clearing the way for his walk out of jail.
9 March 2016, 11:51 AM

BNP-backed UP polls aspirant’s nephew killed in Pirojpur

A nephew of BNP-backed chairman candidate from Sheikh Matia Union Parishad in Nazirpur upazila of Pirojpur is stabbed dead by miscreants.
9 March 2016, 07:14 AM

Fakhrul criticises PM’s comment on Khaleda, Tarique

BNP acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir criticises PM Sheikh Hasina’s comments on Khaleda Zia and Tarique Rahman.
8 March 2016, 07:47 AM

'Two accused' in top two posts

Awami League President Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the BNP elected "two accused" in its highest posts and termed the re-election of Khaleda Zia and Tarique Rahman as the party's chairperson and senior vice-chairman “a drama”.
7 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Wait for leading role

Bangladesh returned to democracy in 1991 and since then the country has been ruled by two female leaders. In between, there had been around three years of interim periods, basically to hold elections. Bangladesh is also a rare country in the world where the two largest political parties are being led by two women for over the last three decades.
7 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Tarique being barred from coming home: Fakhrul

BNP leader Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir alleges that the government is creating obstruction on the way to returning home of the party’s Senior Vice Chairman Tarique Rahman.
7 March 2016, 15:33 PM

2 accused now at BNP’s helm: PM

Describing the reelection of Khaleda Zia as BNP chairperson and Tarique Rahman as its senior vice chairman as a stage-managed drama, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says now two accused are this party’s top leaders.
7 March 2016, 10:10 AM

Khaleda-Tarique re-elected uncontested

Khaleda Zia is re-elected chairperson, and her elder son Tarique Rahman senior vice-chairman of BNP as no-one else collected nomination for the posts.
6 March 2016, 11:53 AM

Ministers’ comments on CJ audacious: BNP

BNP today termed statements of two ministers about the chief justice ‘audacious’ and ‘threatening’.
6 March 2016, 08:19 AM

Nominations of Khaleda, Tarique submitted ahead of BNP’s sixth council

BNP Joint Secretary General Rizvi Ahmed submits the nomination papers for Khaleda Zia, the incumbent chief of the party, for the position of chairperson ahead of BNP’s sixth council.
4 March 2016, 06:57 AM

BNP to hold national council at IEB

BNP gets permission to hold its sixth national council on March 19 at the Institute of Engineers' Bangladesh (IEB).
3 March 2016, 07:08 AM