BNP

Honour or insult for martyrs?

BNP policymaker Nazrul Islam Khan's announcement that his party would prepare a list of martyrs of our Liberation War in 1971 appeared as a retaliatory step which brought out once again the party's long held dubious stance over the spirit of the Liberation War.
1 February 2016, 18:00 PM

BNP to hold council by March: Fakhrul

BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says the party’s national council would be held by March to strengthen its organisational activities across the country.
1 February 2016, 15:48 PM

If elected, BNP to make martyrs’ list: Nazrul

BNP Standing Committee member Nazrul Islam Khan says the party, if elected to power, will prepare a list of all martyrs of 1971 Liberation War.
31 January 2016, 08:42 AM

BNP demands list of 1971 martyrs

BNP standing committee member Nazrul Islam Khan yesterday demanded that the government prepare a list of Liberation War martyrs like that of freedom fighters.
30 January 2016, 18:00 PM

BNP demands 1971 martyrs’ list

BNP leader Nazrul Islam Khan calls upon the government to prepare a list of the Liberation War martyrs like that of the freedom fighters.
30 January 2016, 09:23 AM

JP: An unusual brand of opposition

The long pervasive culture of parliament boycott by main opposition MPs has significantly changed with Jatiya Party lawmakers attending all the 174 sittings of the current Jatiya Sangsad over the last two years.
28 January 2016, 18:00 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

BNP leader Annie sent to jail after surrender

BNP student affairs secretary Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Annie is sent jail after two Dhaka courts denied him bail in nine violence cases.
28 January 2016, 07:25 AM

Fakhrul flies to Singapore for treatment

BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir flies to Singapore for a regular health check up. He will check his health at National University Hospital of that country.
28 January 2016, 04:39 AM

Sedition case: Summons hung at Khaleda’s Gulshan house

Court officials hung a notice at the main entrance of Khaleda Zia’s Gulshan residence summoning the BNP chief in a sedition case.
26 January 2016, 13:13 PM

Political failure, hence case against Khaleda: Fakhrul

BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has alleged that the government has resorted to filing false cases as it has failed to tackle BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia politically.
26 January 2016, 07:06 AM

BNP to be thrown into dustbin of history: Ashraf

Awami League General Secretary Syed Ashraful Islam says BNP will be thrown into the dustbin of history if it fails to accept the truth.
25 January 2016, 13:29 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

Sedition suit against Khaleda a mockery: Fakhrul

On the note of the sedition lawsuit against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, the party’s acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says “it is nothing but a mockery”.
25 January 2016, 07:11 AM

Noman’s graft trial to continue, SC rules

The appellate division upholds a High Court verdict that cleared way for a lower court to run trial against BNP leader Abdullah Al Noman in a graft case.
25 January 2016, 05:05 AM

Court summons Khaleda on Mar 3 following sedition suit

A Dhaka court summons BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on March 3 over a sedition suit filed by a Supreme Court lawyer for her statement regarding the number of martyrs in Bangladesh's 1971 Liberation War.
25 January 2016, 04:05 AM

BNP in talks about nat'l council

The BNP national standing committee met last night to finalise the roadmap for the party's national council, likely to be held in March.
23 January 2016, 18:00 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

Khaleda to sit with senior leaders tomorrow

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia expects to hold a meeting with her party’s National Standing Committee members tomorrow to discuss the country’s latest political situation and to fix the party’s strategies to ensure victory in the upcoming Union Parishad polls.
22 January 2016, 06:50 AM

No legal basis of caretaker govt verdict

The Supreme Court Bar Association yesterday demanded restoration of the caretaker government system claiming the judgment, which scrapped the provision, was illegal and unconstitutional.
20 January 2016, 18:00 PM