Fakhrul urges vigilance against instability attempts
BNP Secretary General and Local Government Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has urged people to remain alert and aware to resist any attempt to create instability in the country. Speaking as the chief guest at a civic reception at the Ruhea High School ground in Thakurgaon on Wednesday (June 3), Fakhrul said a quarter was trying to destabilise the country. “Everyone must remain alert...
Democracy returns, but propaganda persists: Rizvi
BNP Senior Joint Secretary General and Prime Minister’s Adviser Advocate Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has said a democratic environment has returned to the country, allowing political parties to express opinions freely and criticise the government. But, he said, the politics of propaganda and falsehood had not stopped. Rizvi made the remarks as chief guest at a roundtable organised by the...
Ziaur Rahman’s ideals, philosophy, nationalism still alive: Mahmuda Habiba
Newly elected Member of Parliament (MP) Mahmuda Habiba has said that although former President Ziaur Rahman was assassinated, his ideals, philosophy, and the spirit of Bangladeshi nationalism he founded remain alive and could not be destroyed. She added that even today, Ziaur Rahman’s name is invoked in discussions on independence, sovereignty, democracy, and national interest. Mahmuda...
45th martyrdom anniversary of Ziaur Rahman observed with solemnity
The 45th martyrdom anniversary of Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman, proclaimer of the country’s independence, a sector commander of the Liberation War, BNP founder and advocate of multi-party democracy, is being observed today across the country with due respect and solemnity. Ziaur Rahman was killed on May 30, 1981, at the Chattogram Circuit House in what BNP describes as a domestic and...
Ziaur Rahman’s 45th martyrdom anniversary to be observed tomorrow
The 45th martyrdom anniversary of former President Ziaur Rahman, proclaimer of independence, Liberation War sector commander and founder of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), will be observed tomorrow with various programmes across the country. Ziaur Rahman was killed on May 30, 1981, at the Chattogram Circuit House by a group of disgruntled army officers. To mark the occasion, BNP has...
BNP announces 8-day programme marking Ziaur Rahman’s death anniversary
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has announced an eight-day programme to observe the 45th martyrdom anniversary of the party’s founder and former president Ziaur Rahman. The programmes include hoisting black flags nationwide, discussion meetings, photo exhibitions, prayer gatherings, and the distribution of food and clothing among underprivileged people. The announcement was made on...
Union BNP leader hacked to death in Araihazar
A union-level BNP leader was hacked to death in Narayanganj’s Araihazar upazila following a dispute over illegal soil extraction using an excavator. The incident took place around 12:45am on Wednesday night (May 20), in the Kaundar Chak area near a beel at Panchgaon Charpara under Duptara union of the upazila. The victim was Osman Gani, 40, general secretary of Brahmandi union BNP. He was...
Jamaat won't come to power in future: Mirza Fakhrul
BNP Secretary General and Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said Jamaat-e-Islami will not be able to come to power in Bangladesh in the future. He made the remarks at a reception programme in Thakurgaon on Wednesday (May 20), after visiting Thakurgaon Airport. Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Afroza Khanam Rita and State...
ICT indicts Hasnat Abdullah, 3 others over extrajudicial killings
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 today framed charges in a crimes against humanity case against former lawmaker Abul Hasnat Abdullah and three others over the extrajudicial killings of two Chhatra Dal and JASAS leaders in Barishal. The second tribunal passed the order on Monday, fixing June 17 for the prosecution’s opening statement and the start of witness testimony. The other...
Govt to sign no deal against national interest: Mirza Fakhrul
BNP Secretary General and Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said the government will not sign any agreement that undermines Bangladesh’s national interest. He made the remarks on Saturday while addressing a discussion organised by BNP at the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh in Dhaka, marking the historic Farakka Long March Day....
ICT verdict in Inu crimes case any day
The International Crimes Tribunal-2 (ICT) has kept for verdict the crimes against humanity case against Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-Jasad President Hasanul Haq Inu. The tribunal passed the order on Thursday (May 14) after the hearing concluded in the case. Inu, a former minister and a leader of the Awami League-led 14-party alliance, is the lone accused in the case filed over alleged crimes...
Former minister Engineer Mosharraf Hossain passes away
Former housing and public works minister Engineer Mosharraf Hossain passed away on Wednesday (May 13) at the age of 83. Mosharraf, a presidium member of the now-banned Awami League and former lawmaker from Chattogram-1, Mirsharai, breathed his last while undergoing treatment at Square Hospital in the capital around 10:15am. Family sources said he had been suffering from age-related...
A frustrated group wants to make society unstable: Fakhrul
Local Government, Rural Development (LGRD) and Cooperatives Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday said a frustrated group is trying to keep the country unstable and divert recent political changes in a different direction. “I do not want to mention any specific party or individual. Our politics is not clean or healthy. Time and again, people have fought for change and sacrificed...
ICT-1 to issue indictment order against Nanak, Taposh, 26 others May 10
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 today fixed May 10 for passing its order on charge framing in a case filed over alleged crimes against humanity committed in Mohammadpur during the July Mass Uprising, involving 28 accused including former minister Jahangir Kabir Nanak and former Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh. The first tribunal, headed by Justice...
Tofail Ahmed indicted in Tk 1.25cr graft case
A Dhaka court on Thursday (May 7) framed charges against veteran Awami League leader and former minister Tofail Ahmed and two others in a 24-year-old corruption case involving alleged misappropriation of Tk 1.25 crore. Judge Shamima Afroz of the Dhaka Divisional Special Judge’s Court passed the order, rejecting the discharge petition and formally opening the trial. The court also fixed June...
HC questions cancellation of Monira Sharmin’s candidacy
The High Court on Wednesday issued a rule asking why the cancellation of NCP leader Monira Sharmin’s candidacy for a reserved women’s seat in the 13th Jatiya Sangsad should not be declared illegal. The bench of Justice Razik-Al-Jalil and Justice Debasish Roy Chowdhury passed the order on May 6 following a writ petition filed by Monira challenging the Election Commission’s decision....
49 women reserved-seat MPs to take oath tonight
The oath-taking ceremony for the newly elected members to the 49 reserved seats for women in the 13th National Parliament will be held on Sunday. The swearing-in is scheduled to take place at 9:00pm at the oath room on Level-1 of the East Block of the Jatiya Sangsad. The National Parliament Secretariat confirmed the details in a notice issued on Saturday. Earlier on April 29, the...
JCD announces 29 committees countrywide
Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) has announced 29 committees for its units at universities, medical colleges, colleges, districts, and metropolitan areas nationwide. The committees—ranging from full to partial, partially full, and extended—were approved through separate press releases signed by JCD President Rakibul Islam and General Secretary Nasir Uddin on Saturday night. Among...
Nusrat Tabassum’s nomination declared valid
The nomination of Nusrat Tabassum, an NCP leader and Jamaat alliance candidate for a reserved women’s seat in the 13th parliament, has been declared valid by the returning officer. Returning Officer Md Moin Uddin Khan gave the information to reporters on Saturday (May 2) after scrutiny of the nomination paper at the Election Building. He said Tabassum’s nomination was valid. The...
