Politics

BNP mayoral candidate for Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) polls Ishraque Hossain on Monday feared that a move is on to make the field empty before the February-1 voting as a case was filed against his supporters in connection with Sunday’s Gopibagh clash. Read More »

The High Court Monday turned down a petition seeking cancellation of BNP’s mayoral candidate for Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Tabith Awal’s nomination, clearing the way for Tabith’s participation in the upcoming election. Read More »

Dhaka, Jan 27 – The opposition BNP on Sunday briefed foreign diplomats based in Dhaka on various issues including violation of election code of conducts by the ruling Awami League. Read More »

Awami League mayoral candidate for Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Atiqul Islam on Sunday promised to build a “modern, dynamic and healthy” Dhaka if he is reelected. Read More »

BNP’s Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) mayoral candidate Ishraque Hossain came under attack during campaigning in the city’s Gopibagh area on Sunday morning. Read More »

Sushasoner Jonno Nagorik (Sujon), a civil rights body, on Saturday urged the Election Commission (EC) to arrange “free, neutral and peaceful” Dhaka city polls. Read More »

Dhaka, Jan 24 – Mayoral candidates both the Awami League and the BNP  for Dhaka North and South city corporations polls are going to place their electoral manifestoes separately through press conferences this week to disclose their plan of action and electoral pledges. Read More »

Police here on Friday arrested 16 leaders and activists of Jamaat –e–Islami and Islami Chhatra Shibir from Charmohanpur area in Sadar upazila with cocktails and gunpowder. Read More »

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s sister Selima Islam on Friday said they are planning to make a special appeal seeking her release from jail as they are worried about her life. Read More »

The newly-elected Bangladesh Awami League Central Working Committee (ALCWC) and Advisory Council, led by AL President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday paid rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by placing wreaths at his mazar here. Read More »

Dhaka, Jan 24 – BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday alleged that the ruling party is conspiring to hamper their party’s victory in the elections to two Dhaka city corporations. “As Awami League has become politically bankrupt, it’s now conspiring to thwart BNP’s victory in the two city polls in various ways,” he said. Read More »

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BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday urged the Election Commission (EC) to defer the elections to the two Dhaka city corporations again, if necessary, for holding it with ballot papers instead of EVMs. Read More »

Dhaka, Jan 22 – Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) has formed ward-level committees to campaign for Awami League (AL) mayoral candidates contesting Dhaka city polls. Read More »

Washington, AP/UNB, Jan 22 – A rancorous dispute over rules marked the first full day of President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial. Read More »

Dhaka, Jan 21 – The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday grilled Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sayed Khokon’s Assistant Personal Secretary (APS) Sheikh Kuddus and personal assistant (PA) of 11th Jatiya Sangsad Whip Shamsul Huq Chowdhury, Ezaz Chowdhury over amassing illegal money through casino business and some other issues. Read More »

At least 10 activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) were injured in a factional clash at Islamic University (IU) in Kushtia on Tuesday afternoon. Read More »

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday carried out electioneering in favour of Tabith Awal, their party’s mayoral candidate in the elections to Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC), saying that a mass wave has been created in favour of ‘Sheaf of Paddy’. Read More »

BNP celebrated the 84th birth anniversary of its founder Ziaur Rahman on Sunday vowing afresh to ‘reinstate democracy’ and free party Chairperson Khaleda Zia from jail making the supreme sacrifice. Read More »

BNP’s mayoral candidates in the elections to Dhaka’s two city corporations on Saturday said they were content with the Election Commission’s decision to give in to the demand from a number of quarters and delay the election. Read More »

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday said the problem over the date of elections to two Dhaka city corporations was created due to the incompetence of the Election Commission (EC). Read More »

Dhaka, Jan 18 – Describing the electronic voting machine (EVM) as a new method of rigging votes, Jatiya Oikyafront on Saturday warned that it will not allow the Election Commission (EC) to use it in the elections to two Dhaka city corporations. Read More »

Dhaka, Jan 18 – Elections to both the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) and Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) will now be held on February 1 instead of January 30. Read More »

Stating that the country’s people now have no freedom of expression, BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday alleged that the government is working to either eliminate or salience those who express dissenting views. Read More »

Thirty-one organisations of minority communities on Saturday declared that they will go on a weeklong countrywide protest from Monday demanding deferment of polls to two Dhaka city corporations slated for January 30 that coincide with Saraswati Puja. Read More »

BNP policymakers fear their party’s another poor show in the January-30 city polls as it did in Chattogram-8 by-polls for many reasons, including the low turnout of voters and ‘attacks by opponents’. Read More »

Washington, AP/UNB, Jan 17 – The U.S. Senate opened the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump with a quiet ceremony Thursday — senators standing at their desks to swear an oath of “impartial justice” as jurors, House prosecutors formally reciting the charges and Chief Justice John Roberts presiding. Read More »

Dhaka, Jan 09 – BNP on Wednesday alleged that people have got upset over Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s address to the nation as it lacks any direction to overcome the country’s crisis. Read More »

Dhaka, Jan 08 – Jatiya Oikyafront Convener Dr Kamal Hossain on Wednesday said the government is preparing again to stage a drama to rig votes in the elections to two city corporations of Dhaka. Read More »

Dhaka, Han 08 – Jatiya Oikyafront on Wednesday extended its support to BNP’s two mayoral candidates in the upcoming elections to Dhaka north and south city corporations billed for January 30. Read More »