Sajjad Hossain

The BNP has entrusted party Chairman and Prime Minister Tarique Rahman with the authority to choose its candidate for the upcoming presidential election.

After Mohammed Shahabuddin’s resignation, debate within the ruling BNP has centred on one question: who will be Bangladesh’s next president?

Former president Mohammed Shahabuddin said he resigned of his own accord, describing life at Bangabhaban as restrictive and saying he now felt free.

President Mohammed Shahabuddin may tender his resignation once Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmad returns from abroad, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. Hafiz is due back today.

President neither confirms nor denies plans to step down, while rejecting reports of talks with Sheikh Hasina

The BNP has moved to ease discontent among parties that joined its simultaneous movement against the ousted Awami League government, amid complaints over seat sharing, unfulfilled promises and a lack of consultation since it came to power.

Tarique Rahman directs leaders to agree on single contender

They quietly enter Bangladesh via remote forests in Bandarban; local trafficking networks help them evade security checkpoints, find work

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman yesterday directed the authorities concerned to strengthen the ongoing drive against the Awami League, Bangladesh Chhatra League, Jubo League and other associate organisations.

A section of BNP lawmakers and senior party leaders has expressed dissatisfaction with the way Education Minister ANM Ehsanul Hoque Milon handled the ongoing HSC exams fiasco, saying the ministry’s decisions embarrassed the government.

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has expressed dissatisfaction over the response of lawmakers, BNP leaders and activists, and some government officials to the floods and landslides in the Chattogram region and hill districts.

BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman has instructed party leaders to restore organisational momentum and strengthen its affiliated bodies as the opposition 11-party alliance steps up street programmes against the BNP-led government.

With most district and city committees expired, the BNP faces organisational hurdles ahead of the local government elections, as the party high-ups fear that the party’s disjointed structure could weaken campaign coordination and spark internal disputes.

A section of BNP lawmakers has expressed disappointment over the controversy surrounding State Minister for LGRD Mir Shahe Alam, saying it has created discomfort within the ruling party and risks damaging the government’s image.

When public projects, family ties and political power converge, jokes are no substitute for scrutiny

Waterlogged roads forced pedestrians to pay extra or wade through dirty water

In its first budget in two decades, the BNP government yesterday boosted allocations for education and health and significantly expanded social safety programmes, reflecting its key electoral pledges.

The BNP has assigned its reserved-seat women MPs to constituencies won by opposition parties as part of a strategy to keep the ruling party active in areas where it has no elected lawmaker.

The performances of ministers, state ministers, and lawmakers are under close scrutiny as Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has begun reviewing their efforts to deliver on the BNP’s election pledges, advance development initiatives, and maintain party discipline.

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