Khaleda ‘to skip’ Niko graft hearing tomorrow

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is unlikely to appear before a Dhaka court tomorrow which is set to hear the charge framing of Niko corruption case.
27 December 2015

Rizvi terms Hanif’s comment ‘joke of the year’

BNP leader Rizvi Ahmed terms ruling Awami League leader Mahbub-ul-Alam Hanif’s statement on Election Commission’s treatment of BNP as the “joke of the year’.
26 December 2015

Voters must guard against fraud: Fakhrul

BNP Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir urges voters to guard every polling station during the December 30 municipal to resist “vote fraud”.
25 December 2015

EC cruel to AL, says Hanif

Ruling Awami League Joint General Secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif urges the Election Commission to play an impartial role during the upcoming municipality polls.
24 December 2015

AL objects to 10 polls monitoring bodies

Ruling Awami League sends a letter to the Election Commission, raising objection to 10 out of 30 election monitoring organisations ahead of the December 30 municipal polls.
23 December 2015

Legal notice served on Khaleda for war martyrs remark

A Supreme Court lawyer sends a legal notice to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia asking her to apologise before the nation for making a controversial statement about the number of martyrs during the Liberation War in 1971.
23 December 2015

HC rules for accepting Kachua’s rebel candidate

The High Court directs Election Commission to accept nomination of Awami League’s rebel-candidate Ahsan Habib Pranjol for Kachua municipality’s mayor election in Chandpur.
23 December 2015

Municipal polls: BNP raises concerns with foreign envoys

Senior leaders of BNP meet foreign envoys of 15 countries at BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s Gulshan office to raise their concerns and clear the party’s stance regarding participation in the upcoming municipality elections.
23 December 2015

CEC’s ‘No’ to army deployment demand

Apparently turning down BNP’s demand, the chief election commissioner (CEC) claims that the situation has not come to the point that requires army deployment for the municipal polls.
22 December 2015

BNP to meet CEC, likely to file complaints

A BNP delegation will meet Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad ahead of the maiden partisan municipal polls on December 30.
22 December 2015

Khaleda kicks up controversy over 1971 war death toll

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia raises questions about how many people were killed during the country’s Liberation War in 1971.
21 December 2015

Khaleda demands army deployment in municipal polls

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia demands army deployment for what she said holding the upcoming municipality polls in a free and fair manner.
21 December 2015

Khaleda to address Muktijoddha Dal’s programme tomorrow

Jatiyatabadi Muktijoddha Dal, freedom fighters’ wing of BNP, will organise a discussion in Dhaka tomorrow, marking the 45th Victory Day.
20 December 2015

Movement if EC fails to hold fair polls: BNP

BNP says they will go for a movement if the Election Commission fails to host a fair municipal election that is slated for December 30.
20 December 2015

Khaleda ‘to skip’ tomorrow’s graft hearing

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will likely be skipping tomorrow’s graft hearing of Zia Charitable and Zia Orphanage Trust cases for “illness”.
20 December 2015

Spain holds most open election in decades

Spaniards are to go to the polls in a landmark election that will see more than two parties compete for power for the first time in decades.
20 December 2015

Khaleda to sit with pro-BNP professionals tonight

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will sit with pro-BNP professionals tonight to discuss the country’s latest political situation and work out strategies for the December 30 municipality polls.
19 December 2015

‘Govt, EC conspiring to influence polls’

BNP alleges that the government and the Election Commission are jointly conspiring to influence December 30 municipal election results in favour of the ruling party.
19 December 2015

Kushtia university closed after BCL clash

The authorities close the Islamic University in Kushtia following factional clashes of Bangladesh Chhatra League that left 15 people injured.
19 December 2015

20-party leaders to campaign for candidates of any partner

The BNP-led 20-party alliance leaders will take part in the campaign for candidates of any of their partners in the upcoming municipality elections.
19 December 2015