BNP
Families want their ‘missing’ dear ones back
Families of victims of enforced disappearances, who were mostly opposition BNP activists, today urged the prime minister to get back their dear ones at a demonstration staged in Dhaka.
26 May 2016, 07:21 AM
Jatrabari arson: Arrest order for Shimul, 26 others
Dhaka court issues arrest warrants against BNP chief’s personal assistant Shamsur Rahman Shimul Biswas and 26 for their alleged involvement in a petrol bomb attack on a bus in Dhaka's Jatrabari in January last year. Charges accepted against 38 including BNP's chief Khaleda Zia.
25 May 2016, 05:37 AM
Govt making law to muzzle NGOs: BNP
The government moves to formulate the foreign donations regulation act to muzzle NGOs so that they cannot speak against its misrule, BNP alleges.
24 May 2016, 16:06 PM
Aslam shown arrested in 2 arson cases
BNP leader Aslam Chowdhury has been shown arrested in two arson cases filed with Motijheel and Lalbagh police stations in January last year.
24 May 2016, 10:06 AM
BNP-Jamaat out to oust govt, says Bangladesh PM Hasina
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has alleged that the BNP-Jamaat nexus has joined hands with Israel to oust her government as the two parties are working against the country and Islam.
18 May 2016, 18:00 PM
British envoy calls on Khaleda
British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Alison Blake meets BNP chief Khaleda Zia at the party’s Gulshan office.
18 May 2016, 11:41 AM
Arrest warrant for 23 BNP leaders in Paltan case
Arrest warrants have been floated for 23 leaders of BNP, including several of its seniors, as a Dhaka court takes into cognisance of an explosives case.
18 May 2016, 09:08 AM
BNP, Jamaat joined hands with Israel to oust govt: PM
BNP-Jamaat nexus has joined hands with Israel to oust her government, as they are working against the country and Islam, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina alleges. "The truth can never be suppressed...the BNP-Jamaat clique has joined hands with those who are frequently killing children and women in Palestine," she says.
18 May 2016, 04:39 AM
'Ashol BNP' tries to occupy BNP's HQ again
Some people under the banner of "Ashol BNP" (literally meaning real BNP) yesterday made a failed attempt to enter the Naya
17 May 2016, 18:00 PM
Arrest of Aslam a drama: BNP
BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Rizvi Ahmed alleges that the government “staged a drama” by arresting its leader Aslam Chowdhury in a bid to bury the Bangladesh Bank reserve heist issue.
17 May 2016, 13:55 PM
‘Asol BNP’ surfaces again at Paltan
A group of people under banner ‘Asol BNP’ (literally meaning real BNP) has attempted to occupy BNP’s central office, the third try in five months.
17 May 2016, 10:24 AM
Met Aslam, but no secret plot
A Dhaka court yesterday placed BNP leader Aslam Chowdhury and his associate Asaduzzaman Miah on a seven-day remand in
16 May 2016, 18:00 PM
BNP turns down allegation of ‘plot to topple govt’
The top leaders of BNP turn down the government’s allegation that the party is conspiring with Israeli intelligence agency Mossad to topple the government.
16 May 2016, 15:58 PM
Blames on opposition encouraging militants: Khaleda
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia says that militants are being encouraged as the government is trying to blame the opposition for the recent gruesome killings.
16 May 2016, 15:11 PM
BNP leader Rafiqul sent to jail
BNP Standing Committee member Barrister Rafiqul Islam Mia is sent to jail after his surrender in arson cases.
16 May 2016, 11:12 AM
Aslam on 7-day remand
A Dhaka court places BNP leader Aslam Chowdhury on a seven-day remand over alleged plot with Israel to topple Bangladesh government.
16 May 2016, 06:46 AM
BNP delegation meets Bernicat
A BNP delegation meets with US Ambassador Marcia Bernicat at her residence in the capital and discusses the country’s current political situation.
16 May 2016, 04:30 AM
BNP leader Aslam Chy arrested
Hours into police announcement that newly appointed BNP Joint Secretary General Aslam Chowdhury would be arrested wherever he is seen, detectives arrest him in Dhaka's Kuril area for his alleged involvement in a oust-government plot.
15 May 2016, 07:54 AM
Comment on Joy: Defamation case filed against Khaleda
A defamation case is filed against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia for saying that the prime minister's son Sajeeb Wazed Joy has US$300 million in a bank account.
15 May 2016, 05:34 AM
Row over scrapping of 16th amendment: Fakhrul smells constitutional crisis
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says a “constitutional crisis” might arise due to a "parliament-judiciary row" over the 16th constitutional amendment concerning impeachment of Supreme Court judges.
14 May 2016, 15:53 PM