DHAKA: Awami League presidium member and former law minister Abdul Matin Khasru on Saturday (October 14) said that legal action will be taken against Chief Justice SK Sinha if the allegations raised against him are proved. The ruling party MP who is also the chairman of Parliamentary

DHAKA: The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) is set to join the talks arranged by the Election Commission (EC) on Sunday to place its proposals for holding the next general election. A 17-member delegation of the party led by its secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir to join

DHAKA: The ruling Awami League has called a meeting of the party’s executive committee and the advisory council on Saturday evening (October 14) to discuss the issue of Chief Justice SK Sinha. The party’s general secretary and road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader said

KUSHTIA: Information Minister Hasanul Haque Inu has said that the BNP does not believe in the independence of judiciary.   Hasanul Haq Inu, also the President of the Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD), said this on Saturday (October 14) while talking to reporters after a views exchange

DHAKA: BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi demanded immediate resignation of Law Minister Anisul Haque in wake of the Chief Justice conundrum. “Chief Justice’s remarks proved that the Law Minister made false statements. Thus he (Anisul Haque) has violated the

DHAKA: BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi demanded immediate resignation of Law Minister Anisul Haque in wake of the Chief Justice conundrum. “Chief Justice’s remarks proved that the Law Minister made false statements. Thus he (Anisul Haque) has violated the

CHITTAGONG: Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader said Bangladesh government wants United Nations’ involvement in discussions with Myanmar about the repatriation of the Rohingya refugees who were forcibly displaced. Quader, also the Road Transport and Bridges Minister, made

DHAKA: BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi alleged that the Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha was forced to take leave at gunpoint.  He made the remark while addressing as chief guest at a human chain held in front of National Press Club on Friday noon (Oct 13).

DHAKA: The dawn-to-dusk countrywide hartal called by the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami was observed peacefully in the city and other parts of the country on Thursday (October 12). The party observed the shutdown protesting the arrest and remand of its top leaders, including the party’s

DHAKA: The dawn-to-dusk countrywide hartal called by Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami is underway peacefully in the capital with no major untoward incident reported. The party is observing the shutdown on Thursday protesting the arrest and remand of its top leaders, including the ameer,

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Thursday issued arrest warrant against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in a defamation case. Metropolitan Magistrate Nur Nabi issued the order as Khaleda Zia failed to appear before the court in hearing on Thursday. Besides, the court asked Gulshan Police Station

NOAKHALI: At least fifty leaders and activists of BNP, including police personnel, were injured in a clash between police and BNP in different areas of Noakhali town on Wednesday (Oct 11).   Besides, BNP central leader Mahbub Alamgir Alo and Sadar upazila general secretary VP Jasim

DHAKA: Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has called a countrywide dawn-to-dusk hartal for Thursday (October 12) protesting arrest and remand of the party’s ameer, secretary general and other top leaders. Jamaat Nayebe Ameer Prof Mujibur Rahman announced the hartal program in a statement

DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Tuesday (Oct 10) placed eight top leaders of Jamaat-e-Islam including its ameer Maqbul Ahmed on 10-day remand each in two cases.   The court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Golam Nabi granted the remand after the accused were produced before it shown arrest

DHAKA: Bikalpadhara Bangladesh has proposed formation of election-time interim government with representative of the parties who were in the 9th Parliament to oversee the 11th Parliamentary elections. The party during dialogue with the Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday (October 10)

DHAKA: BNP standing committee member Goyeshwar Chandra Roy has commented that the government intervened in the judiciary nakedly through sending Chief Justice SK Sinha on forced leave. He made the comment at a discussion meeting at the National Press Club in the city on Tuesday

DHAKA: Detective Branch (DB) of police on Monday night (October 10) detained nine top leaders of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami including its ameer and secretary general from a house in Dhaka’s Uttara. They are-- Jamaat Nayeb-e-Ameer Golam Parwar, Ameer Maqbul Ahmed, Secretary General

DHAKA: HM Ershad-led Jatiya Party has proposed dissolution of the current 10th parliament and deployment of armed forces in creating environment for the next national elections. The party during dialogue with the Election Commission (EC) on Monday (October 09) also proposed formation

COMILLA: A Comilla court on Monday (October 09) issued arrest warrant against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and 77 others in a case filed for patrol bomb attack that killed eight people during the anti-government movement in 2015. Judge of District and Sessions Judges Court in Comilla

DHAKA: BNP vice-chairman Shamsuzzaman Dudu has alleged that there is no democracy in the country. He asked Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to restore the democracy. The BNP leader was speaking at a human chain formed in front of the National Press Club in the city on Sunday (October 08).