Category: Politics

Money laundering case: Complainant’s deposition ends

DHAKA-Dhaka court on Tuesday completed recording deposition of the complainant of a money laundering case filed against BNP Senior Vice-President Tarique Rahman and his business associate Giasuddin Al Mamun. Mohammad Ibrahim, an assistant director of the Anti-Corruption Commission, started giving deposition after Judge Mohammad Mozammel Hossain of the Special Judge’s Court-3 the day’s proceedings...

Moudud to deliver lecture at Harvard University

DHAKA- BNP leader Barrister Moudud Ahmed, now in the USA, will deliver a lecture on good governance at Harvard University on Wednesday. He will deliver the lecture at a seminar titled ‘Good Governance in Emerging Democracies – Challenges in a...

BNP slams govt for blocking its website

DHAKA :The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Sunday slammed the government for blocking its website launched for streaming live its road march programmes ahead of the second march towards Bogra and Chapainawabganj scheduled to start Tuesday. The acting...

Hasina questions justification of opposition leader’s demand for CG

GAZIPUR – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has questioned the justification of Opposition Leader Khaleda Zia’s demand for holding the next parliamentary polls under a caretaker government. “How can you be so sure that you’ll return to power if...

BNP, allies prepare for October 18 road march

DHAKA-After successful Dhaka-Sylhet road march, BNP-led 4-party alliance is carrying out vigorous campaign and taking preparations to make grand success its second anti-government road march towards north Bengal on Tuesday. Opposition leader Khaleda Zia...

Amini threatens government’s fall, if arrested

DHAKA-Islamic Law Implementation Committee Ameer Mufti Fazlul Haque Amini has threatened that if he is arrested, tougher agitations like non-stop hartal will be enforced until the fall of the government. “I represent tens of thousands of Ulema. My arrest...

Amini faces arrest warrant

A Dhaka court on Thursday issued an arrest warrant against Mufti Fazlul Haq Amini, chairman of a faction of Islami Oikya Jote (IOJ), in connection with a sedition case. Metropolitan Magistrate Shamima Parvin passed the order after Officer-in-Charge of...

Ex-Jamaat MP Shahjahan arrested

DHAKA-Police Thursday afternoon arrested former lawmaker of Jamaat-e-Islami Shahjahan Chowdhury on charge of September 19 vandalism and assaulting police. Ramna police detained him at around 3:30pm in front of the High Court in the capital, Syed Nurul...

Koko’s charge framing hearing now Nov 20

DHAKA :A Dhaka court on Tuesday deferred for the 20th times the hearing on charge framing against Arafat Rahman Koko, son of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, in a tax evasion case. The court fixed November 20 for the hearing. Judge Mohammad Zohurul Haque...

Khaleda asks Hasina to quit right away for polls under CG

SYLHET – Opposition Leader Khaleda Zia on Tuesday asked the government to step down right away to make way for early elections under caretaker administration. “If you delay, people will push you down…you won’t get time to flee,” she said...

Khaleda Zia urges people to remove corrupt govt

Tarabo (Rupganj) – On her way from Dhaka to Sylhet leading a road march, Opposition Leader Khaleda Zia on Monday urged the people to remove the present “corrupt government” by joining the opposition programmes to save the country. “All of...

Tens of thousands greet Khaleda leading road march to Sylhet

HABIGANJ-Tens of thousands of people on Monday greeted opposition leader Khaleda Zia as she led a huge anti-government road march from the capital to Sylhet. While leading the march Khaleda called for ousting the incumbent government for elections under...

AL will have to join polls under CG: Khaleda Zia

BHAIRAB (KISHOREGANJ) – Opposition leader Khaleda Zia, who is leading a road march to Sylhet, said on Monday afternoon that the next national election will definitely be held under a caretaker government and Awami League will have to participate...

Shahara warns against chaos during long march

DHAKA : Home Minister Shahara Khatun on Sunday warned that law enforcers will swung into actions if the opposition BNP tries to create chaos in the name of ‘road march’. She, however, said law-enforcing agencies will be there to cooperate with BNP...

Govt’s graft to be exposed through road march: Fakhrul

DHAKA: BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday said they would expose the government’s ‘unabated corruption’ through their road march programme. Fakhrul said BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia will lead the Dhaka-Sylhet road...

AL still undecided on N’ganj mayoral candidate

DHAKA : Despite holding separate meetings with two candidates, Shamim Osman and Selina Hayat Ivy, the ruling Awami League on Sunday could not decide to whom it would actually extend its support for contesting the upcoming Narayanganj City Corporation...

BNP seeks traffic police cooperation for road march

DHAKA : BNP has sought active cooperation from the police traffic department for smooth and peaceful starting of its Dhaka-Sylhet road march tomorrow (Monday). A 3-member delegation led by Abdus Salam, member-secretary of BNP Dhaka City Committee met...

Khaleda exchanges greetings with Hindu community

DHAKA: The BNP chairperson, Khaleda Zia, Saturday night exchanged greetings with members of Hindu community on the occasion of Bijoya. Men, women and children of different professions of the Hindu community from different parts of the country joined the...

AL not to oppose BNP’s road march, if peaceful

DHAKA :Ruling Awami League says it would not impede opposition BNP’s October 10 Dhaka-Sylhet road march to be led by Khaleda Zia, if it is peaceful. Awami League joint general secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif gave the assurance in the wake of BNP’s allegations...

AL tries to foil road-march: Rizvi

DHAKA :BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Saturday alleged the ruling party continues their effort to foil the Dhaka-Sylhet road-march by spreading out canards among the people. Referring to an incident in Moulvibazar he said Awami League activists...

Govt to expose stupidity if it obstructs road march: Mosharraf

DHAKA : BNP leader Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain Saturday said the government would expose its utter ‘foolishness’ if it tries to obstruct Monday’s Dhaka-Sylhet road march to be led by Khaleda Zia. He expressed the hope that the party in power...