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Khaleda Zia
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Ready to talk to Opposition: Suranjit
Two senior ruling Awami League leaders have hinted that the government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is ready to talk with the opposition on the issue of finding out an alternative to the caretaker government. Railways Minister Suranjit Sengupta on Wednesday said the government is ready to sit with the main opposition BNP to discuss [...]
Jamaat threatens over Gulam Azam
bdnews.com Jamaat-e-Islami leaders yesterday said that no one in the country will remain safe should some harm befall their ex party leader Ghulam Azam now held in jail. “We urge the government to free our leader Ghulam Azam who is a 1952 Language movement veteran. No one on the soil of Bengal will be safe [...]
Indications of a possible truce between BNP and Al on CG
bdnews.com Amid growing indications of a possible understanding with the ruling Awami League on the issue of an interim government for holding parliamentary elections, the main opposition BNP is planning to move away from taking up tougher programmes following its March 12 grand rally in the capital. BNP policy-makers are now discussing a sit-in programme [...]
BNP will relearn from mistakes: Khaleda
bdnews.com BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia promised on Monday to take lessons from their past mistakes and use the experiences in running the country if voted to power in the future. “We had mistakes, shortcomings and limitations in the past. But we didn’t do any misdeed intentionally,” she said while addressing the concluding session of a [...]
Caretaker issue
bdnews.com AL, BNP shift a little, show some hope Hasan Jahid Tusher Both the ruling Awami League and the main opposition BNP now appear open to breaking the deadlock over ways to hold the next parliamentary elections. Sources said the two archrivals have primarily discussed at their respective party forums the issue of installing an [...]
Either implement CG or Quit Power: Khaleda
bdnews.com Awami League must ensure that the next general election is held under a non-party government or it has to step down, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has said. “The ball is now in their [government] court. They must take measures to hold the general election under a neutral and non-party government. It does not matter [...]
Jubo Dal programmes prompt 144 in Narail
bdnews.com Local administration imposed Section 144 in Lohagara upazila of Narail for 12 hours on Saturday as two factions of Jubo Dal called separate programmes at the same venue and time. Describing the incident our Narail correspondent said: Two separate factions of BNP’s youth front Jubo Dal — one led by Rabiul Islam, joint convenor [...]
BNP will stay on streets
bdnews.com Opposition BNP activists and supporters from all over the country will gather in the capital on March 12 to press the demand for restoration of the caretaker government system. BNP leaders and workers will be ready to take position on the streets if met with obstructions in their march towards Dhaka that day for [...]
Khoka gets Bail
The HC on Thursday granted anticipatory bail for two months to the former Dhaka City Corporation Mayor and BNP leader Sadeque Hossain Khoka in connection with an extortion case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). File Photo After disposing the bail petition filed by BNP leader, the HC bench comprising of Justice Salma Masud Chowdhury [...]
Fakhrul questions Malaysia funding source
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday criticised the government’s recent move to seek funding from Malaysia for the construction of the Padma Bridge and wanted to know the actual source of the Malaysian fund. File Photo “Malaysia has stated this fund will come from Dubai. We want to know the actual [...]
Kashem loses JS membership
bdnews.com The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a High Court declaring the parliament membership of Abul Kashem, a Jatiya Party lawmaker from Tangail constituency-5, illegal. The HC on December 15, 2009 voided Kashem’s parliamentary membership and declared his election candidacy illegal as he was found a loan and telephone bill defaulter. The three-member [...]
Zia Charitable Trust case Update: Decision on charge acceptance Mar 18
bdnews.com Dhaka court will deliver its decision on March 18 whether it would accept charges against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and three others in connection with Zia Charitable Trust graft case. Judge Mohammad Zahurul Haq of the Senior Special Judges Court set the date on Tuesday after Khaleda’s lawyer submitted a petition for further [...]