Bangladesh

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Saturday announced a two-day mass contact and leaflet distribution programme again as part of their programmes to boycott the 12th parliamentary election and the non-cooperation movement. BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi made the announcement at a virtual press conference on Saturday. He said they will distribute leaflets on 31 December and ...

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said BNP has taken the path of sabotage after failing in regular movement. “We are getting news that messages are being sent from London instructing to carry out assassinations, if necessary. They (BNP) are getting prepared for launching more dangerous sneak attacks. We call upon all to remain alert to this end,” he ...

Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina joined a rally in Gopalganj’s Tungipara which began at 11am on Saturday. Her younger sister  Sheikh Rehana accompanied Sheikh Hasina there.Thousands of people welcomed Sheikh Hasina after she reached Tungipara. The rally is being held at Tungipara Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Government College ground. Awami League activists and supporters have flocked to the ...

Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed her indignation at BNP-Jamaat, saying that BNP is a party of terrorists, which doesn’t have any right to do politics in Bangladesh. “BNP doesn’t have any right to do politics in Bangladesh, because they burn and kill people. Our politics is the welfare of people, while their politics is burning ...

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Friday alleged that a neighbouring country is directly interfering in the affairs of Bangladesh and aiding the ruling Awami League to hold a “dummy election” on January 7, reports UNB. Talking to reporters while distributing leaflets in Dhaka city’s Dhanmondi area, he also called upon the country’s people to boycott the ...

An independent candidate of Naogaon-2 constituency (Patnitala and Dhamoirhat) in the 12th general elections has passed away. The candidate Aminul Haque breathed his last early Friday while undergoing treatment at United Hospital in the capital Dhaka, said his son Asiful Haque. Asiful said his father went to Dhaka on Monday to attend the hearing of a case and he was ...

India has dismissed the Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s (BNP) accusation of interfering in the country’s 12th parliamentary election scheduled for January 7. While responding to a question, Arindam Baghchi, spokesperson of Ministry of External Affairs of India, said, “Whatever the political spokesperson of BNP said about India’s role in influencing Bangladesh Election, we have no comment. Generally, we don’t comment on ...

Addressing the neutrality of the Election Commission (EC) in ensuring level-playing field, Commissioner Rashida Sultana on Friday said that all candidates are equal to them and actions are taken considering crime, not by party or candidate. She made the remarks while talking to reporters after a view exchange meeting with candidates, administrative officials and presiding officers at the conference room ...

A total of 1,151 platoons of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have been deployed across the country, including 32 in the capital and adjacent districts, to maintain law and order situation ahead of national polls. BGB Public Relations Officer Shariful Islam confirmed the matter on Friday. BGB have been deployed across the country, including the capital, to maintain peace and order ...

Bijoy Kumar Chowdhury, an independent candidate for the position of cauliflower symbol in Chattogram-8 constituency, met Bangladesh Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at Ganabhaban on Wednesday. Bijoy Kumar Chowdhury told Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina that there is great enthusiasm among the people of Chattogram-8 constituency around the election. He said, “The Prime Minister has said that the ...