Bangladesh

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said if BNP wants to hold a dialogue without any conditions, it will be discussed. He made the statements while exchanging views with journalists at the secretariat in the capital on Sunday morning. He said, “I will think about dialogue when they (BNP) withdraw the four conditions. We ...

An International Republican Institute (IRI) and National Democratic Institute (NDI) joint delegation has said the upcoming national election in Bangladesh is a litmus test for democracy in the country. “We feel the primary problem is lack of constructive engagement among key political actors,” said Karl F. Inderfurth (NDI Co-Chair). “The best way to end the stalemate is through good faith ...

BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia has again been shifted to the coronary care unit (CCU) at Evercare Hospital in the capital. She was taken to the CCU around 9:00 pm, Saturday. Shairul Kabir Khan, member of BNP chairperson’s press wing, confirmed the matter. Khaleda Zia has been undergoing treatment at the Evercare Hospital since August 9. Her health has not ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday categorically said that the upcoming general election will be held at any cost and people will exercise their voting rights freely defying moves of BNP to foil the election. “Election will be held in this country at any cost, and people will cast their votes freely,” she said. The prime minister was addressing a ...

A Dhaka court has sent BNP Publicity Secretary Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Annie to jail after a four-day remand in a case lodged over obstructing police to perform their duties and vandalizing vehicles in Dhanmondi area of the capital in May this year. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mamunur Rashid passed the order on Saturday after Investigation Officer (IO) produced Annie before the ...

Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Saturday said that everyone should stay alert as the communal evil forces always try to hatch conspiracy ahead of national election. The minister said, “Communal forces are still active in the country. Though they were controlled with our collective efforts but they are yet to be uprooted. So we have to stay ...

Rejecting Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader’s remarks outright, BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said in fact, no ‘underhand negotiation’ has taken place [with the United States]. Because of it, the Awami League has been saying it repeatedly. “All have been completed through underhand negotiations — why do they utter this again and again? They utter this ...

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal has urged field level administration officials to perform their duties above the party opinion in the upcoming national elections. He said, “No doubt, the election is knocking the door. Organising election is a challenging task. You must fulfill your duties with devotion as the election is yours and ours too. Acceptance means that ...

Opposition BNP is observing a three-hour mass hunger strike programme in front of its Nayapaltan party office in the capital. The strike, organised by Dhaka Metropolitan South and North, began at 11am. Demanding release and send the party Chairperson Khaleda Zia abroad, BNP, members of like-minded political parties and alliances are observing the programme simultaneously. Besides, a similar programme is ...

Preparation is underway to inaugurate Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Tunnel under the Karnaphuli River in Chattogram, as 100 percent of the construction work has been completed. “The Bangabandhu Tunnel under the Karnaphuli River is getting ready for traffic,” Project Director (PD) Md Harunur Rashid Chowdhury told BSS today. He said now the finishing touch is going on because Prime Minister ...