BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday said political parties will not accept a schedule for the next general election if announced before a political understanding over the nature of election-time government, reports UNB."We want the election to be held under an election-time neutral government, and this issue...
Read morePrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said she has accepted the demand for quota reform as the students demanded it and nothing was done out of anger, reports UNB. "There was nothing to get angry... the boys and girls placed the demand and I accepted it. Now what's there to...
Read moreJatiya Party (JP) Chairman HM Ershad said on Tuesday his party will form a worker-friendly government to ensure the rights of workers, reports UNB.Addressing a rally marking the historic May Day on the premises of the party's central office in the city, the former president said, "Only for living, the...
Read moreThe Election Commission (EC) plans to procure nearly 2,500 electronic voting machines or EVMs, with an eye on the next elections, reports bdnews24.com.The estimated cost of per EVM is Tk 200,000, which is four times higher than the machine used for the first time in 2010.After the use of the...
Read moreAwami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader, also the road transport and bridges minister, addressing a discussion meeting organised by the Adamjee Jute Mills Chalu Sangram Parishad, a platform to press for reopening of the closed state-owned industrial unit, at National Press Club in the city on Tuesday, marking the May...
Read moreBNP's labour wing Jatiyatabadi Sramik Dal on Tuesday alleged that they could neither hold a workers' meeting nor bring out a procession in the city marking the May Day because of the denial of permission by the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), reports UNB.BNP standing committee member and noted labour leader...
Read moreInformation Minister Hasanul Haq Inuon said on Tuesday workers should stand against the militants, militancy and conspirators who work against the country, alongside demanding their minimum wage, reports UNB. The minister made the remarks at a rally organised by Jatiya Sramik Jote (National Workers Alliance) at the city's Bangabandhu Avenue...
Read moreBikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) President AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury urged on Tuesday the common people and workers to get ready to resist the government's any move to hold a 'farcical national election', reports UNB. "The way government is behaving we can't expect a fair election. The workers, including the RMG ones,...
Read moreJAMALPUR, May 2, (BSS): Bangladesh has achieved a tremendous success in all key sectors under the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, earning much fame abroad for the country.State Minister for Jute and Textile Mirza Azam said this on Wednesday with a call upon the people to re-elect Bangladesh...
Read moreBNP on Tuesday arranged a mild mahfil marking the holy Shab-e-Barat, the night of fortune and forgiveness, reports UNB.The programme was held on the ground floor of the party's Nayapaltan central office. BNP vice chairman Barkatullah Bulu, senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, Ulema Dal president Abdul Malek and...
Read moreBNP Dhaka south city unit general secretary Kazi Abul Bashar has been released from jail on bail, reports UNB.Bashar walked out of the Kashimpur Central Jail on Tuesday night after his bail order reached the jail authorities.Some BNP leaders and activists received him at the jail gate, said BNP chairperson's...
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