BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi led a procession in the capital this morning on the first day of the 48-hour hartal called by the party protesting the 12th Jatiya Sangsad polls slated to be held tomorrow (January 7). The procession started from Shahbag intersection

A 48-hour hartal called by the BNP began across Bangladesh today (January 6) demanding the cancellation of the January 7 general election slated to be held tomorrow. The hartal began at 6:00am and will end at 6:00am on Monday.  BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir

The ruling Bangladesh Awami League (AL) today held a meeting with the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) election observer team over the 12th Parliamentary election scheduled to be held on January 7. The meeting was held at Dhaka District Awami League office at Tejgaon in Dhaka

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) claimed that the people of Bangladesh have boycotted the upcoming 12th parliamentary election. He said, “Elections are going to be held on January 7 by the will of one person, the result of 12 crore voters has already been determined by the will

The ruling Awami League held a meeting with the Commonwealth election observer group on Friday (January 5) morning, two days before the 12th parliamentary election. The meeting started around 8:30am at Pan Pacific Sonargaon in Dhaka, which continued till 11:00am. AL General

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and its affiliates brought out a stick procession in the capital today (January 5) led by the party's Senior Joint Secretary General Advocate Ruhul Kabir Rizvi. They organized marched in the capital's Karwan Bazar area in the morning

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has announced a nationwide dawn-to-dusk hartal for January 6 and 7. Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, senior joint secretary general of the party, announced the program through a virtual press conference on Thursday (January 4). He said that the BNP and

Bangladesh Tariqat Federation Chairman Syed Najibul Bashar Maizbhandari of Chattogram-2 (Fatikchari) constituency has announced his withdrawal from the electoral race supporting the candidate of ruling Awami League. Najibul Bashar Maizbhandari made the announcement on Thursday (January

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) will bring out processions and conduct countrywide mass contact programmes tomorrow (January 5) to garner public support for its campaign to boycott the January 7 parliamentary polls. BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi announced

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Advocate Ruhul Kabir Rizvi today (January 4) urged the people to boycott the January 7 general election instead of going to polling centres. He organized a mass campaign in Dhaka in the morning to garner support for a non-cooperation movement ahead of

Gono Odhikar Parishad convener Dr Reza Kibria stepped down from the party post on Wednesday (January 3) night.  Party's acting member secretary Faruk Hasan confirmed the matter.   The party's joint convener, Colonel (Retd) Mia Mosiuzzaman, will serve as the

Independent candidate and Jatiya Sangsad Whip Shamsul Hoque Chowdhury was fined Tk 2,500 for obstructing people’s movement in Patiya upazila of Chattogram on Wednesday. He obstructed the people’s movement by holding a street rally in Goboindarkhil area under the upazila

The High Court on Wednesday (January 3) deferred till next week the hearing on the rule regarding BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir's bail in a case filed over vandalising the chief justice's residence on October 28 last year.  The HC bench of Justice Md

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Advocate Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has organized a mass campaign in the Dhaka's Motijheel AGB Colony to garner support for a non-cooperation movement ahead of 12th parliamentary election, scheduled to be held on January 7. He distributed leaflets and

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court today (January 2) rejected a leave-to-appeal filed by Awami League nominated candidate Shammi Ahmed seeking reinstatement of her candidacy for Barishal-4 constituency in the 12th parliamentary election, scheduled to be held on January 7. A

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court today (January 2) rejected a petition filed by independent candidate Serniabat Sadiq Abdullah seeking the revival of his candidacy for the Barisal-5 constituency.  A bench of the Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice Obaidul Hassan

The Awami League (AL) is set to hold an election rally at Kalabagan ground in Dhaka's Dhanmondi area on Monday afternoon. Party chief Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is slated to address the rally as chief guest at around 3pm. Awami League Dhaka North President Sheikh Bazlur Rahman

Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader today (December 31) alleged that the BNP wants to disrupt polls through politics of killing after they failed in the anti-government movement. He said: "BNP wants to foil elections through committing killings after failing in

BNP’s Moazzem Hossain Alal, former Juba Dal president Saiful Islam Nirob, and six others were sentenced to three years in jail for their involvement in an arson attack on a passenger bus in the city's Dhanmondi area during BNP and Jamaat-e-islami's hartal in 2013. 

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has called upon the countrymen to boycott "one-sided" elections scheduled for January 7. He said after distributing leaflets in the capital's Malibagh kitchen market areas on Sunday (December 31), calling for people to