Politics
Complaining is a habit of BNP: Tofail Ahmed
Awami League Advisory Council member Tofail Ahmed on Monday said BNP has a habit of complaining after losing elections.
Roll back EVM plan, BNP to EC
Stating that the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) is an ‘ill-motivated government project’ to destroy people’s voting rights, BNP on Sunday urged the Election Commission (EC) to shelve its plan to use it in the upcoming elections to two Dhaka city corporations.
Joy, Lekhak made BCL president, secretary
Three months after they were made acting chief and acting deputy chief of the organisation, Al-Nahean Khan Joy and Lekhak Bhattacharjee have been made president and general secretary of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) respectively.
Mosharraf, Moudud to lead BNP’s city polls’ teams
BNP has formed two committees -- headed by party standing committee members Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain and Moudud Ahmed -- to carry out electioneering and other activities in support of its candidates in the elections to two Dhaka city corporations.
DNCC, DSCC polls: BNP mayoral aspirants lodge complaints to ROs
The BNP mayoral candidates in the elections to Dhaka north and south city corporations on Saturday lodged written complaints to the respective returning officers about the ‘harassment’ of councillor aspirants and violation of the electoral code of conduct.
AL heading towards 'dynastic' politics: Fakhrul
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday alleged that Awami League is going to establish political 'dynasty' in Bangladesh as individuals from a family are now getting the party’s key posts and nominations to contest different elections.
Police threatening leaders ahead of DSCC, DNCC polls: BNP
The BNP on Friday accused law enforcement agencies of raiding houses of its leaders and activists and intimidating them ahead of elections to Dhaka south and north city corporations.
DSCC, DNCC polls will be a farce: says Moudud
Senior BNP leader Moudud Ahmed on Friday said the Election Commission’s (EC) arrangements for elections to two Dhaka city corporations is mere eyewash as the polls will finally turn into a ‘farce’.
Vote fraud this time to trigger public fury: BNP
BNP senior leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Thursday said people will sharply react this time if the upcoming city elections are ‘rigged' like the last general election.
Rein in ‘BCL cadres’: Fakhrul to govt
Condemning the attack on the Patuakhali residence of party vice-chairman Altaf Hossain Chowdhury reportedly by Chhatra League activists, BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday urged the government to control the “ruling party ‘cadres”.