Politics
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”.
Joining city polls to expose vote fraud further: Fakhrul
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday said their party is taking part in the upcoming city polls to expose further that no credible election is possible under Awami League.
New platform launched to ‘restore democracy’
‘Ganotantra Uddhar Andolon Andolon’, a new platform of opposition parties styled, was launched on Monday in the city with an objective to ‘restore democracy’ in the country.
BNP to stage demo in city Tuesday as it fails to hold rally
Having failed to hold its scheduled rally in the city due to ‘obstruction’ by the police on the first anniversary of the 11th parliamentary election, BNP on Monday announced that it will stage demonstrations in the capital on Tuesday.
Anisul Islam made JaPa senior co-chairman
A day after the party’s national council, Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader on Sunday appointed Barrister Anisul Islam Mahmud MP as the party’s senior co-chairman and six other leaders as co-chairmen.
Atiqul, Taposh AL mayoral candidates in DNCC, DSCC polls
Awami League has picked DNCC incumbent Mayor M Atiqul Islam and Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh, MP as its candidates to contest the elections to Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) and Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) respectively.
City polls: AL to announce candidates’ names Sunday
Awami League will announce the names of its candidates for the elections to Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) and Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) on Sunday morning.
Newly-formed students alliance demands punishment of Nur’s attackers
Newly formed students alliance Students United Against Terrorism ‘Santrash Birodhi Chhatra Oikya’ on Saturday held a road march on Dhaka University campus demanding punishment of those involved in the attack of Ducsu Vice President Nurul Haque Nur and his supporters on December 22.