Politics
BNP turns down budget, says it’s ‘unimplementable’
BNP on Thursday formally turned down the national budget for 2020-21 fiscal year, saying it is "unimplementable' at this time of coronavirus pandemic.
BNP mourns Latifur Rahman’s death
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday expressed deep shock at the death of Transcom Group chairman Latifur Rahman.
BNP slams govt for imposing fee on corona testing
BNP on Wednesday alleged that though most countries are conducting free corona tests across the world, the government has fixed test fee in Bangladesh as it has become a ‘mass enemy’.
BNP MPs reject budget; say it’ll widen scope for plundering
BNP MPs on Wednesday turned down the national budget passed in Parliament on Tuesday as they think it will only create further scopes for those who plunder public money instead of helping the nation overcome the coronavirus fallouts.
Jute mills workers won’t accept closure of BJMC: Zonayed Saki
Chief Coordinator of Ganasanghati Andolan Zonayed Saki on Wednesday said that the workers of state-owned Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation (BJMC) will not accept its closure as it is an arrangement to "loot the state wealth and smuggling them abroad".
BNP against EC’s move to formulate PP registration law
BNP on Wednesday demanded the Election Commission postpone its move to formulate a new law over political party registration until the Covid-19 pandemic is over.
It’s not dev but crushing people: BNP
Opposing surplus power generation by giving subsidy to rental power plants with public money, BNP on Tuesday alleged that the government is only "crushing" people imposing additional expenditure on them in the name of development.
Mill Closure: Oikyafront says it's blueprint to revive West Bengal’s jute mills
Jatiya Oikyafront, led by Dr Kamal Hossain, on Tuesday urged the government to back off from its decision to shut down state-owned jute mills.
GM Quader opposes scope for 'wholesale whitening' of black money
Deputy Opposition Leader in Parliament GM Quader on Monday said the provision allowing wholesale whitening of black money should be scrapped from the upcoming national budget for 2020-21 fiscal year.
Take action against those responsible for launch capsize: GM Quader
Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader on Monday demanded legal action against those responsible for the launch capsize in the Buriganga River that left 30 people dead.