Politics
Gazipur’s ex-acting mayor Karim joins BNP
Dhaka, Aug 17 (UNB) – Abdul Karim, former acting-mayor of Gazipur municipality, along with his around a hundred followers joined BNP on Saturday.
Rawhide export should continue to ensure fair price: GM Quader
Dhaka, Aug 16 (UNB) – Jatiya Party chairman GM Quader on Friday said rawhide export should continue to protect the interests of the poor and orphans.
BNP accuses govt of destroying leather industry
Dhaka, Aug 16 (UNB) - BNP on Friday alleged that the government has destroyed the leather industry after that of jute in a planned way to make the country dependent on others.
Khaleda turns ‘75’ Thursday
Dhaka, Aug 14 (UNB) - BNP chairperson and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, now in jail, turns ‘75' on Thursday.
BNP strongly against rawhide export
Dhaka, Aug 14 (UNB) – BNP on Wednesday demanded withdrawal of the government decision to lift the ban on rawhide export for the sake of the country’s leather industry.
BNP demands govt’s immediate resignation
Thakurgaon, Aug 14 (UNB) – BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday urged the government to quit immediately considering the country’s current situation.
Khaleda passes time with granddaughters; takes homemade food
Dhaka, Aug 12 (UNB) – Jailed BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia passed around two hours with her relatives, including her two granddaughters, and took homemade food they brought for her at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) on the Eid day on Monday.
Party sources said six relatives of the BNP chief with some cooked food, new clothes and flowers entered BSMMU cabin-621, where she is receiving treatment, around 1:30pm.
Sharmila Rahman Sithi, wife of Khaleda’s late son Arafat Rahman Koko, Sithi’s two daughters Zahia Rahman and Zaifa Rahman, Khaleda’s brother Shamim Iskandar, his wife Kaniz Fatema and son Ovik Iskandar met her.
They came out of the cabin around 3:30pm.
Coming out of the hospital, Khaleda’s relatives said she was very happy to see her two granddaughters -- Zahia and Zaifa.
She adored them and embraced them after they took her blessings touching her feet, they said.
The BNP chief’s physical condition is not good as she cannot walk without the help of anyone else, they said.
Khaleda was taken to the BSMMU from jail on April 1 last for treatment.
On February 8, 2018, Khaleda was sent to jail after a special court sentenced her to five years' rigorous imprisonment in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case.
Khaleda has been staying at the jail with her domestic help Fatema Begum.
With this, the BNP chairperson has spent six Eids in jail.
The BNP chief earlier had celebrated Eid twice in jail after her arrest by the army-backed caretaker government after the 1/11 political changeover in 2007.
People aren’t enjoying Eid: Mosharraf
Dhaka, Aug 12 (UNB) - The BNP on Monday said the government’s failure on all fronts has robbed the people of their Eid joy.
Dengue ‘epidemic’: BNP blames govt’s lack of accountability
Thakurgaon, Aug 11 (UNB) - BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday said dengue turned into an epidemic due the government’s indifference and lack of accountability.
Holidaymakers suffering on highways for ‘mismanagement’: BNP
Dhaka, Aug 10 (UNB) - BNP on Saturday alleged that eid holidaymakers are going through immense sufferings on their way home due to the “mismanagement” of the government authorities.