Dhaka, Jan 18 (IANS) Leaders and activists of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) staged a sit-in outside the Bangladesh Election Commission headquarters in Dhaka’s Agargaon on Sunday, accusing the poll body of bias in postal ballot and student union election verdicts, local media reported. The JCD is a Bangladeshi student organisation affiliated with the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).The JCD leaders and activists began the protest outside the EC headquarters on Sunday at 10 a.m., Bangladesh’s l…
Latest Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir News & Updates
Dhaka, Jan 12 (IANS) Chief observer of the European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) in Bangladesh, Ivars Ijabs has stated that the EU wants the upcoming election in Bangladesh to be “inclusive and participatory” through a peaceful, credible and transparent process, local media reported. While addressing a press conference in Dhaka, Ijabs elaborated on the EU’s expectations about the upcoming polls, stressing that elections should be participatory and transparent. He also stated that …
Dhaka, Jan 9 (IANS) The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Friday raised serious concerns over the law and order situation in the country ahead of the February elections, criticising the performance of law enforcement agencies under the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government, local media reported. “The rate at which political leaders are being killed, particularly some leaders of our party, is truly worrying,” Bangladeshi media outlet UNB quoted BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Al…
Dhaka, Jan 5 (IANS) The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) announced that its acting chairman, Tarique Rahman, would take over as the party’s chairman within the next few days, local media reported.BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir made the announcement while addressing journalists during a programme at Sylhet district on Sunday evening.Fakhrul stated that the post of BNP chairperson has remained vacant following the death of party chairperson and former Prime Minister Khaleda …
Dhaka, Dec 31 (IANS) Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson and former Prime Minister of Bangladesh Khaleda Zia was laid to rest with full State honours on Wednesday following her funeral prayers at the South Plaza of Parliament complex in Dhaka, local media reported. She was buried beside her husband and former president Ziaur Rahman at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar in the capital on Wednesday afternoon.The funeral ceremony was attended by Bangladesh’s Chief Advisor of the interim government, Muh…
Dhaka, Dec 30 (IANS) The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Standing Committee held an emergency meeting on Tuesday to determine the party’s next course of action following the death of its chairperson and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, local media reported.The meeting presided over by Khaleda Zia’s son and BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman commenced on Tuesday afternoon at the chairperson’s Gulshan office in Dhaka.Several party members, including BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam A…
Dhaka, Dec 25 (IANS) Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s (BNP) acting chairman, Tarique Rahman, arrived in Dhaka on Thursday after 17 years of self-imposed exile amid the deepening political crisis in the nation.Rahman landed at Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight, accompanied by his wife Zubaida Rahman and daughter Zaima Rahman.He was warmly received by BNP leaders, which included Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, members of the party’s S…
New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) Bangladesh’s interim government led by Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus is currently under severe criticism for having failed to maintain law and order, leaving the country at the risk of another military takeover of its day-to-day administration. Dhaka is no stranger to Army involvement in governance with several takeovers and attempted coups marking its history, adding up to more than a dozen, since the country attained Independence from Pakistan’s repression in 1971.In Au…