Anwarul Islam, former activist of BNP in Bholahat upazila of Chapainawabganj, is elected by getting 13,084 votes. His nearest rival district Awami League Vice President Abdul Khalek got 10,766 votes. Anwarul Islam is the former joint general secretary of district BNP and former upazila parishad cha
Around 36 per cent of votes were cast in the first phase of the sixth upazila parishad election in 139 upazilas across the country held on Wednesday, Election Commissioner Md Alamgir has said. Some 17 per cent of votes were cast in Kushtia Sadar upazila, the lowest number of votes, while Kshetlal
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday cleared the way for the Election Commission (EC) for holding the by-election to the Jhenaidah-1 constituency, which was scheduled to be held on June 5 this year. The chamber judge of the Appellate Division of the SC has stayed for eight week
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) said on Wednesday that the results of the ongoing upazila elections are all preset that are just waiting for declaration. Senior joint secretary general of BNP Ruhul Kabir Rizvi made the comment at a regular press briefing at the party's Nayapaltan central office
Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud on Wednesday said election-fear has engulfed BNP and the party is getting smaller with continuous election boycott. “It has become a rule now that you cannot take part in elections if you do BNP’s politics. My question to BNP leaders is how long they will
Solidarity processions were brought out by the general students in different educational institutions across the country on Monday extending their support to the American students who have been persecuted for demanding independent Palestine. The largest solidarity procession was brought out on the
The High Court (HC) has stayed for 21 days the process for holding by-election in Jhenaidah-1 constituency, which was scheduled to be held on June 5 this year. The HC bench of Justice Md Zakir Hossain passed the order following a petition filed by Nazrul Islam Dulal Biswas, an independent candidat
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has said Awami League (AL) has no public support as the ruling party has betrayed the countrymen several times. "They (AL) have no public support because they've snatched away people's ownership and betrayed them several times," BNP senior joint secretary general
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) standing committee member Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan said on Sunday that the people in the country have no right to speak (freedom of expression). “Where there is no democracy, then media freedom might not exist. People have no right to speak. People are being fo
It is not BNP; people will take the decision to dethrone the government, said Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) standing committee member Mirza Abbas on Saturday. "We (BNP) don't see the government as it was formed without elections (according to BNP's view)," said Mirza Abbas while addressing a
A meeting of the ruling Awami League (AL) Parliamentary Nomination Board will be held at 7pm on Saturday at Ganabhaban in Dhaka. "Awami League President and Parliamentary Nomination Board President Sheikh Hasina will chair it," BSS reported on Friday. AL General Secretary Obaidul Quader has urged
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said on Friday that those who will contest the upcoming upazila elections defying party directives were traitors and wayward. "One-person rule has been established in the country after the dummy election with the h
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Friday that BNP now itself remains under pressure as they wanted to mount stress on the government through hatching various conspiracies. “Those who wanted to keep us under pressure are now remaining under pressure as the Arab spring has also
