Politics

BNP hails reform plan, urges for quick implementation

Shawdesh desk: BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has hailed the reform plans announced by Interim Government leader Prof Muhammad Yunus and urged him to ensure its swift implementation

Ex-minister Shajahan Khan sent to jail after remand

Shawdesh Desk: A Dhaka court on Sunday sent former shipping minister Shajahan Khan to jail following two out of seven-day remand in a case filed over the killing of one

No mercy for perpetrators, every killing during student-led movement must be tried: Rizvi

Shawdesh desk: BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Wednesday said the killing of every individual during the student-led mass movement must be tried, not showing any mercy

Khaleda Zia acquitted in five defamation cases

Shawdesh desk: The Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson, Begum Khaleda Zia, was acquitted in five defamation cases lodged against her in various charges on Tuesday. Begum Zia’s lawyer Masud Ahmed Talukder

Court imposes travel ban on 18 ex-ministers, eight lawmakers

Shawdesh Desk: Eighteen former ministers and eight former members of parliament were banned from travelling abroad until further notice by a metropolitan magistrate court in Dhaka, as per two separate

BNP pays tribute to Zia on its 46th founding anniversary

Shawdesh desk: BNP on Sunday paid homage to its founder and late president Ziaur Rahman, marking its 46th founding anniversary. Several thousand party leaders and activists, led by Secretary General

Tarique Rahman urges party men to work for achieving people’s trust

Shawdesh desk; Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) acting Chairman Tarique Rahman on Friday called upon the leaders and workers of the party at all levels to work for achieving people’s trust.

Govt lifts ban on Jamaat, Shibir

Shawdesh Desk: The interim government lifted the ban on Jamaat-e- Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir on Wednesday. ‘It (lifting of the ban) will come under effect immediately,’