Politics

PM to inaugurate metro rail up to Motijheel on Oct 20

Shawdesh desk; Prime minister Sheikh Hasina was scheduled to inaugurate Bangladesh’s first-ever metro rail service up to Motijheel on October 20, said the road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader

AL trying to distort history, defame Zia: Fakhrul

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday alleged that the ruling Awami League was distorting history and defaming BNP founder and late president Ziaur

None is safe in the hands of present govt: Rizvi

Shawdesh Desk: The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party senior joint secretary general Rahul Kabir Rizvi on Thursday said that no one in the country was safe under this ‘autocratic government’.

BNP threatens tough programmes demanding Khaleda’s treatment abroad

Shawdesh Desk: The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Wednesday threatened to announce tougher programmes if the government failed to allow its ailing party chief Khaleda Zia to go abroad

BNP expresses shock at death of Sayedee

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh Nationalist Party has expressed deep shock over the death of Jamaat-e-Islami leader and former lawmaker Delawar Hossain Sayedee, who was sentenced to jail unto death for committing

Anti-liberation forces led by BNP still conspiring against Bangladesh: Quader

Shawdesh Desk: Anti-liberation forces under the leadership of Bangladesh Nationalist Party are still plotting against the country, Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader said on Tuesday. He urged the countrymen

Many parties are ready to join next polls: Quader

Shawdesh Desk: Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader said the next national elections will be participatory and many parties are ready to participate in it. “There will be no result of

No scope for consensus as BNP wants govt to step down, Momen tells US congressmen

Shawdesh Desk: Foreign minister AK Abdul Momen on Sunday conveyed to visiting United States congressmen Ed Case and Richard McCormick that there was no scope for reaching any consensus as