Politics

BNP gains ‘zero’ in pandemic-mired year

Shawdesh DEsk: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), like previous years, failed to achieve success in any front — be it election or anti-government movement — in the outgoing year which was

Duke syndicate steals important info on e-passport holders

Shawdesh Desk: * Duke syndicate steals important info on e-passport holders * Self-exiled BNP’s acting chief Tarique Rahman pulls the strings * National safety and sovereignty at stake *

Education minister recovers from Covid-19

Shawdesh Desk: Education minister Dr Dipu Moni has recovered from the novel coronavirus infection. She has tested negative in second consecutive tests on Sunday. Minister’s personal secretary Abdul Alim confirmed

BNP announces countrywide demo on Dec 30

Shawdesh Desk: BNP has decided to hold protest rallies across the country, including in the capital, on December 30 marking the second anniversary of the 11th parliamentary election. Besides, the party

‘One-party rule govt’s survival strategy’

Shawdesh Desk: BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday said one-party rule is now the only way for the survival of the current government since it has lost

BNP leader Hafizuddin slams show-cause notice

Shawdesh Desk: Terming untrue the allegations that mentioned in the show-cause notice served on him, BNP Vice-chairman Maj (retd) Hafizuddin Ahmed on Saturday said he felt insulted as the party

Hefazat-e-Islam leader Kasemi dies

Shawdesh Desk: Nur Hossain Kasemi, secretary general of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh, died at a hospital in the capital. He breathed his last at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of United Hospital

Workers Party leader Kamrul Ahsan tests positive for Covid-19, hospitalised

Shawdesh Desk: Comrade Kamrul Ahsan, a member of the politburo of Workers Party of Bangladesh (WPB) and president of the National Workers Federation, has been admitted to the Corona Unit