Politics

Today is August 21. On this day in 2004, the worst brutal attack in history took place at the rally organized by Awami League on Bangabandhu Avenue in the capital before the ‘anti-terror’ rally. The assassins rained grenades on the rally stage. Along with this, there is also firing.  In that incident on that day,…

After the August 5 reshuffle, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has started normal activities including the activation of party offices across the country including Dhaka. Right now, the party is focused on two issues—one of its getting back its canceled registration with the Election Commission (EC) and lifting the party’s ban order. Relevant responsible sources say that Jamaat…

BNP central executive committee member Aslam Chowdhury has been released from jail on bail after eight years. Aslam Chowdhury was released from Chittagong Central Jail at around 10 am on Tuesday. The senior supervisor of Chittagong Central Jail Muhammad Manjur Hossain confirmed this information to Prothom Alo. Muhammad Manjur Hossain told Prothom Alo that Aslam…

The High Court has fixed Thursday for the hearing on the writ petition seeking cancellation of the party’s registration by banning Awami League for its involvement in the indiscriminate killing of students during the anti-discrimination student movement. Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and Justice Md. Mahbubul ul Islam’s bench fixed the date for the hearing and gave…

Stating that the conspiracies of the defeated evil forces have not stopped yet, Acting Chairman of BNP Tariq Rahman said that well-planned conspiracies are underway to thwart the success and purpose of the historic popular uprising. Urging everyone to be careful in this regard, Tariq Rahman said, ‘Humble appeal to the pro-Bangladesh forces, to the…

Amir of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Dr. Shafiqur Rahman said, “I am grateful to the great Lord that Allah Ta’ala has given us the opportunity to sit this sinful slave with our religious brothers in a very kind environment. Alhamdulillahi Rabbil Alamin. In my small life, I have had the opportunity to be an audience or somehow…

Amir of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Dr. Shafiqur Rahman said, to move the nation forward, all religions and caste differences should be forgotten and united and work shoulder to shoulder. We do not discriminate between any citizen of the country on the basis of religion. We are different flowers in the same garden. We are all proud…

From India, Sheikh Hasina called Barguna District Awami League General Secretary and Zilla Parishad Chairman Md. Jahangir to Kabir. The court granted him a two-day remand in an extortion case Sunday morning. Jahangir Kabir was produced in the court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate under heavy police guard from Barguna Jail. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate…

Adviser to BNP Chairperson and former opposition chip whip Zainul Abdin Farooq has demanded an immediate raid on the residences of MPs of the defunct National Assembly.  He raised this demand in front of the National Press Club in the capital on Sunday afternoon.  Zainul Abdeen said, ‘Those parliamentarians who are unelected, who have looted…

BNP Central Sports Affairs Secretary and Dhaka Metropolitan North BNP Member Secretary Aminul Haque said that some new BNP has flourished after the fall of dictator Sheikh Hasina’s government. They are Awami ghosts. These ghosts are trying to extort, rob, occupy shops and markets in different places. These miscreants are not from BNP. They must…