THE people of Bangladesh are all too familiar with the deceptive nature of sugar-coated political manifestos, which remain in discussion up until election time and are only to be shelved the moment a party takes office after the election, replaced by policies that often turn out to be deeply anti-people. In a country where commerce, industry, and governance are...
The local government, rural development and cooperative minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday said that the BNP government wanted to transform Bangladesh into a self-reliant, stable and industrially developed country where every citizen would enjoy the rightful benefits of prosperity and dignity....
A local activist of the ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Khulna city on Friday.
Sixty daily essential commodities, including rice, edible oil, fish, onions, and salt may become cheaper as the government has proposed to slash source taxes to 0.5 per cent on basic agricultural goods from existing various ranges in the proposed national budget of financial year 2026–27.
BANGLADESH’S frontiers with both India, spanning a stretch of 4,097 kilometres, and Myanmar, spanning a stretch of 271 kilometres, have become causes for serious concern. Whilst India has pushed in people into Bangladesh and has recently stepped up such efforts, especially in the north spanning Rajshahi and Rangpur divisions and in the south-west spanning Khulna...
The finance minister, Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury, on Tuesday told the Jatiya Sangsad that Islami Bank will remain safe under the Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led government, while urging the opposition to practice proper politics instead of creating unrest over the institution.
A case was filed against five leaders and activists of the ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party and its associate organisations on charges of rape and looting of a woman at Puthia upazila in Rajshahi.
Bangladesh Nationalist Party lawmakers on Saturday expressed concern over the deteriorating law and order across the country, particularly the recent rise in incidents of rape and murder, during a parliamentary party meeting at the Jatiya Sangsad.
THE Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s prolonged failure to hold regular councils has created a democratic deficit within the organisation, frustrating grass-roots activists and concentrating decision-making power in the hands of a small leadership circle. The party’s national council...
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party and most of its affiliated and associate bodies keep functioning through expired committees without holding regular councils, increasing frustration among their leaders and activists over the party’s failure to ensure internal democracy and follow its constitution.
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Thursday approved a 151-member central executive committee for its affiliated youth wing Jatiyatabadi Jubo Dal.
Chief photographer of daily Prothom Alo’s feature department Kabir Hossain, 46, sustained serious injuries as miscreants attacked him with sharp weapons on Tuesday at Sirajdikhan upazila in Munshiganj.
The police have arrested seven people in connection with a clash and vandalism centring on local dominance in the remote Char Balaki village of Gazaria upazila in Munshiganj.
The sudden resignation of Chittagong Hill Tracts affairs minister Dipen Dewan has triggered speculation in political circles, with Bangladesh Nationalist Party leaders hinting at internal disagreements, ideological differences, and disputes over decision-making within the ministry.
A group of Juba League activists supporting a BNP faction attacked rivals over local dominance in Gazaria upazila of Munshiganj on Monday, leaving at least three people injured and a local BNP office and at least 10 houses vandalised.
LGRD minister and BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday expressed deep shock and sorrow over the death of Kofil Uddin, vice-president of Dhaka district BNP.
Prime minister and BNP chairman Tarique Rahman on Sunday warned party leaders and activists that a difficult and important time lies ahead, and called for their support in implementing the party’s election manifesto to make the government successful.
The 45th death anniversary of late president and Bangladesh Nationalist Party founder Ziaur Rahman was observed across the country on Saturday....
Prime minister and Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairman Tarique Rahman on Saturday urged the BNP leaders and activists to stand by the helpless people of the country....
Bangladesh prime minister Tarique Rahman on Saturday urged people to engage in nation-building by embracing the ideals of former president Ziaur Rahman.
BNP chairman and prime minister Tarique Rahman on Saturday paid tribute to former president Ziaur Rahman on his anniversary of the death.
President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Friday said that simple and selfless life, strong personality, unquestionable integrity and pragmatic statesmanship of late president Ziaur Rahman would remain eternally alive in the hearts of the people...
LGRD and cooperatives minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today called upon journalists to remain united to protect their rights and ensure media freedom...
Bangladesh Nationalist Party senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Friday alleged that various conspiracies were underway against both the government and the BNP, aimed at destabilising the country, asserting that people will not allow these to succeed....
Bangladesh Nationalist Party will observe the 45th death anniversary of its founder and former President Ziaur Rahman on Saturday...
Prime minister’s adviser and BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Thursday met the family of slain child Ramisa Akter in their Pallabi home in Dhaka on the day of Eid-ul-Azha....
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Thursday has called for building a Bangladesh free from discrimination....
Bangladesh prime minister and BNP chairman Tarique Rahman on Thursday visited the graves of his parents at Zia Uddyan in the capital and offered prayers on the occasion of the Eid-ul-Azha....
NCP spokesperson Asif Mahmud Sajib Bhuiyan said that there was a kitchen cabinet that used to influence key policy decisions of the interim government, but he was not a member...
At least 15 people were injured in a clash between two rival factions of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Friday over control of a garment factory’s jhut (fabric waste) business and alleged extortion of worker transport buses in Gazipur.