BNP Secretary General and Local Government, Rural Development (LGRD) and Cooperatives Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today said the Farakka agreement should be signed with India maintaining Bangladesh's interests.He made the remark while addressing a discussion organised by BNP at the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB) auditorium here, marking the Farakka Long March Day."I want ...more

Engineer Mahbuba Hakim, the younger sister of noted travel writer Muhammad Javed Hakim, has taken oath as a Member of Parliament from a reserved women’s seat representing Bangladesh Khelafat Majlis in the post-13th national election period.In an interview, MP Mahbuba Hakim said she left a well-paying private sector job due to family needs and later ...more

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has unveiled a list of 36 nominated candidates for the reserved women's seats in the upcoming 13th Jatiya Sangsad, marking a key step ahead of the scheduled election on May 12. According to sources from the party's press wing, the nominations were finalized following an extensive screening process conducted by ...more

National Citizen Party (NCP) Convener Nahid Islam has urged the government to settle all national “dues” in the same way that outstanding payments are cleared when opening a new year’s halkhata on Pahela Baishakh.Referring to the “outstanding payment” as the July National Charter, he said the government has opened a new halkhata while leaving reforms ...more

দীর্ঘ প্রচেষ্টার পর অবশেষে দুই সপ্তাহের যুদ্ধবিরতিতে সম্মত হয়েছে যুক্তরাষ্ট্র ও ইরান। এর মধ্য দিয়ে এক মাসেরও বেশি সময় ধরে চলা ইরান যুদ্ধের অবসান ঘটতে যাচ্ছে বলে আশা করা হচ্ছে।হরমুজ প্রণালি খুলে দিয়ে যুক্তরাষ্ট্রের সঙ্গে চুক্তি করার জন্য ইরানকে সময় বেঁধে দিয়েছিলেন মার্কিন প্রেসিডেন্ট ডোনাল্ড ট্রাম্প।উত্তর আমেরিকার সময় সাতই এপ্রিল রাত আটটার মধ্যে ওই সময়ের ...more

BNP Standing Committee Member and Political Adviser to the Prime Minister Mirza Abbas has been shifted from the critical care unit (CCU) to a cabin at Singapore General Hospital.BNP media cell member Shayrul Kabir Khan confirmed the development, citing information from Abbas's family members."After speaking with his family members there, I learned that Mirza Abbas ...more

Bangladesh National Party-BJP chairman Andaleeve Rahman (Partho) on Tuesday in Parliament asked the NCP leaders not to turn into the Jamaat generation while representing Gen Z.“You are our heroes. Those who fought (in the July uprising) are here (in Parliament). I would like to tell them that you represent Gen Z.  You should not become ...more

BNP Central Executive Committee member Hasan Mamun has warned that creating a backdrop for the return of the Awami League and other undemocratic forces would be detrimental to all. He urged political platforms such as the NCP and Jamaat-e-Islami not to bring irrelevant issues into the discourse, which may create division in the movement for ...more

A rally of Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Sramik Dal, the labour wing of BNP, has begun in front of the party’s Nayapaltan central office with the participation of thousands of its leaders, activists and workers to mark May Day.The rally formally began at around 2:12pm on Thursday with a recitation from the holy Quran.Leaders and activists from ...more

BNP Chairperson and former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia, who is undergoing treatment at the London Clinic with multiple diseases, is in stable condition.After being admitted to the clinic on January 8, her eldest son and BNP's acting chairman Tarique Rahman, who is in London, was with her until midnight.At that time, Khaleda Zia took ...more