‘I tore up a false narrative’: Rashed Khan explains tearing Amar Desh, raises funding allegations
Md Rashed Khan, political assistant to the prime minister (with the rank of secretary), has raised strong allegations about the funding of the daily ‘Amar Desh’, the role of its editor Mahmudur Rahman and the objectivity of the paper’s…
Government wants to impose autocracy by not implementing referendum verdict: Shafiqur Rahman at Zajira street rally
Jamaat-e-Islami ameer and Leader of the Opposition Shafiqur Rahman has alleged that the government wants to impose autocracy on the shoulders of the people by not implementing the referendum verdict. A street rally was held at Naodoba in Zajira,…
NCP takes to Shahbagh with four demands including home and energy ministers’ resignation
The National Citizen Party (NCP) will hold a mass protest at Shahbagh today, Friday, with a four-point demand including the resignation of the home minister and the energy minister. The party’s Dhaka Metropolitan North and South units are…
Questions over 28 October 2006: ‘Home minister did not pick up the phone’, Golam Parwar points finger at BNP
Jamaat-e-Islami secretary general Mia Golam Parwar has raised questions by recalling the events of October 2006. He said, ‘Your Sramik Dal had a meeting here on the 28th; why did you move it away on the night of the 27th? It is clear there was a…
‘Stuck in the crack of a split bamboo’: Rashed Khan questions Golam Parwar and Jamaat statement
Media outlets have reported on a meeting between Jamaat-e-Islami secretary general Mia Golam Parwar and an intelligence agency official of a country, and the party has issued a statement protesting the reports. Rashed Khan, political assistant to the…
Dhaka-Khulna-Kushtia long march on 31 October, Mamunul says 11-party unity will only grow
The unity of the 11 parties remains intact and will only widen, not shrink, in the days ahead, Bangladesh Khelafat Majlis Amir Mamunul Haque has said. He also said they would not fall into the trap of any plot or conspiracy. Top leaders of the 11 parties…
Laws enough to curb crime, crossfire talk has embarrassed government: Rizvi
The country has enough laws to prevent crime, so the police must do their job by properly enforcing existing laws rather than resorting to any extra-legal means, BNP acting secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has said. He also said the inspector general…
NCP forms new sub-committee to oversee diaspora activities, led by Asif Mahmud
The National Citizen Party (NCP) has formed a ‘Diaspora Affairs Sub-Committee’ tasked with overseeing the party’s organisation abroad. The matter was announced in a press release sent today (Monday). Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain has been…
Eliza Zaman to contest seat vacated by Mishti in 12 November by-election
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has picked its candidate for the by-election to the vacated reserved seat 323 Women-23 of the 13th Jatiya Sangsad. Eliza Zaman will contest the seat on behalf of the party and the alliance. The announcement was made…
Spoke to police commissioner, no decision to arrest Rumi: Rashed Khan
Police have taken no decision to arrest Shahjalal Rumi, the father of the child in the Tongi madrasa incident, and have conducted no drive to that end, said Rashed Khan, political assistant to the prime minister. In a post on his Facebook page on…