BNP to announce fresh movement soon
BNP standing committee member ASM Hannan Shah has said that his party will announce a fresh movement programmme in protest against alleged vote rigging and fraud in city polls.
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BNP standing committee member ASM Hannan Shah has said that his party will announce a fresh movement programmme in protest against alleged vote rigging and fraud in city polls.
Election Commission (EC) will retake the votes for councilor posts in three suspended polling centers under Dhaka South City Corporation on May 11.
US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman is holding meeting with BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Friday.
US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Desai Biswal and Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman will meet BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia Friday afternoon.
Police submitted a charge sheet against 42 including Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) mayor Professor MA Mannan on Thursday in a case filed with Joydebpur Thana.
Pointing to vandalism at Zia`s grave, BNP Standing Committee Member Lieutenant General (retd) Mahbubur Rahman alleged, "It is a part of conspiracy."
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has remarked that there is no democracy in Bangladesh now and the rights of people from all class and profession are not secured anymore.
A Dhaka court has deferred charge hearing against BNP’s acting Secretary General
At least 90 people, including six activists of Jamaat-e-Islami, were arrested in Satkhira and Jhenaidah districts.
A total of 42 candidates including five mayoral contenders forfeited their security money as they did not get minimum number of votes fixed de jure in the city corporations polls that ended on April 28.
Pointing to the recently held city polls, Transparency International Bangladesh alleged, "As there were a lot of unlawful acts in the polls, the city corporation polls were not free and fair."
BNP claims that Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed planned to boycott the election, fair and peaceful election environment, because their plans were dropped.