Awami league

AL MP's son Rony fired the gunshots that killed 2: Police

Cops confirm Rony, son of AL lawmaker, fired gunshots that killed a pedestrian and an auto-rickshaw driver at New Eskaton in Dhaka on Apr 14, adds there will be no problem to prove it at court.
1 July 2015

BNP's 'demise' and possible consequences

Begum Zia will now have to take on the responsibility of transforming BNP into a truly democratic, secular and dynamic political party. She will have to renounce dynastic politics and empower honest and committed leaders.
30 June 2015

Party men saving Sonali, Basic scamsters: Muhith

Finance Minister AMA Muhith expresses his anger as he could not take steps against all involved in Sonali Bank and Basic Bank scams because of his party people’s support.
30 June 2015

BNP demands Qamrul’s resignation

Accusing Food Minister Qamrul Islam of importing rotten wheat from Brazil, BNP demands his immediate resignation.
30 June 2015

MP’s son Rony on 2-day fresh remand

A Dhaka court places Bakhtiar Alam Rony, son of Awami League lawmaker Pinu Khan, on a two-day fresh remand in a case filed against him in connection with the shooting and killing of two people in Dhaka’s New Eskaton area on April 14.
30 June 2015

Govt trying to keep Khaleda from polls: BNP

BNP alleges that the government has been hatching a conspiracy to make ineligible the party leaders including its chief Khaleda Zia for the next parliamentary polls.
28 June 2015

SC upholds Fakhrul’s bail order

Supreme Court upholds the High Court order that had granted bail to BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in three vandalism and arson cases.
28 June 2015

Menon deplores govt’s failure to curb graft

Expressing dissatisfaction over government's failure to ensure good governance, Rashed Khan Menon saysthe country's GDP growth rate will rise by 2.5 percent if corruption can be curbed effectively.
25 June 2015

50,000 BNP men in jail now: Khaleda

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia says many leaders and activists of her party are victims of “enforced disappearances, abductions and secret killings” after the Awami League came to power.
25 June 2015

Eviction drive only to show DMP boss

Hawkers, who block the DMCH emergency gate with their stalls, are evicted when VIPs go there as if the authorities are more worried about how they look before the VIPs
24 June 2015

Khaleda blasts govt for importing ‘rotten wheat’

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia accuses the government of importing “rotten wheat” from Brazil.
24 June 2015

Cops tear down makeshift structures around DMCH, but leave alone AL offices

Police tear down makeshift structures around DMCH, but do not scrape three political offices of ruling Awami League located there.
24 June 2015

AL’s contributions to Bangladesh history undeniable: PM

PM Sheikh Hasina says no one could deny AL’s contributions to Bangladesh history.
23 June 2015

Ballistic confirms Rony’s gun over death of 2

Ballistic reports confirm bullets that killed two people in Dhaka were fired from Ruling Awami League MP's son Rony, police say.
19 June 2015

Legal notice seeks Rony’s arms licene cancellation

A SC lawyer sends legal notice to the government requesting it to cancel in 24 hours the firearms licence of Bakhtiar Alam Rony, an accused of shooting dead two people on Apr 14.
18 June 2015

News Analysis: Political enmity beyond borders

While her party men were staging demonstration against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's visit in London, BNP chief Khaleda Zia in Dhaka on Monday invited Hasina to attend an iftar party she will host in honour of the country's political leaders.
17 June 2015

Cops may seek cancellation of Rony’s arms license

Police will appeal to revoke gun license of AL lawmaker Pinu Khan’s son Bakhtiar Alam Rony if ballistic reports find evidence that bullets from his firearms killed two on April 14.
17 June 2015

AL hails Mojaheeds death penalty, BNP mum

The ruling Awami League today hails the Supreme Court verdict upholding the death penalty of Jamaat’s Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed for war crimes charges while BNP, as usual, keep mum.
16 June 2015

Rony denied bail

Dhaka court rejects the bail petition of Bakhtiar Alam Rony, son of AL lawmaker Pinu Khan, in a case filed against him on charge of shooting and killing two people on April 14.
16 June 2015

AL leader shot by Jubo League men

A ward-level Awami League leader is shot by local Jubo League men in Bangshal area of Dhaka following a dispute over campaigning in the recently held Dhaka South City Corporation election.
15 June 2015