The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has not granted the green light to any candidate for the upcoming national parliamentary election, senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has confirmed. Speaking at a press conference at the party office in Nayapaltan on Tuesday, 23 September, Rizvi clarified that candidate selection will follow the party’s established procedures: […]

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) is rapidly narrowing down its list of prospective candidates, with a final announcement expected very soon. Several candidates have already received the green light to begin work in their respective constituencies.   The constituencies where candidates have been cleared to start preparations include: Constituency Candidate Barishal-1 Zahir Uddin Swapon Barishal-3 […]

Al Jazeera journalist Zulkarnain Sayer Sami has voiced strong criticism following the incident at John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York, where eggs were thrown at Akhtar Hossain, Member Secretary of the National Citizen’s Party (NCP) and a member of Dr Muhammad Yunus’s interim government delegation. In a Facebook post, Zulkarnain wrote: “Dr Yunus, you […]

Prominent media personality and physician Abdun Noor Tushar has alleged that Dr Muhammad Yunus travelled to New York, taking along two leaders of an unregistered political party. Speaking at a recent discussion, Tushar said: “The government wants elections to be held, while Jamaat insists there will be no polls without proportional representation. Naturally, the NCP […]

The Mayor of Chattogram City Corporation (CCC), Dr Shahadat Hossain, has levelled serious allegations against the Adviser to the Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives (LGRD), Asif Mahmud Sajib Bhuiyan. According to the Mayor, vital project files belonging to the LGRD Ministry were taken home by the Adviser and were never returned, effectively […]

A dramatic incident unfolded at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport when Akhtar Hossain, Member Secretary of the National Citizen’s Party (NCP) and a member of Dr Muhammad Yunus’s interim government delegation, became the target of public outrage. According to video footage widely circulated on social media, several individuals gathered at the airport late […]