BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman has questioned allegations of corruption and wrongdoing against his party, asking why two ministers from a rival political party remained in office during the BNP-led government from 2001 to 2006 if the party was indeed “so bad.”
Krishna Nandi, Jamaat-e-Islami's nominated parliamentary candidate for Khulna-1 constituency, said as per the prevalent concepts, people think that if Jamaat comes to power, Hindus will be barred from staying in the country. But the reality is otherwise, they will be pampered like kith and kin. He claimed that the fear in the Hindu community is baseless.
Jamaat-e-Islami has removed Mohammad Shamim Ahsan, assistant secretary of its Barguna district unit, from all party positions following his controversial remarks describing the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU) in derogatory terms.
Two teenagers were shot while fishing in the Naf River along the Teknaf border in Cox’s Bazar. Locals claim they were hit by gunfire from the Arakan Army.
As part of the 13th National Parliamentary Election campaign, BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman arrived in Mymensingh on Tuesday (January 27). He traveled by road from Gulshan, Dhaka, and entered the city around midday.
Jewel Hasan, also known as Sadaam, former president of the banned Chhatra League unit of Bagerhat Sadar upazila, who bid a final farewell to his deceased wife and child at the jail gate, has been granted bail by the High Court. However, there is no sense of relief or joy within his family. They say bail came too late, when his wife and child are no longer alive.