Ganatantrik Jukto Front calls on new MPs to skip Constitution Reform Council oath

Dhaka, Feb. 17 -- The Ganatantrik Jukto Front has urged the newly elected members of parliament not to take their oaths as members of the Constitution Reform Council. In a statement issued on Monday,... Read More

As calls go out for Tarique's first cabinet, who's made the cut?

Dhaka, Feb. 17 -- BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, Standing Committee members Salahuddin Ahmed and Iqbal Hasan Mahmud, and several other leaders have received calls to take oath as m... Read More

Tarique visits Charmonai Pir after polls

Dhaka, Feb. 17 -- Tarique Rahman has paid a courtesy call on Islami Andolan chief Syed Muhammad Rezaul Karim, widely known as Charmonai Pir, following the national election. He reached Rezaul's Siddh... Read More

Dhaka Metro Rail unveils updated train timings for Ramadan

Dhaka, Feb. 17 -- The Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL) has introduced a fresh Metro Rail timetable for the holy month of Ramadan. According to a notice on Tuesday, the updated timetable wil... Read More

No scope for reform council oath before constitutional amendment, says BNP's Amir Khosru

Dhaka, Feb. 17 -- Senior BNP leader Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury has said there is no scope for lawmakers to take oath as members of the Constitutional Reform Council before the Constitution is amende... Read More

Government cuts LPG duty, VAT to ease consumer costs

Dhaka, Feb. 17 -- The government has exempted local production and trading of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) from value added tax and customs duty in a bid to stabilise prices. The National Board of R... Read More

Tarique taps ex-state minister Milon for cabinet

Dhaka, Feb. 17 -- ANM Ehsanul Hoque Milon, the BNP MP from Chandpur-1 and a former state minister for education, has been invited to join the cabinet of the incoming government led by Tarique Rahman. ... Read More

BNP leader's hanging body recovered from Lakshmipur home

Dhaka, Feb. 17 -- Police have recovered the hanging body of a local BNP leader in Lakshmipur's Raipur Upazila. The body of 52-year-old Yusuf Ali Bulu was recovered around 9am on Tuesday from his home... Read More

BNP MPs select Tarique Rahman as leader of parliamentary party

Dhaka, Feb. 17 -- Tarique Rahman has been elected as the leader of the 13th national parliament for the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). The BNP parliamentary party held its first meeting at 12pm ... Read More

Jamaat MPs take oath after boycott threat over BNP's reform council snub

Dhaka, Feb. 17 -- Jamaat-e-Islami lawmakers have taken their oath as members of the 13th national parliament, despite earlier threatening to boycott the ceremony after the BNP declined to be sworn in ... Read More

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