BNP council
Another BNP leader quits from new committee
Former BNP lawmaker from Magura-2 constituency, Quazi Salimul Haq Kamal who is popularly known as Quazi Kamal resigns from his post in the newly formed executive committee.
AL distorted Khaleda’s statement: Fakhrul
BNP acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir claims that ruling Awami League distorted Khaleda Zia’s statement to mislead the people.
BNP for new govt model
If voted to power, the BNP will ensure a balance of power in the executive branch of the government by bringing necessary amendments to the constitution, party chief Khaleda Zia said yesterday. “In recent years, people have had a deep realisation that the absolute executive authority of prime minister has given rise to a despotic and authoritarian rule,” she said, addressing her party's national council in the capital.
BNP unveils plan for ‘rainbow nation’ by 2030
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia unveils her party’s ‘Vision 2030 Plan’ to turn the country into a higher middle income nation. Addressing the BNP’s sixth national council, Khaleda briefly described the plan.
Will BNP think for a change?
The BNP holds its national council today with the theme of freeing democracy from captivity, but democratic practice in its own home has remained absent since its birth in 1978.
Target turnaround
With the aim to return to "positive politics", the BNP holds its long-awaited sixth triennial national council today, more than six years
News Analysis: National Council / BNP follows the old pattern
The BNP was supposed to hold its national council more than three years ago to elect the party chief and other office bearers according to its charter. But it did not do so. Its failure allowed those who were either elected or picked by the chairperson in 2009 to continue holding their posts for three more years, which is equivalent to a fresh term.
'Two accused' in top two posts
Awami League President Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the BNP elected "two accused" in its highest posts and termed the re-election of Khaleda Zia and Tarique Rahman as the party's chairperson and senior vice-chairman “a drama”.
BNP worried over 'plot' to spoil council
The BNP yesterday expressed concern that the government might be plotting to foil its March 19 council.
No one to challenge Khaleda, Tarique
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and her son, party's Senior Vice-Chairman Tarique Rahman, are going to be elected uncontested to their respective posts as nobody collected nomination forms to contest the posts yesterday, the scheduled day for collecting nomination forms of those posts.
BNP to hold elections to 2 top posts
Ahead of the party's sixth national council, the BNP yesterday announced the schedule for elections to its top two posts -- chairperson and senior vice-chairman.
BNP now to elect its senior vice-chair
The BNP has amended its constitution to include a provision for electing the senior vice-chairman through an election during the party's sixth national council on March 19.
Section 144 imposed in Pabna college
The local administration today imposed Section 144 at Dashuria Degree College in Ishwardi upazila of Pabna in a bid to avoid possible clashes between two factions of BNP ahead of its council.
