Politics

Leave-to-appeal petition filed seeking stay on EC gazette on Ishraque

Staff Correspondent: A leave-to-appeal petition was on Monday filed seeking stay on the lower court verdict and gazette notification issued by the Election Commission, announcing Ishraque Hossain as the mayor

Will Zubaida’s 3-yr jail sentence stand?

Staff Correspondent: The High Court has set Wednesday to deliver its ruling on an appeal by Zubaida Rahman, wife of BNP’s de facto leader Tarique Rahman, challenging her three-year jail

No plan of govt will be effective, if people kept in the dark: Tarique

TDS Desk: No plan of the government will be effective by keeping the political parties and the people in the dark, BNP’s acting chairman Tarique Rahman said on Sunday (May

Rizvi accuses advisers of misleading people on BNP’s election demand

Staff Correspondent: BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Sunday alleged that certain advisers to the interim government are attempting to incite public sentiment by portraying BNP’s demand

Amir Khosru says election possible before Dec

Staff Correspondent: BNP Standing Committee member Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury has downplayed talk of a political crisis and underlined his belief that holding the national election before December this year

BNP urges Dr Yunus to announce election schedule to avoid unrest

Staff Correspondent: Stating that the delay in holding the next parliamentary elections is fuelling instability in the country, BNP leader Zainul Abedin Farroque on Friday said his party would be