Politics

Ex-minister Shahid held from Uttara

TDS Desk: Police have arrested former Agriculture Minister Dr Abdus Shahid from Uttara in the capital. He was arrested at about 1AM on Wednesday from his Uttara residence during a

Enhance focus on polls from other issues: Fakhrul to govt

UNB, Dhaka BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday called upon the interim government to shift its focus on holding a participatory and credible national election from any

No place for Hasina’s fascist party in Bangladesh:Yunus

TDS Desk Prof Muhammad Yunus, Chief Adviser of Bangladesh’s interim government, accused the political party of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina of exhibiting “all the characteristics of fascism”, saying it

BNP becomes party in 15th amendment legality challenge writ

Staff Correspondent The High Court Tuesday (Oct 29) allowed a plea of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) to become a party in a writ petition challenging the legality of the

Process begins to take Khaleda Zia abroad for advanced treatment

TDS Desk: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has started the process to take the party’s chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia abroad for advanced medical treatment. Professor Dr AZM Zahid Hossain, BNP standing

Writ petitions on 11 political parties and legality of 3 elections withdrawn

TDS Desk: Three co-ordinators of the anti-discrimination movement — Sarjis Alam, Abul Hsanat and Hasibul Islam — have backtracked from their dual legal challenge against the political activities of 11