The logo of the International Cannes Film Festival is shown during a press conference to announce the films in official competition for the upcoming 70th International Cannes Film Festival in Paris on April 13, 2017. A group of cinema workers has called for a strike on May 6, 2024, a week before the opening of […]
Medics and first responders in Gaza said Israeli airstrikes killed 16 people in the southern city of Rafah on Sunday, hours after Hamas rockets killed three Israeli soldiers earlier in the day. “The number of martyrs in Rafah has reached 16,” emergency first responders told AFP. He said that seven people of one family and […]
Early morning Israeli strikes on the southern Gaza city of Rafah on Monday killed “about 100” people, the territory’s Hamas-run health ministry said in a statement. The statement revised the ministry’s previous number of 52 people killed in the attacks on the town on the Egyptian border.
Awami League adopted different strategies in three consecutive elections. His strategy in 2014 was to keep BNP away from the elections. In 2018, the ruling party entered into talks with the BNP. When our political parties talk, we do not get to hear the entire conversation happening behind the scenes. They don’t even reveal everything. […]
As part of its anti-government movement, the party has also staged blockades across the country several times. BNP is organizing these programs to press for the resignation of the government and the release of its jailed leaders and workers. Many parties involved in the movement of BNP together are also conducting blockades and strikes separately. […]
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has imposed a strike on Sunday, the day of voting for the 12th parliamentary elections. According to the latest programmes, the party will observe a 48-hour strike from 6 am on Saturday (January 6) to 6 am on Monday (January 8). Voting for the national election will take place on Sunday […]
BNP senior joint general secretary Ruhul Kabir Rizvi announced this two-day public contact and leaflet distribution program during a virtual press conference on Saturday. Rizvi said that considering the festive spirit of the people on the last day of the year and the first day of the new year, they have opted for mass contact […]
There are ideological differences among political parties in almost all countries of the world. But this does not mean that they will keep the other out of the election field or stay away from the elections. Whoever is in power in Bangladesh tries to sway the elections in his favor and makes strategies accordingly. The […]
A total of 148 platoons of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have been deployed across the country to maintain law and order as the nationwide dawn-to-dusk strike called by BNP and like-minded opposition parties continues since this morning. Shariful Islam, Public Relations Officer (PRO) at BGB headquarters, shared the information this morning. Along with the BGB, […]
Concerned sources said the government has adopted several strategies to bring voters to the polling stations. The ruling party fielded its candidates on almost all seats and also allowed independent candidates to contest the elections. The parties boycotting the elections are considering starting this anti-election campaign against the government’s strategy. The leaflets will call on […]
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has called for a dawn-to-dusk bandh (strike) across the country on Monday. The party’s senior joint general secretary Ruhul Kabir Rizvi announced the bandh in a virtual press briefing on Saturday. More to follow…
Miscreants set fire to two buses in Maniknagar area of the capital on Wednesday evening amid the 10th blockade called by BNP and other opposition parties. The incident took place at Maniknagar intersection around 5 pm. However, it did not cause any casualties. Fire Service and Civil Defense media cell officer Anwarul Islam said two […]
More important than whether the strike or strike by opposition parties is successful or not, what is more important is its impact on the public and the economy. Due to strike and blockade, long route buses are not running. Incidents of setting vehicles on fire are taking place every day keeping the opposition party’s program […]
The Bangladesh Election Commission announced that a 24-hour strike will begin at the end of the blockade at 6:00 am on Thursday (30 November), the last date for submission of nomination papers, as per the election schedule. The parties are implementing programs demanding the resignation of the government, holding of the upcoming 12th parliamentary election […]
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has announced a blockade from 6 am on Wednesday and a strike from morning till evening on Thursday. The 24-hour blockade will end at 6 am on Thursday. BNP senior joint general secretary Ruhul Kabir Rizvi made this announcement in a virtual press conference on Monday afternoon. * more to follow…