Awami League General Secretary and Bridge Minister Obaidul Quader said, I don't think BNP is a democratic party. There is no precedent for democracy in their history. They have killed democracy, turned it into a farce. They never obeyed the democratic rules even within the party.

He said these things after paying tributes at the tomb of Sher Bangla AK Fazlul Haque on the occasion of his 62nd death anniversary on Saturday morning.

Obaidul Quader said, BNP does not consider the people as the main issue to gain power by slavery. Slavery of foreign masters can go to power? Still their predicament is how to go to power by enslaving foreign masters?

He also said, they talk big, when did they have a party council? Where did they party council? 7-8 years ago there was a central committee meeting at La Méridien. Jambujet Marka Committee of 501 people belongs to them. Therefore, we do not expect those who do not have democracy within their own party to establish democracy in the country.

Regarding Sher Bangla AK Fazlul Haque, Obaidul Quader said that national leader Sher Bangla was one of the people who took politics to common people in this country. Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman inspired the common people with the mantra of freedom. The farmers of rural Bengal will never forget Shere Bangla. He will forever be remembered among them. He is still remembered for protecting usurer moneylenders from tyranny by forming the Debt Arbitration Board.

Obaidul Quader also said, today our commitment is to form the non-communal Bangladesh of Bangabandhu, Suhrawardy, Maulana Bhasani, Sher Bangla AK Fazlul Haque. Under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, we are fighting to build a humane and non-communal Bangladesh. That is the dream of Sheree Bangla AK Fazlul Haque and that is our pledge today.

Awami League's central executive meeting is being held on Tuesday. The meeting will begin at 7 pm at Ganabhaban, the official residence of the Prime Minister. It will be chaired by Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

The party sources said that the meeting will discuss the conflicts between the parties around the upcoming upazila elections. In particular, there will be the issue of candidates for the relatives of ministers-MPs and leaders in the upazila elections, ignoring the party instructions and trying to spread influence. As a result, the meeting is supposed to decide and decide the strategy to resolve the conflict at the grass root level.

Apart from this, other organizational issues of the party as well as the latest socio-economic, political issues will be discussed and decided. The program of various national and party days will also be finalized in the meeting.

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader in a statement requested the party's central executive members to attend the meeting.

The Awami League MPs and ministers concerned are facing a lot of trouble for running their relatives in the upazila elections without heeding the instructions. The sword of organizational punishment is coming down on them. Their party positions and titles may be taken away. They may even not get the party's nomination in the next parliamentary elections. Ministers who do not heed the party's strong message may be dropped from the cabinet at any time.

Relatives of several Awami League MPs are contesting the upazila elections without following the party's instructions. Party General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has spoken to the concerned MPs to remove them from the elections. However, he did not budge! Not a single MPO has withdrawn their relatives from the voting field. There has been a negative reaction within the party regarding this.

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said that the leaders of the terrorist group BNP are trying to play the 'sympathy card' by showing themselves tortured and oppressed. By abandoning the politics of public welfare, BNP is getting weaker and weaker day by day.

He said these things in a statement on Monday. Obaidul Quader condemned and protested the recent statement of BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir as 'politically motivated'. He said that BNP as a political party is not able to add any new dimension to mass politics. Therefore, the party's general secretary Mirza Fakhrul is regularly singing the same song in the media; Constantly making false and baseless arrests of torture and torture. They are adopting this tactic for the failure of giving any political program for the people.

Following complaints lodged by Bangladesh Chhatra League to the police for action against Yesmin Rukaya, the editor of www.provatbangla.com for spreading anti-Awami League propaganda, the police have now confirmed that they have established the identity of Yesmin Rukaya from information from her website and a visit to her residential address in Jashore. According to the police, Yesmin Rukaya is currently overseas, but she will be arrested upon return to Bangladesh for offences under the Cyber Security Act 2023, which allows the police to arrest anyone without an arrest warrant.

We will update this section when we have more information.

The rally, initiated by Dhaka Metropolitan North and South BNP, began at 2 pm on Saturday (March 18) in front of the party's central office in Nayapaltan. BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir will be present as the chief guest.

It was seen on the spot that only BNP leaders and activists gathered in front of the BNP central office in Nayapaltan from 1 pm to participate in the rally. Leaders and activists of the party's affiliated organizations are coming in droves to the rally. Leaders and activists of Chhatra Dal, Jubo Dal, Swechchhasebak Dal and other organizations are bringing small processions from different areas of the capital. They spread triphala on the road and sat on it, and a stage has been set up on a truck in front of the central office for the rally.

Meanwhile, thousands of leaders and activists of BNP and its affiliates and affiliated organizations were seen attending the rally in separate processions carrying banners, festoons, national flags and party flags. They filled the streets with slogans demanding the release of Khaleda Zia, the resignation of the government and various anti-government slogans.

In addition, leaders and activists were seen participating in the rally wearing caps of different colors.

It was also seen on the spot that law enforcement officers are in a tight position around the BNP central office surrounding the rally. Law enforcement officers are also on duty in plain clothes around the office. Overall preparations are being made to ensure that no destabilizing situation is created by the public gathering.

Like-minded professional Democratic Alliance leaders have commented that if the upcoming 12th National Parliament elections are free, fair and impartial, the Awami League with its philanthropic spirit will not get even 10 seats.

Speakers made these remarks at a protest rally in front of the National Press Club on Saturday (March 18).

The protest rally was held to demand the dissolution of parliament, the upcoming 12th national elections under a non-partisan, impartial caretaker government, permanent bail for Begum Khaleda Zia, the release of all political prisoners, and the implementation of the 10-point demands.

In his speech at the rally, Muhammad Saidur Rahman, chief coordinator of the Democratic Alliance of Like-minded Professionals and president of the Bangladesh Youth Forum, said, "We must build a nationwide mass movement to dissolve this illegal parliament and organize the next 12th National Parliament elections under a non-partisan, impartial caretaker government. If the next 12th National Parliament elections are free, fair and impartial, this eloquent Awami League will not get even 10 seats. The people will sink the boat forever."

At the rally, the alliance's assistant coordinator, Advocate Mainuddin Majumder, said, "The sound of the fall of the Baksali government is being heard this evening. Their unprecedented vote theft in the Supreme Court Bar and Dhaka Bar elections has proven that it is not possible to organize the upcoming 12th National Parliament elections properly under this illegal government."

The rally was also addressed by Nationalist Citizens' Party President Shahzada Syed Mohammad Omar Faruk Pirsaheb, Constitution Preservation Council President Advocate Atiqur Rahman, Nationalist Law Teachers' Council President Advocate Abu Hanif, Nationalist Liberation War-71 President Heroic Freedom Fighter Ansar Rahman Sikder, Bangladesh Democratic Council President Sheikh Alim Ullah Alim and General Secretary Md. Tofail Ahmed Majumder, Zia Citizens' Sangsad General Secretary Asadul Haque Ohidul, Bangladesh Jubo Oikya Parishad General Secretary Shariful Islam Sharif and other top leaders of the alliance.

A 12-party alliance has formed a human chain in Dhaka in a series of simultaneous movements to achieve 10-point demands, including the resignation of the illegal government, the release of all political prisoners including Begum Khaleda Zia, and a reduction in the prices of daily necessities. This Saturday morning, the top leaders of the alliance, while forming a human chain on the road adjacent to the Bijoynagar water tank in the capital, said that there is no alternative to the movement to overthrow the government in one go. By overthrowing this illegal government through a mass movement, electoral democracy will be restored in the country under a non-partisan and impartial government and the right of the people to vote will be re-established.

The human chain was chaired by Jatiya Party Chairman Mustafa Jamal Haider and moderated by Bangladesh Kalyan Party Joint Secretary General Abdullah Al Hasan Shakib. Bangladesh Kalyan Party Chairman Major General (retd) Syed Muhammad Ibrahim, Bir Pratik, Bangladesh Labor Party Chairman Mostafizur Rahman Iran, Bangladesh National Party Chairman Advocate Syed Ehsanul Huda, Bangladesh LDP Secretary General Shahadat Hossain Selim, National Democratic Party (NDP) Chairman Qari Muhammad Abu Taher, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh Secretary General Mufti Golam Mohiuddin Ikram, Bangladesh Muslim League (BML) Chairman Advocate Sheikh Zulfikar Bulbul Chowdhury, Jatiya Ganatantrik Party (JAGPA) General Secretary Iqbal Hossain, NAP-Bhasani Chairman Advocate Azharul Islam, Bangladesh Islamic Party Secretary General Abul Kashem, Top leaders of the 12-party alliance, including Maulana Abdul Karim, Secretary General of the Islamic Unity Alliance.
The top leaders of the 12-party alliance said in the human chain that the peaceful movement of the opposition parties across the country is being obstructed and harassed in various ways. At the same time, a mass arrest campaign has begun. Political leaders and activists of the opposition parties are being arrested indiscriminately.
They said that the democracy of the Awami League government, the soul agent of the spirit of the Liberation War, has today turned into a war system. Having failed to confront the opponent democratically, they are expressing their helplessness due to lack of public support by resorting to assault cases, arrests and various other tactics.
The speakers said, "If you have made so much progress, why are you afraid of not getting the people's votes? Why are you afraid of elections under an impartial government? Why are you trying to do a hat trick of winning without votes by losing trust in the people and using administration and muscle power?"

They also said that the situation in the country is very bad. A group of godfather bandits have looted the country and made a fortune and smuggled money abroad. The businessmen of the government party have created an artificial crisis by forming a syndicate and raising the prices of rice, pulses, flour, oil, salt, fish, meat, eggs and even the protein farm chicken of the poor from 130/140 to 250 taka. A silent famine has begun in the country. In this situation, the anti-people illegal government is increasing the prices of fuel, gas and electricity in stages!!

They said, the illegal unelected Sheba Das government has taken the country to bankruptcy through its secret power deal with Assam. The power import agreement with the Adani Group must be canceled immediately. The public outcry in favor of the 10-point demands, including the release of all political prisoners including Begum Khaleda Zia, will sweep away the illegal government. The resignation of the government by dissolving the parliament has become the only demand of the country and the people.

‘A fraudster and two associates have been arrested on charges of defrauding people by sending them abroad under the guise of 'MP Mizanur'. Parliament security personnel arrested three members of the fraudster gang during the National Parliament session last Saturday. They are on a three-day remand at the Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station in the capital.

This gang has extorted crores of taka from at least 40 people by promising to send them to the European country Kosovo. The fake MP Shamimur Rahman alias Atiq alias MP Mizanur was assisted in this work by Rahul Hossain, a computer operator appointed as the master roll of the Parliament Secretariat. Through him, the alleged MP used to collect passes to enter the Parliament and regularly come and go to the Parliament. In addition, numerous people who wanted to go abroad were cheated by giving them the opportunity to enter the Parliament with the gate passes.

The victims of the fraud, Mehedi Hasan of Barguna, Nahidul Islam of Natore and Aminul Haque of Habiganj, have filed a case against Shamimur Rahman and his associates at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station. The investigation officer of the case, Sub-Inspector Anwar Hossain Khan, told Samakal on Wednesday night that the three-day remand of the accused will end on Thursday. The case has been filed on charges of impersonating an MP and embezzling Tk 16 lakh 92 thousand by cheating. An investigation is underway.

Mehedi Hasan, the plaintiff in the case, said that Shamimur Rahman alias Mizanur's home is in Jagatpur, Titas Upazila, Comilla. In Dhaka, he lives in Mohammadpur Housing Society. He also implicated his wife Moutusi Rahman in the fraud. One of Mizanur's associates was Rahul Hossain, a computer operator who was appointed to the master roll of the Parliament Secretariat. His home is in Kamalpur, Mithamoin, Kishoreganj district. In Dhaka, he lives in Satmasjid Housing, Mohammadpur.

Mehedi Hasan alleged that Shamimur Rahman introduced himself as MP Mizanur and collected blood samples from him through Rahul, the computer operator of the Parliament House, claiming to be sending him to Kosovo with a government job. Mizanur charged 594,000 taka for medical fees at various times. The last time he charged 66,000 taka on the ground floor of the Parliament House on February 29.
The case report states that Mizanur took Tk 660,000 from 40 people for medical fees and Tk 92,000 each for emergency police clearance from 23 people. Last Friday, he took Tk 940,000 from 15 people at the Metsafe restaurant on the second floor of the Parliament Club, saying that a team from the Kosovo Embassy would come to interview those interested in going abroad.

People started to suspect Mizanur as there was no embassy team during the interview. At one point, they learned that Mizanur was a fake MP and the woman posing as a representative of the Kosovo embassy on the interview board was his wife, Moutusi Rahman.

বিএনপির সরকারবিরোধী এক দফা আন্দোলনে নিহত আব্দুর রশীদের পরিবারের পাশে দাঁড়িয়েছে দলটি। বিএনপির ভারপ্রাপ্ত চেয়ারম্যান তারেক রহমানের পক্ষ থেকে আজ মঙ্গলবার আব্দুর রশীদের পরিবারের হাতে আর্থিক অনুদান তুলে দেওয়া হয়।

গুলশানে দলের চেয়ারপারসনের রাজনৈতিক কার্যালয় থেকে এই অনুদান তুলে দেন ঢাকা মহানগর উত্তর বিএনপির সদস্য সচিব আমিনুল হক। এছাড়া রশীদের সন্তানদের লেখাপড়ার দায়িত্বও নেন।

গত বছরের ২৯ অক্টোবর রাজধানীর মোহাম্মদপুর এলাকায় ছাদ থেকে ফেলে রশীদকে হত্যা করা হয়েছে বলে দাবি দলটির। তিনি আদাবর থানার সাবেক যুবদল নেতা এবং আদাবর থানা ৩০ নম্বর ওয়ার্ড বিএনপির স্থানীয় সরকারবিষয়ক সম্পাদক ছিলেন। ওইদিন হরতালের সমর্থনে মিছিল শেষে ফেরার সময় আওয়ামী লীগের নেতাকর্মীরা পিটিয়ে একটি নির্মাণাধীন ভবনের ছাদ থেকে ফেলে তাঁকে হত্যা করেছে বলে জানান আমিনুল হক।

তিনি জানান, আব্দুর রশীদের দুই শিশু সন্তান। এদের মধ্যে একজন তৃতীয় শ্রেণির ছাত্রী। আরেকজন দ্বিতীয় শ্রেণির ছাত্র। তাদের পুরো লেখাপড়ার পাশাপাশি অন্যান্য খরচও দল থেকে বহন করা হবে।

আমিনুল হক জানান, আন্দোলনের মধ্যে সারাদেশে একটি ভীতিকর পরিস্থিতি তৈরি করতেই আব্দুর রশীদকে পরিকল্পিতভাবে ছাদ থেকে ফেলে হত্যা করা হয়েছে।

আর্থিক সহায়তা অনুষ্ঠানে আরও উপস্থিত ছিলেন বিএনপি চেয়ারপারসনের উপদেষ্টা আবুল খায়ের ভূঁইয়া, মহানগর উত্তর বিএনপির নেতা আনোয়ারুজ্জামান আনোয়ার, ফেরদৌসী রহমান মিষ্টি, মোস্তাফিজুর রহমান সেগুন, আতাউর রহমান চেয়ারম্যানসহ স্থানীয় বিএনপি নেতাকর্মীরা।