Tag: Tarique Rahman
দুর্নীতির মামলায় জামিন নিয়ে যুক্তরাজ্যে যাওয়ার পর বিএনপি নেতা তারেক রহমানকে যুক্তরাষ্ট্রে প্রবেশে নিষেধাজ্ঞা দেওয়ার সুপারিশ করে ২০০৮ সালের নভেম্বরে তৎকালীন মার্কিন রাষ্ট্রদূত জেমস এফ. মরিয়ার্টি পররাষ্ট্র দপ্তরে একটি গোপন তারবার্তা পাঠিয়েছিলেন। সিনিয়র সাংবাদিক ও…
Al-Qaeda was formed in 1988 by Saudi-origin Osama bin Laden, along with key figures like Muhammad Atef and Abu Ubaidah al-Banshiri, in Peshawar, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. It originated from a network of Arab fighters who…
The alarming rise in violence against women and children in Bangladesh persists even after the change in government, with no signs of abatement—and in many cases, an apparent increase—according to human rights organizations and experts.…
The BNP-Jamaat-Yunus clique has brazenly betrayed Bangladesh’s sovereignty and national interests through their reckless involvement in the discriminatory US reciprocal trade agreement signed on February 9, 2026, and their ongoing attempts to finalize a defense…
The BNP-led government has decided to award the Independence Award (posthumously) to former Prime Minister, BNP chairperson and wife of the country’s first military dictator General Ziaur Rahman, Begum Khaleda Zia, for her overall contribution…
Ever since the July conspirators took office in August 2024, they have withdrawn their cases and convictions in various cases, filed for corruption, the 10-truck arms smuggling and the August 21 terrorist attack of 2004.…
Human rights advocacy group Write For Rights has issued an urgent press release calling on the Bangladeshi government to launch a comprehensive crackdown on religious extremists and militants, warning that their growing influence threatens national…
Bangladesh’s recently signed reciprocal trade agreement with the United States faces fresh uncertainty following the US Supreme Court’s landmark ruling, which struck down President Donald Trump’s broad emergency tariffs as unlawful. The decision has prompted…
In the wake of widespread unrest and violence during the July-August 2024 protests, which claimed the lives of at least 44 police officers in targeted attacks and mob violence, the appointment of a new Inspector…
In a brazen display of shameless hypocrisy and outright betrayal of Bangladesh’s liberation spirit, Prime Minister Tarique Rahman—the very man who now sits atop the nation’s power structure after a blood-soaked power grab—dared to attend an Iftar…
The BNP-led government has approved the withdrawal of an additional 1,006 cases against leaders and activists of BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami, as announced by Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed on Sunday. According to a message from Deputy Chief Information…
Sheikh Rabiul Alam, the newly appointed Minister for Road Transport, Railways, and Shipping, has brazenly dismissed widespread extortion in the transport sector as mere “consensual contributions.” This BNP leader, whose own hands are stained with…
A mafia godfather-turned-prime minister, Tarique Rahman, in his first national address, painted a rosy picture of unity, security, and democratic revival, pledging to transform the nation into a “safe haven” for all citizens regardless of religion, party…
BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman, the son of military dictator General Ziaur Rahman and three-time premier Khaleda Zia, was sworn in on Tuesday as the country’s 11th prime minister, marking the party’s triumphant return to power…
Awami League President and Prime Minister in exile Sheikh Hasina has called on the BNP to lift the ban on her party if it comes to power in the upcoming elections, emphasising the need for…
Veteran Bangladeshi journalist Masuda Bhatti has unleashed a torrent of criticism in a scathing video analysis released from her exile against the country’s entrenched political culture, which she argues has paved the way for the triumphant return…
In a strongly worded virtual address to Awami League supporters, former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina sharply criticised Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) acting chairman Tarique Rahman for denying allegations of widespread corruption during the BNP-led government…
The Jamaat-controlled International Crimes Tribunal (ICT-BD) has received the five formal charges pressed against former prime minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina, her home minister and the police chief for mass killings of the…
This is the compilation of a three-part series on corruption, politics and violence during the 2001-06 period based on secret US embassy documents. It was first published in Dhaka Tribune. BNP leaders claim that all…
The ruling Awami League has been in power since 2009. Its archrival BNP has often declared dates during intense public protests, notably before the general elections of 2014 and 2018, but has been unable to…
Mahtab Khamaru, the second-in-command of hanged JMB chief Bangla Bhai, was arrested in 2005 but subsequently released since then Prime Minister Khaleda Zia’s elder son Tarique Rahman had asked the home state minister to do…
বিএনপির মুখপত্র সোমবার উইকিলিকসের সমালোচনা করতে গিয়ে বিশ্বকাঁপানো এই ওয়েবসাইটের তথ্যের সত্যতা নিয়ে প্রশ্ন তুলে ফেললেন (মাথাটা একদম গেছে)। সাথে সেই সাধারন মন্তব্যটাও করলেন—সব ষড়যন্ত্র (অবশ্যই আওয়ামীলীগের!)। যাদের কথা নিয়ে তারবার্তাটি লেখা সেই আমেরিকার সরকার…