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MNA National Desk: Different political parties, including ruling Awami League, and other socio-cultural organisations on Friday observed the 16th anniversary of the grisly grenade attack on an Awami League (AL) anti-terrorism rally in the capital on August 21, 2004 in a befitting manner. The AL organized a virtual discussion at its central office at Bangabandhu Avenue in Dhaka this morning marking the 16th anniversary of the gruesome grenade attack. Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina presided over the discussion through a videoconference from her official Ganabhaban residence. AL General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader ...

MNA National Desk: Prime Minister and Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina on Sunday asked her party leaders and workers to remain prepared to tackle any situation if the ongoing flood is lingered. “This year’s flood may be prolonged. The 1998 deluge lasted for the longest period of 69 days, while the 1988 flooding was for two weeks,” she said. The premier added: “If the current flood is prolonged like 1998, we’ll have that type of preparation about what should we do.” Sheikh Hasina said this while addresing a coordination meeting of the AL’s joint general secretaries and organising secretaries ...

MNA National Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will address the nation on March 25, Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader has said. Quader was speaking to reporters at a briefing in Dhaka on Monday. According to a bdnews24 report, the premier is expected to issue directives on the coronavirus outbreak in her speech. Quader also said that the Awami League has cancelled all its programmes planned for March 26 due to the global pandemic. “We cannot take any impulsive decision now. We have to take comprehensive preparations and plan when to do what,” he replied when asked whether Hasina could ...

MNA Editorial Desk: Bangladesh Awami League is the largest political party of the country and being the ruling party for the consecutive third term and its chairman Bangabandhu’s daughter Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has taken this party to such a level that any politically involved person now wants to be a part of it. The easiest way to be a part of Awami League is to be a member of any of its affiliated organizations or wings. There are hundreds of affiliated organizations of this party and hundreds more are in line. People are rushing to be a member of ...

MNA National Desk: Mentioning that the ongoing anti-crime drive will also be conducted across the country, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said many of those involved in various misdeeds are now under the radar of intelligence agencies. “Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has hinted that the drive will be strengthened and those involved in various misdeeds are under the surveillance of intelligence,” he said while talking to reporters at the Bangladesh Secretariat. Replying to a question about the arrest of Jubo League leader Samrat, Awami League General Secretary said, “No one will be spared. Law enforcement agencies ...

MNA National Desk: Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said more than 150 rebel candidates of Awami League in the last upazila election and their patrons will get show-cause notice from Sunday. Quader, also the Road Transport and Bridges Minister, came up with the information at a press conference at Awami League President’s Office on Saturday, reports UNB. The list of the show-caused leaders will include central to local-level leaders and no sympathy will be shown to anyone when it comes to maintaining organisational discipline, he said. Responding to BNP’s recent criticisms, Quader said there might be some corruption ...

MNA Editorial Desk: Bangladesh Awami League is the oldest political party of the country. It has been active in politics before and after the independence of this nation. For over 70 years, this party has been leading the political environment of Bangladesh and being a part of this party itself is a great achievement for anyone who wants to make a career in politics. On top of that, Awami League being in the government for consecutive third term has made a position inside the party like a golden egg which everyone wants to chase. In this process, many leaders and ...

MNA Editorial Desk: If we want to write the history of Bangladesh, there is no way to complete that without bringing the name of Bangladesh Awami League–the oldest political party of the country. Awami League has huge contribution in every political movement from the Pakistan regime. Without this party and its leader Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, our independence in 1971 would have been a never to be attained dream. Now, Awami league is unavoidably paralleled with the development and progress of our nation. Not only in Bangladesh, Awami League is well regarded in South Asia as one of the pioneering ...

MNA Editorial Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said no one can destroy Bangladesh Awami League as it is a well-organised political party having numerous achievements during its 70-year history of struggle. “Awami League is one of the well-organised oldest political parties of this subcontinent. No one could tear the party to shreds through hundreds of attacks and won’t be able to do so in the future, Inshallah,” she said. The Prime Minister made the remarks while addressing a discussion arranged by Bangladesh Awami League marking its 70th founding anniversary at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) in Dhaka, reports ...

MNA Editorial Desk: Awami League (AL) on Wednesday called upon all to make united efforts to turn the country into a ‘Sonar Bangla’ under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. “Under the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, we will represent a better future before the nation,” AL general secretary Obaidul Quader told a ceremony of exchanging Eid greetings at the party’s central office at Bangabandhu Avenue, BSS reports. Quader, also road transport and bridges minister, said the country is now on the highway of development and the trend would be continued. “We will build a ‘Sonar Bangla’ with ...

MNA National Desk: Ruling Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader is getting well day by day. Quader is now undergoing treatment at Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore. State Minister for Disaster Management and Relief Dr Md Enamur Rahman has posted a photo of Obaidul Quader on his Facebook. In the picture, Quader was seen sitting in middle of two men. Bandages were also seen on both of his hands. Dr Enamur wrote: Alhamdulillah, Alhamdulillah, Alhamdulillah. Bangladesh Awami League General Secretary and honorable minister of Road Transport and Bridges Ministry Obaidul Quader bhai is getting well gradually. His blood pressure and ...

MNA National Desk: BrahmanBaria district wing of Bangladesh Awami Torun League was formed recently. The organization was formed in 2001 according to the directions of former President of Bangladesh Late Zillur Rahman and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s ICT Advisor and son Sajeeb Wazed Joy. Previous committee of it’s BrahmanBaria wing was abolished and new committee was formed. A 71-member full committee was formed declaring Imanuzzaman (Pallab) as president, Rajib Chowdhury as general secretary and Mohammad Delowar Hossain as joint general secretary. The committee was approved on Jan 16 with signatures of organization’s central committee president and general secretary of Supreme ...

MNA Exclusive Desk: Over 300 retired senior public servants, including former chairmen of different commissions, senior secretaries and secretaries, have endorsed Awami League and the government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, reported news agency. The retired public servants expressed their solidarity when they met Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official residence Ganabhaban on Friday. Former Anti-Corruption chairman M Badiuzzaman, former principal secretary Dr Kamal Abdul Naser Chowdhury, former chairman of Energy Regulatory Commission AR Khan, former chairman of Privatization Commission Mollah Wahiduzzaman, ex-comptroller and auditor general of Bangladesh Masud Ahmed, former senior secretaries Mezbah-ul Alam and Unusur Rahman are ...

MNA National Desk: Awami League has determined which of its candidates will contest the upcoming 11th general election under the party banner, reported news agency. The party already started distributing letters to the nominees. The process began around 10am, on Sunday, at the party’s central office on Bangabandhu Avenue in Dhaka. The nominees include Sheikh Hasina (Gopalganj 3 and Rangpur 6), Obaidul Quader (Noakhali 5), Mujibul Haque (Comilla 11), Dr Dipu Moni (Chandpur 3), SM Rezaul Karim (Pirojpur 1), Saifuzzaman Shikhar (Magura 1), Sheikh Fazle Noor Tapash (Dhaka 10), Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal (Dhaka 12), Sadek Khan (Dhaka 13), and Aslamul ...

MNA Editorial Desk: Hopefully Dec 30 is going to be another landmark in the political history of Bangladesh as the 11th national election is scheduled to be held on that day. Heavy movements and showdowns centering this important political event are going on. Awami League has started its nomination process immediately after election schedule declaration. Jatiyo Oikya Front and other parties followed soon. Aspirant nomination seekers, who started campaign in their respective areas even few months back, of two major alliances turned very active to portray their popularity which even resulted in violation of several rules and regulations of electoral ...

MNA National Desk: Amid disagreement among political parties over different issues ahead of the 11th national election, ruling party Awami League has decided to start selling its nomination papers among aspirants from November 9. The nomination aspirants have been asked to collect the nomination papers from Awami League President Sheikh Hasina’s Dhanmondi political office (new building), said a press release signed by Abdus Sobhan Golap, office secretary of the Awami League. The nomination form price was increased to Tk 30 thousand from Tk 25 thousand this time. The selling of the nomination papers will start from 10:00pm, it reads.

MNA Editorial Desk: One word hovering around all the Bangladeshi citizens in recent days is ‘Dialogue’. In light of the current context of the national politics as well as the propinquity of the next national election, it was the demand of every stakeholder. This dialogue was supposed to break the ice among the political parties. It was also anticipated to reach an equilibrium point which will facilitate to hold an election with all parties’ participation. The existing ruling party Awami League is taking everything by the book and is moving towards holding the 11th parliamentary elections resolutely. On the other ...

MNA National Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged people to re-elect the Awami League to allow her party to continue the projects initiated by the present government and lead Bangladesh to development and prosperity. “We declared a plan to modernise everything and it brought changes to people’s lives,” said the prime minister as she inaugurated 321 projects in 56 districts through a videoconference at Ganabhaban, reported news agency. “The election is approaching. The Election Commission will announce the election schedule anytime. We’ll again urge the people to vote for us,” said Hasina. Bangladesh is now on the fast-track to ...

MNA Editorial Desk: The much-talked-about dialogue between the ruling alliance leaders, led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, and the newly-formed Jatiya Oikyafront, led by Dr Kamal Hossain, has begun at the Ganobhabanin Dhaka on Thursday evening. In her introductory speech Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urged all to get united to build the country. Development of the country is now visualized after nine years’ rule of Awami League, she said. The talks began around 7pm. Through the talks with the Oikyafront, the Prime Minister opened her door of discussions over the 11th parliamentary polls before the announcement of its schedule as ...

MNA National Desk: Ruling party General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said Awami League want the upcoming national polls to be competitive and meaningful. Awami League doesn’t expect to score goal on an empty field, he said. Obaidul Quader, also the minister for road transport & bridges, was addressing the 51st founding anniversary of Samyabadi Dal, at the Institution of Engineers Bangladesh (IEB). Samyabadi Dal Secretary General Dilip Barua presided over the event, reported news agency.

MNA National Desk: The killing of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and most of his family members on the fateful night of August 15, 1975 is the ugliest chapter of the nation’s history. The nation on Wednesday will observe the National Mourning Day recalling with a heavy heart Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on the 43rd anniversary of his martyrdom. The self-confessed killers of August 15 did not assassinate Bangabandhu alone, but also killed 16 other members of his family, friends and relatives. They include his wife Begum Fazilatunnesa Mujib, sons Sheikh Kamal, Sheikh Jamal and Sheikh Russell, ...

MNA Editorial Desk: In recent days, the most talked about issue throughout the country seems to be the 11th National Election scheduled to be held by the end of this year. While the participation of the country’s largest opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) under the current electoral format is still under question, the ruling party Awami League (AL) is actively preparing their fields to participate in the upcoming election to regain the power of the government for the third consecutive time. Meanwhile, the Election Commission (EC) is going through a quite busy time as after the new CEC’s taking office ...

MNA National Desk: Ruling Bangladesh Awami League (AL) spokesperson Obaidul Quader on Friday warned foreign diplomats against making any remarks that might hurt their relations with Bangladesh, reported news agency. Also the road transport and bridges minister, Quader issued the warning while talking to newsmen during his visit to Dhaka-Bhanga 4-lane construction site at Kolakandi in Keraniganj of Dhaka district. Apparently reacting to US ambassador’s comments on Bangladesh elections, road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader also asked the foreign diplomats to avoid making such remarks. On Thursday, Bernicat commended the holding of elections to Khulna and Gazipur city corporations ...

MNA National Desk: The Awami League and BNP-backed mayoral aspirants will begin their official campaign from today for the upcoming Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) polls scheduled to be held on June 26. Earlier, AL-backed candidate Jahangir Alam collected his symbol ‘boat’ and BNP-backed Hasan Uddin Sarker collected his symbol ‘paddy stack’ from the regional election commissioner Rakibuddin Mandol, reports news agency. Marking the city corporation election, Gazipur Peshajibi Somonnyo Parishad will organise a view exchange meeting at Gazipur Press Club at 11:00am on June 20. The city corporation has 1.13 million voters in 57 wards. This is the second election ...

MNA National Desk: Awami League mayoral candidate Talukdar Abdul Khaleque was unofficially declared elected in the Khulna City Corporation (KCC) election on Tuesday. Khaleque won the election with a big margin bagging 176,902 votes while his nearest rival Nazurl Islam Manju of BNP polled 108,956 in 286 election centres out of total 289. The voting was suspended in the remaining three centres due to violence, capturing of polling stations and forced stuffing. Returning officer Yunus Ali made the announcement around 9:40pm. The voting began at 8am and ended at 4pm without any break. however, the turnout of voters was said ...

MNA Editorial Desk: Politics in Bangladesh is turning more and more dramatic as we approach the eleventh national election by the end of this year or in early 2019. Many events are making the overall political scenario vulnerable to volatility in the recent months. Though there is no strong election-oriented move yet, so many plots have been created on which we might find seeds laid for chaos in the coming months. Both Awami League and Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), the ruling and main opposition parties, are trying to strengthen their grip over national politics. AL, the ruling party holds a ...

MNA Feature Desk: The Awami League (AL) has paid tributes to its former general secretary and former Water Resources Minister Abdur Razzak on his 6th death anniversary. The veteran leader of Awami League is being remembered for his contribution towards country’s liberation and politics. Razzak dedicated his life to self-determination, peace and freedom of Bengalees. However, on December 23, the great leader breathed his last while he was under medical treatment at Kings College Hospital in London.  He was born on August 1, 1942, in Shariatpur district. Razzak got involved with student politics while he was a school student. He ...