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BNP’s Kayser Kamal sends legal notice to Jugantor editor over ‘false and defamatory’ report

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Jul 13, 2025 20:33
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Jul 13, 2025 20:33

BNP’s law affairs secretary Barrister Kaysar Kamal has issued a legal notice to Jugantor editor Abdul Hye Sikder, accusing the newspaper of publishing “false and defamatory” news.

The notice, sent on Sunday, refers to a report titled “BNP’r Chadabajir Boli Sohag” (BNP’s extortion victim Sohag), published on 12 July in both the print and online editions, according to a report by bdnews24.com’s Bangla edition.

Kamal claims the report was false, fabricated, and aimed at damaging the party’s image.

The BNP leader has asked Jugantor to apologise and withdraw the report within five days. If not, he says, legal action will follow.

As the report was published under the byline “staff correspondent,” Kamal noted, the notice was addressed to the editor.​

 

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Conspiracies ongoing to destroy nationalist forces, Mirza Fakhrul alleges

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has alleged that a conspiracy is underway in Bangladesh to destroy the country’s nationalist forces. He claimed that the recent smear campaigns are part of a calculated effort to eliminate those political elements...

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Conspiracies ongoing to destroy nationalist forces, Mirza Fakhrul alleges

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Updated: 13 Jul 2025, 23: 02

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir addresses as the chief guest a programme to launch a book on Tarique Rahman at a Dhaka hotel on 13 July 2025 Prothom Alo

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has alleged that a conspiracy is underway in Bangladesh to destroy the country’s nationalist forces.

He claimed that the recent smear campaigns are part of a calculated effort to eliminate those political elements, particularly BNP’s acting chairman Tarique Rahman, the person with a potential and who is on the rise now.

Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir was speaking as the chief guest at the launch of a book on Tarique Rahman at a hotel in Gulshan in the capital this afternoon, Sunday.

Alleging that there has been a cyberattack on the BNP, Mirza Fakhrul said, “There has been a coordinated cyberattack from all directions. This has been planned to demean and erase the BNP. Most dangerously, for the first time, our leader Tarique Rahman has come under direct attack. You’ve noticed how he’s being targeted by name, which is very alarming.”

Urging the BNP leaders and activists to be prepared for a “cyber battle,” Mirza Fakhrul stated, “The media landscape has changed. It’s no longer just newspapers and television that influence public opinion; nowadays social media has been influencing people heavily.”

He urged the youth to take the lead in countering disinformation. “Young people need to step up in the field of information technology. We must respond to false propaganda immediately and effectively,” the BNP Secretary General stressed.

Dismissing the idea that BNP could be easily defeated, Mirza Fakhrul said you can’t just snap your fingers and wipe BNP out. BNP has protested, and proved that it knows how to rise from the ruins.

Speaking about the party’s acting chairman Tarique Rahman, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul said, “I have been working with him (Tarique Rahman) directly since Madam (Khaleda Zia) was imprisoned. He has exceptional organisational capabilities, something rare among politicians. He can mobilise massive support in a short time and has reached the grassroots across Bangladesh.”

The event was chaired by Md. Ismail Jabiullah, a member of the BNP chairperson’s advisory council.

Other speakers included Tarique Rahman’s adviser Mahdi Amin, economist Professor Mahbub Ullah, BNP education affairs secretary Professor Morshed Hasan Khan, political analyst Zahed Ur Rahman, and Dean of the Dental Faculty at the Bangladesh Medical University, Dr. Sakhawat Hossain Saynth.

A book “Tarique Rahman: The Hope of Bangladesh”, published by Z Man Production on behalf of the BNP, was launched at the programme.

The book is edited by Shahidul Islam Khan, with executive editor Abdur Rahman Noor, associate editor Rezwanul Haque, and assistant editor Mehedi Arzan.

Spanning 324 pages, the book includes 11 chapters covering Tarique Rahman’s personal and political life, his rise in BNP, his controversial arrest, and his vision for rebuilding the country.​

 

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BNP should abandon political culture of extortion

THE brutal murder of a scrap trader near Sir Salimullah Medical College in Dhaka on July 9 is a betrayal of sacrifices of the martyrs of the July uprising, which topped the authoritarian Awami League regime in hopes for a political culture to uphold democratic values. The victim was repeatedly...

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BNP should abandon political culture of extortion
13 July, 2025, 00:00

THE brutal murder of a scrap trader near Sir Salimullah Medical College in Dhaka on July 9 is a betrayal of sacrifices of the martyrs of the July uprising, which topped the authoritarian Awami League regime in hopes for a political culture to uphold democratic values. The victim was repeatedly hit with a large chunk of concrete in daylight, with dozens watching. The police and the family said a long-standing feud with Jatiyatabadi Juba Dal leaders over control of the scrap trade and territorial dominance in the area led to the murder. The event instantly brought back memories of a similar murder that took place in 2012 when tailor Biswajit Das was killed while the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, the party in the opposition that time, held a nationwide blockade. The similarities sadly mark the rigidity of mainstream political culture that treats the youth as organised party muscle. As the killing sparked off protests, the law enforcement agencies already arrested five of the accused. But arrest is not enough. It should systematically prevent extortion syndicates in the changed political context.

The Jatiyatabadi Juba Dal has, meanwhile, expelled five, one of whom is arrested, over their alleged involvement in the murder. The party’s action, however, appears superficial because the problem runs deep in its party culture. Since the fall of the Awami League regime in August 2024, the party’s affiliate organisations have been more interested in extortion, the way Awami League people did, than contributing to a democratic transition. Instead of making a clear departure from the political culture that relies on extortion and control of public places, the involvement of BNP activists is named in criminal activities, including the grab of local Awami League party offices to try to establish control over the extortion ring that AL leaders left behind. There are also allegations against senior BNP leaders that they are extorting from businesses owned by errant members of the Awami League. The Bangladesh Nationalist party needs to acknowledge that the party has failed to orient its members with democratic values and continues with the culture that is more about personal gains than serving the nation and working for the greater good.

The government should, therefore, stop treating extortion cases as isolated incidents but take steps to uproot the extortion culture. In doing so, it should expedite the legal proceedings to set a precedent that no one will be spared for involvement in extortion. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party should reconsider its action and decide whether it should continue to function as organised muscle devoid of any ideological orientation or make a transition to become a democratic party.​