Don't form committees with family members or relatives

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader today asked his party men not to form any committee comprised of "family members or relatives".
26 January 2023, 15:45 PM

Ex-BNP lawmaker Selim Reza gets bail

A Dhaka court today granted bail to former BNP lawmaker Selim Reza Habib in a case filed over a clash between the party men and police on December 7 last year in Dhaka's Nayapaltan.
26 January 2023, 15:41 PM

Natore MP 'assaults' local AL leaders

Natore Awami League General Secretary Shariful Islam Ramzan and former joint secretary Mortuza Ali Bablu were allegedly assaulted by lawmaker Shafiqul Islam Shimul and his men over an internal conflict in the party.
26 January 2023, 13:26 PM

Now Murad granted pardon from party

After withdrawing expulsion of former Gazipur City Corporation mayor Zahangir Alam from his party post, the ruling Awami League has now granted a pardon for disgraced former state minister Murad Hassan.
26 January 2023, 12:59 PM

BNP announces 4-day march in Dhaka from Jan 28

The BNP today announced a four-day march programme in Dhaka to push for their 10-point demand, which includes holding the national election under a non-partisan government
26 January 2023, 05:53 AM

BNP goes for fresh agitation

The BNP yesterday announced that it would hold divisional rallies on February 4 as part of the ongoing simultaneous movement by the party and its like-minded political platforms.
25 January 2023, 18:00 PM

EC not upset by suspension of EVM project

Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal yesterday said they were not disappointed over the suspension of a proposal for buying two lakh electronic voting machines.
25 January 2023, 18:00 PM

‘Please point out my failures, I’ll correct them’

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked the main opposition in parliament to point out if there was any failure on her part and said she would correct herself accordingly.
25 January 2023, 18:00 PM

Presidential election on February 19

The next presidential election will be held on February 19.
25 January 2023, 18:00 PM

BNP’s Milon, Kokhon walk out of Keraniganj jail

BNP leaders Fazlur Huq Milon and Khairul Kabir Khokon got released on bail from Keraniganj jail yesterday.
25 January 2023, 18:00 PM

AL yet to swing into action

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said his party is only rehearsing and the BNP’s movement would be gone once the “game” begins in full swing.
25 January 2023, 18:00 PM

AL-backed panel wins Juta election

The ruling Awami League-backed teachers' panel won the election to the executive council of Jahangirnagar University Teachers' Association (Juta) defeating the BNP-backed panel today.
25 January 2023, 14:50 PM

Game has not started yet: Quader

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader today said the game of the country's politics is still in its early stage and the BNP's mass movement will be lost if the game begins in full swing.
25 January 2023, 12:56 PM

BNP to hold divisional rallies on Feb 4: Fakhrul

BNP will hold rallies at all divisional headquarters across the country on February 4 to press home its 10-point demand, including unconditional release of its leaders and activists.
25 January 2023, 12:18 PM

As BNP holds rally, AL men also take to streets

While the BNP prepares to hold a protest rally in the capital today, leaders and activists of the ruling Awami League have taken to the streets for rallies of their own, like they did on days of BNP programmes in the recent past.
25 January 2023, 07:25 AM

Protest Programmes: BNP plans to get back momentum

Fearing that their programmes are losing steam, top BNP leaders are considering new programmes that would bring back the pace to the movement for national election under a non-partisan interim administration.
24 January 2023, 18:00 PM

AL seeks to keep BNP at bay

The ruling Awami League will hold counter programmes today as the BNP and like-minded parties will stage protest rallies in the capital and other divisional headquarters.
24 January 2023, 18:00 PM

B’baria by-polls: Central AL leader joins Sattar's campaign

A central Awami League leader has joined the campaign for expelled BNP leader advocate Abdus Sattar Bhuiyan, who is running for the Brahmanbaria-2 by-polls as an independent candidate.
24 January 2023, 16:56 PM

150 constituencies: EC’s EVM dream over, for now

The government has shelved a proposal for buying two lakh electronic voting machines, forcing the Election Commission to change its plan for using the machines in up to 150 constituencies in the next general polls.
23 January 2023, 18:00 PM

BNP-Jamaat ‘clique’ conspiring ahead of polls: minister

BNP-Jamaat and the far left and right quarters are conspiring as the election inches closer, Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque told parliament yesterday.
23 January 2023, 18:00 PM