Two Gonoforum lawmakers-elect yesterday wrote to the Speaker expressing their willingness to take oath on March 7.

The Awami League used party men, police and administration officials to influence the 11th parliamentary polls, BNP-led Jatiya Oikyafront leaders said yesterday at a “mass hearing”.

The High Court (HC) rejects a writ petition that challenged the legality of oath taking by lawmakers elected in the December 30 general election.

BNP yesterday lauded the Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) study over irregularities in the December 30 national election and said it was a “cause for heartburn” for both the government and the Election Commission.

Leftists reject the recent election of Bangladesh alleging that state mechanisms were orchestrated to pull a victory of the Awami League.

The national election of December 30 has turned the life of Mofiz Uddin upside down -- and all for supporting BNP.

The government has appointed personal secretaries to new ministers, state ministers and deputy ministers.

Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad, who declared himself the leader of the opposition in parliament, now wants the status of a deputy prime minister. But such a post does not exist.

Almost 82 percent of the lawmakers for the 11th parliament have assets worth more than Tk 1 crore, civil society platform Shushashoner Jonnoy Nagorik (Shujan) said in a report yesterday.

Ambassador of Switzerland to Bangladesh René Holenstein says Switzerland commended all parties for their participation in 11th Parliamentary Elections in Bangladesh.

Congratulatory messages have been pouring in for Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her party Awami League.

A three-member BNP delegation, led by its Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, yesterday met US Ambassador to Bangladesh Earl R Miller and discussed various issues relating to Sunday's national election.

The Jatiya Party does not want to sit on the opposition bench in parliament.

President Abdul Hamid invites Awami League President Sheikh Hasina to form government as she gains the confidence of the majority of the members of the Parliament.

In the first parliament 45 years ago, none of the parties was recognised as official opposition due to their poor strength in the House.

Condemning violence in Bangladesh, the United Nations has urged all sides to show restraint and ensure a peaceful post electoral environment in the country.

Four university students remain missing since they were allegedly picked up by plainclothes men in the capital's Farmgate area on Saturday, the day before national election.

Terming the 11th national election “farcical”, Islami Andolon Bangladesh (IAB) yesterday rejected the polls result and demanded immediate re-election under a non-partisan government.

A journalist has been arrested in Khulna in a case filed under the Digital Security Act for publishing “false” information on the number of votes cast in a constituency during Sunday's polls.

Previous parliamentary opposition Jatiya Party (JP) expresses dissatisfaction over the outcome of the 11th parliamentary election held Sunday.