Awami League's decision to not compete for two of the recently vacated seats, rather letting its allies vie for them, is aimed at strengthening its relations with partners ahead of the 12th national election, slated for January 2024.

Activists and leaders of the ruling Awami League and its associate bodies yesterday took position in different places of the city “to prevent any untoward incident” centring the BNP’s procession.

Political activities of the ruling Awami League in 2022 began slowly, after a quiet pandemic, and gathered significant momentum towards the end of the year.

The question is whether the AL, as a ruling party, is capable of countering the opposition camp’s campaign and preparing for the upcoming election at the same time, with its old faithfuls.

AL must stop obstructing the opposition’s right to free assembly

The income of ruling Awami League in 2021 was Tk 21.23 crore, which was Tk 10,33,43,533 in 2020.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today said the current government will face consequences far worse than that of Sri Lanka’s.

Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader says BNP leaders tried to foil the upcoming 11th general election by conspiracy with Pakistani agents.

The ruling Awami League appears to have ignored the electoral law and its own charter in the nomination process for parliamentary candidates in the next national election as the party didn't allow its grassroots leaders to make preliminary selection of contenders.

Hours before Jatiya Oikyafront's maiden rally on Registrar's office ground in Bandarbazar area, ruling Awami League men from across the city started gathering in processions at Court Point, around 100 feet away from Oikyafront's venue.

The Awami League high command is worried as almost all the 300 constituencies have four to five party leaders each vigorously campaigning for nominations in the parliamentary polls, according to AL insiders.

Partners in the Awami League-led 14-party alliance are pushing the AL for finalising their share of nomination in the 11th parliamentary elections slated for December.

At least four persons sustained bullet injuries during an altercation between two factions of local Awami League (AL) unit of Sikalbaha union under Karnaphuli police station in Chittagong Saturday night over establishing their supremacy.

A special tribunal in Khulna sentences nine people including a Union Parishad chairman to death for killing Awami League activist Probhas Roy in Narail last year.

Following the death of Annisul Huq, the Awami League and its archrival BNP are having intra-party informal discussions to pick their best contender for the post of the Dhaka north mayor.

With the next national polls a year away, the ruling Awami League is scaling up its organisational activities while the BNP is focused on drumming up support for a non-partisan election-time government.

The ruling Awami League thinks Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha has stepped down considering his health while its archrival BNP has alleged that he was forced to resign.

Incumbent Mayor Sharfuddin Ahmed Jhantu has got the ruling Awami League's nomination to run for mayor in Rangpur City Corporation polls scheduled for December 21.

The Awami League and its archrival BNP look to summon all their strength to ensure victory in the upcoming mayoral polls to six important city corporations as the elections will be a crucial test of their popularity ahead of the parliamentary polls.

The government, the ruling Awami League and the BNP are happy over Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj's statement on the Rohingya issue as they hope that India's stance on the crisis will expedite the process of achieving a solution.