Awami League (AL)

AL, BNP in overdrive to woo allies

The ruling Awami League and its arch-rival the BNP are working to bring like-minded political parties into their fold ahead of the next parliamentary election.
3 October 2022, 02:00 AM

BNP’s right to peaceful assembly is inalienable

Government must deliver on promises made to opposition parties
14 September 2022, 12:21 PM
8 September 2022, 11:45 AM

Attacks on BNP a worrying sign for the future

Where is the level playing field promised by the EC?
28 August 2022, 12:51 PM

“I know very well who’s conspiring against AL, me before election”

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (August 3, 2022) said that conspiracy is being intensified to remove her from power as national election is approaching.
3 August 2022, 10:51 AM

And the Nobel Prize for Violence Goes to…

No, silly, there is no such prize for violence. That’s just a conversation starter. After all, what better way to invoke the mighty Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) than with a nod to violence?
7 June 2022, 18:00 PM

Revive zila parishads to better serve people

Authorities must take steps to turn the zila parishads into powerful institutions
1 June 2022, 11:25 AM

Next election will be free, credible: Quader

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader today assured that the next general election will be held in free and credible manner and urged all registered political parties to participate the election.
8 May 2022, 14:00 PM

Won’t join national polls if Hasina remains in power: Fakhrul

There is no question of participating in the next parliamentary election unless the current AL government resigns, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said today, (May 8, 2022).
8 May 2022, 09:49 AM

Same laws operate differently for Khaleda Zia & Haji Salim?

Both BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and Awami League MP Haji Salim are convicts. Both needed treatment abroad. Even though family members of Khaleda Zia have asked the law minister and government repeatedly to take her abroad for medical treatment, they were denied by the authorities. Yet Haji Salim, who's been convicted for 10 years over corruption, has returned home after receiving medical treatment in Bangkok, Thailand. There has been soaring criticism in the national media regarding the treatment by the government in regard to the two convicts.
7 May 2022, 15:01 PM

2 AL ‘activists’ killed in Jhenidah infighting

Two supposed activists of Awami League (AL) are killed during a clash between rival groups of the ruling party in Jhenidah’s Shailakupa upazila.
11 May 2020, 11:23 AM

'Resisting militancy, communalism AL’s pledge in 21st council'

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader says the pledge of AL in the 21st national council will be eliminating militancy and resisting the communal forces.
19 December 2019, 11:56 AM

‘No foreign political leaders to attend AL’s 21st council’

Awami League is going to arrange its 21st triennial national council on December 20 and 21 to elect the party’s next leadership without presence of political leaders from foreign countries.
2 November 2019, 13:49 PM

10 AL men hurt in rival’s attack in N’ganj

At least ten Awami League leaders and activists were injured in an attack by a rival faction in Sonargaon upazila of Narayanganj. Three vehicles and six idols of a puja mandap were vandalised during the attack.
17 October 2019, 06:06 AM

AL govt transforms country into a Digital Bangladesh: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says the Awami League government has transformed the country into a Digital Bangladesh by making information technology accessible to all, including the marginal people, through efficient, service-oriented and ICT-friendly services in the last ten and a half years.
14 October 2019, 12:33 PM

PM’s birthday today

Today is Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina’s birthday.
27 September 2019, 18:00 PM

AL man stabbed to death in Kushtia

An Awami League (AL) man is stabbed to death and two other members of the party were severely injured in an attack by a rival group over establishing supremacy at Madhpur village in Kushtia Sadar upazila.
26 September 2019, 06:59 AM

12 sub-committees formed for holding AL council: Quader

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader says the party has formed 12 sub-committees for holding its next national council.
18 September 2019, 15:07 PM

126 UZ chairmen may lose AL posts

Scores of Awami League leaders, who ran for upazila parishad chairman’s office as rebel candidates and won, are likely to lose their posts in the ruling party.
7 September 2019, 18:00 PM

AL never believes in religious differences: PM

Mentioning that Awami League (AL) never believes in religious differences, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urges members of the Hindu community not to undermine themselves by saying minority.
4 September 2019, 14:27 PM