An Awami League activist was killed in a so-called “gunfight” between police and his cohorts in an isolated char area in Kushtia early hours yesterday.

An activist of ruling Awami League with criminal background have been killed in what police described as “gunfight” in Kushtia’s Daulatpur.

Communist Party of China assures Bangladesh of convincing Myanmar government to resolve the Rohingya problem permanently. The assurance comes from a meeting in Beijing between the CPC and visiting 18-member Awami League delegation headed by its presidium member Lt Col (retd) Faruk Khan.

The ruling Awami League-led 14-party alliance have rejected Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s first address to the nation after military crackdown in Rakhine state since August 25 that forced the thousands of Rohingyas to flee to Bangladesh.

Ruling party Awami League calls upon the international community to mount pressure on Myanmar to repatriate the Rohingyas residing in Bangladesh.

Some parties consider it achievable, some need more time to do so and there are many others who consider it a distant goal.

BNP calls upon the ruling Awami League to step down from the government, showing respect to the observations of 16th constitutional amendment verdict.

Ruling Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday alleged that a vested quarter was drawing up a plan abroad to put the country in a severe political turmoil and grab state power.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir claims that ruling Awami League is creating a violent situation centering the 16th amendment verdict to retain power.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, as the chief of the government and the

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir terms the meeting of the prime minister with the president over 16th amendment verdict as “unprecedented” and accuses the government of hatching conspiracy to “snatching independence of the judiciary”.

Two persons, including a ruling Awami League activist, were hacked to death in Jhenidah and Magura on Monday night.

Amid allegations of gross misuse of the ICT Act's section 57, the ruling Awami League has directed the party men to obtain permission

The Awami League alleges that the BNP with ill intentions was trying to make it an opponent of the judiciary.

Ruling Awami League and its political arch-rival BNP are sensing the new polarisation in politics ahead of the upcoming general election and they see it as a positive sign for democracy.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says the incumbent government's continuity of tenure ensured a steady development campaign directly benefitting people and earned Bangladesh a dignified status in international arena.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the Awami League needed another term of office to implement mega projects to turn

The BNP yesterday alleged that the deposits by Bangladeshis in Swiss banks rose sharply as the Awami League men were siphoning off their ill-gotten money there.

The BNP yesterday said the Awami League general secretary's latest comment on the polls-time supportive government was an

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday called upon people to give their verdict in favour of Awami League in the upcoming elections to maintain the pace of development.