Awami league
Graft case: SC upholds 3-yr jail for Alamgir’s son
The Supreme Court upholds the three-year jail sentence of former Awami League lawmaker Dr Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir’s son Joy Alamgir in a corruption case.
7 April 2016, 07:33 AM
Faruk killing: Arrest order for Tangail AL MP, 9 others
A Tangail court issues arrest warrant against 10 fugitives including an Awami League lawmaker and his three brothers in a case filed for killing Tangail AL leader and freedom fighter Faruk Ahmed.
6 April 2016, 07:52 AM
Star editor gets bail in Shariatpur
The Daily Star Editor and Publisher Mahfuz Anam today secured bail in two defamation cases in Shariatpur.
4 April 2016, 05:48 AM
Suranjit pulls up EC over UP polls role
Ruling Awami League leader Surnajit Sengupta lambastes the Election Commission over its “failure to prevent violence in the union parishad elections”.
1 April 2016, 13:16 PM
Post-poll violence leaves 35 hurt, 15 houses burnt
At least 35 people are injured in Brahmanbaria and Jhenidah while 15 houses are burnt in Natore in separate incidents of post-post violence, following yesterday's union parishad (UP) polls.
1 April 2016, 09:00 AM
Polls fair: AL
Citing an oblique reference to the first phase of Union Parishad elections, the ruling Awami League claims that the second phase of UP polls is held in a free, fair and peaceful manner.
31 March 2016, 14:11 PM
10th session of JS starts April 24
The 10th parliament will go into its 10th session on April 24, after a 54-day recess.
30 March 2016, 13:04 PM
Cheque bounce case: Toki’s father sent to jail
A Narayanganj court sends Rafiur Rabbi, father of slain teen Toki, to jail in connection with a cheque bounce case filed by a relative of Awami League lawmaker Shamim Osman.
29 March 2016, 13:29 PM
Pro-AL candidates bag SCBA polls
Awami League-backed panel Sammilita Ainjibi Samannaya Parishad (SASP) wins eight posts including president among 14 posts in the Supreme Court Bar Association election.
25 March 2016, 03:46 AM
Ekramul murder: Stay on Minar’s bail extended
The Supreme Court extends for two weeks its earlier stay order on bail of BNP leader Mahtab Uddin Minar in Feni’s Fulgazi upazila chairman Ekramul Haque murder case.
24 March 2016, 07:29 AM
Desperation for win led to Mathbaria bloodshed
An Awami League leader's desperate attempts to clinch victory for his party favourite in Tuesday's polls to Dhanisafa union parishad cost five lives in Mathbaria of Pirojpur, according to locals.
23 March 2016, 18:00 PM
UP polls: AL wins 356 chairman posts, BNP 30
Awami League-backed chairman candidates won elections in 356 union parishads while contestants from its arch rival BNP’s camp won in 30.
23 March 2016, 09:29 AM
Polls free, claims AL
The ruling Awami League has claimed that the union parishad election was held in a free, spontaneous, and transparent manner while its political opponent BNP termed the polls “farcical under a partisan Election Commission”.
22 March 2016, 18:00 PM
5 killed as BGB opens fire to stop ballot snatching
UP polls: 5 persons have been killed when BGB opened fire to stop ballot snatching after vote casting in Mathbaria upazila of Pirojpur, cops say.
22 March 2016, 16:11 PM
UP polls: Vote counting begins
Voting in 717 Union Parishads (UPs) in 37 districts of the country ends at 4pm today amid various irregularities and sporadic violence in various districts.
22 March 2016, 10:43 AM
Man killed in Jhalakathi, polling officers shot in Noakhali
Two presiding officers are shot in Noakhali as reports of gunfire came from voting centres in Patuakhali and Satkhira during the first phase of union parishad elections.
22 March 2016, 03:39 AM
Why Manna should not be granted bail
The High Court yesterday asked the government to explain within three weeks why Nagorik Oikya Convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna, now in jail, should not be granted bail in two cases.
21 March 2016, 18:00 PM
1 killed, 2 bullet-hit in Noakhali BCL infighting
A member of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) is killed and two others hit by bullets in a clash between two factional groups of the student wing of the ruling Awami League in Sadar upazila of Noakhali.
21 March 2016, 16:31 PM
AL distorted Khaleda’s statement: Fakhrul
BNP acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir claims that ruling Awami League distorted Khaleda Zia’s statement to mislead the people.
21 March 2016, 08:12 AM
Ctg AL leader new ambassador to Kuwait
The Government has decided to appoint Vice President of Chittagong (South) Awami League SM Abul Kalam as the next Ambassador of Bangladesh to Kuwait.
20 March 2016, 07:43 AM