Both the ruling Awami League and opposition Jatiya Party said they would win the Rangpur City Corporation election today.

Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina yesterday said she accepted leadership of the party this time considering the volatile global economic situation.

The ruling Awami League yesterday drew heavy flak from its left-leaning allies for ignoring them in taking many crucial political decisions  and also for already starting “electioneering” for the next national polls.

Two days after she was declared chairperson of Jatiya Party, Raushan Ershad has convened a meeting of the party’s parliamentary Party (JPPP) tomorrow.

Jatiya Party demands the mayors of Dhaka North and South city corporations to step down from their posts, bringing allegation of misappropriation of Tk 50 crore allocated for mosquito control.

You can call it a typical Jatiya Party flip-flop. Just a day after the JP Parliamentary Party decided to join the Awami League-led grand alliance government, HM Ershad came up with a decision exactly the opposite.

Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad will not be able to take oath today due to his illness.

Jatiya Party, a key component of Awami League-led 14-Party Grand Alliance, will announce tomorrow whether they will remain as the opposition or be part of the government.

Jatiya Party has pledged to “bring back democratic atmosphere” and establish good governance in the country if voted to power in the December 30 national election.

A total of 1841 candidates from different political parties will contest against 300 seats in the 11th parliamentary election scheduled for December 30.

Just four weeks before the December 30 polls, the Jatiya Party in a sudden move yesterday removed Ruhul Amin Hawlader from the secretary general's post and replaced him with State Minister for LGRD Moshiur Rahman Ranga.

Jatiya Party Presidium Member Salma Islam submitted her nomination paper as independent candidate yesterday for contesting from Dhaka-1 in the 11th parliamentary polls.

The 10th parliament sits for the last time today, with the main opposition Jatiya Party setting a rare example in the history of the country's parliamentary democracy.

Opposition chief whip Md Tajul Islam Choudhury passed away last night at a city hospital. He was 73.

A court in Gazipur sentences 13 people to death in a case over killing a man in 1995.

Opposition Leader Raushan Ershad's appeal on Tuesday (February 27) to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, to relieve three of her party MPs from the council of ministers to help the Jatiya Party emerge as the “real opposition” in parliament, sounds ridiculous. But in the present political context it is not something that would leave anyone dumbfounded. Her husband JP Chairman Ershad, who has remained the special

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) sues Jatiya Party lawmaker Mahjabeen Morshed, her husband and five others for allegedly misappropriating around Tk 275crore of Basic Bank.

Jatiya Party mayoral candidate Mostafizar Rahman Mostafa is leading by a wide margin in Rangpur City Corporation polls held peacefully amid tight security yesterday. According to the unofficial results from all the 193 polling centres, Mostafa got 1,60,489 votes. His nearest rival from the ruling Awami League Sharfuddin Ahmed Jhantu bagged 62,400 votes while BNP candidate Kawsar Zaman Babla secured 35,136 votes.

The High Court orders its officials concerned to send all the records of corruption case filed against Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad to the chief justice for decision on disposal of the case.

Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad alleges that the government has completely failed to provide security of the country’s people and stop terrorist attacks.