Following Bangabandhu's speech on the previous day, the air was thick with songs of self-determination.

People from different parts of the capital began their march from as early as 10:00am.

City residents suffered dreadful traffic snarl-ups yesterday afternoon as Nagorik Committee organised a huge rally at the Suhrawardy Udyan.

BNP seeks permission from the authorities concerned to hold a rally at Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka on May 24, protesting the recent raid at the party chief Khaleda’s Gulshan office.

The BNP has got permission from the Dhaka Metropolitan Police to hold a rally at the city's Suhrawardy Udyan tomorrow.

BNP has got permission from the Dhaka Metropolitan Police to hold workers’ rally in Dhaka’s Suhrawardy Udyan on the occasion of May Day.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says people have no security of their lives at present as killings and enforced disappearances are going on across the country.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will hold a workers’ rally in Dhaka on May 1 on the occasion of May Day.

Nobody can enter Ramna Park and Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka after 4:00pm on Pahela Baishakh, DMP Additional Commissioner Monirul Islam announces.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina warns agitating public university teachers against causing any damage to the education life of thousands of students. “Students will not accept it if you continue protests against the new pay scale boycotting classes,” Hasina said at a rally marking Bangabandhu’s Homecoming Day.

Awami League says it will hold a rally at Dhaka’s Bangabandhu Avenue marking the second anniversary of the January 5 elections if police deny the party permission for Suhrawardy Udyan.

In the wake of tension rising over planned political rallies by Awami League and BNP to mark the January 5 general election, Dhaka Metropolitan Police says it will not allow holding of counter rallies on that day.

Thousands of people from all strata take part in the colourful Victory Day march organised by Awami League in the capital marking the 45th Victory Day.

Arif Arian had a dream that sets him apart from most other youths. He wanted to build a school where street children would learn while having fun. Then instead of asking money from a sponsor, Arif turned to his facebook friends. He wrote on his facebook page: What if we opened a school for street children?

Saifur Rahman Sohag and Zakir Hossain are elected president and general secretary of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), student wing of the ruling Awami League.

If police response during the attack was abhorrent, how they reacted to it subsequently was even more disgraceful.

THERE are no words to express the shock and disgust at the sexual assault of young women and a minor at the Suhrawardy Udyan gate