Ruling Awami League leader Surnajit Sengupta lambastes the Election Commission over its “failure to prevent violence in the union parishad elections”.

BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says that women are not safe in the country now due to frequent violence against them.

Police presses charges against BNP acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and 52 other leaders and activists of the party in two violence cases of last year.

CORRUPTION – the use of public office for private gains – benefits a powerful few while imposing serious costs on large swathes of society.

UK Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Hugo Swire expresses his deep concern at the ongoing violence and political unrest in Bangladesh