Transparency in party and campaign funding must be ensured so that political power cannot be used for profit or abuse, Transparency International chair François Valérian has said.

The BNP has said it will not support any constitutional reforms before the national election in February 2026, arguing that such changes must be made by the next parliament.

The National Citizen Party has proposed forming a Constituent Assembly, stating that it represents the most democratic means of implementing the July Charter.

The Jatiya Party central office in the capital’s Kakrail once again came under attack last night.

'I urge them to gradually change their political strategy, apologise to the people if there are mistakes in the past history,' he says

Says move intended to maintain unity among the forces of the mass uprising

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has said that although Sheikh Hasina has fled the country, her "ghost and cohorts" still remain embedded in the administration, working to create unrest and destabilise the government.

Abdur Rasid Zitu, the vice-president candidate from the “Swatantra Shikkharthi Sammilan” panel in the Jahangirnagar University Central Students’ Union (Jucsu) election, has pledged to prioritise students’ interests if elected.

Tanzila Hossain Boishakhi, general secretary candidate from the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal-backed panel in the Jahangirnagar University Central Students’ Union election, has pledged to eliminate gender discrimination on the campus if elected.

Candidates for the elections to the Ducsu and hall unions had a busy day of campaigning yesterday, with only three days left before the campaign period ends.

Leaders from China, India, Russia attended the recently concluded Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) conference in China. However, India-China relations warming up were at the forefront of this conference. What does this mean for the future of the region, and how will it impact Bangladesh?

Defence withdrew a bail petition for Latif Siddique yesterday, hours after filing it

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday cleared the way for holding the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union election on September 9 as per schedule.

The manifestos of the panels contesting the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union elections lay bare how the university is still mired in long-unresolved problems even after more than a century of its founding.

If elected, Mahin Sarkar, general secretary candidate of the independent panel “DU First” in the upcoming Ducsu elections, has pledged to form a shadow opposition union with defeated candidates, which may serve as a pressure group to make the student body more effective.

If elected vice-president in the upcoming Dhaka University Central Students’ Union election, Nayem Hasan has pledged to focus on academic reform grounded in the spirit of 1971 and 2024.

Police have recovered the body of a local Awami League leader from beside an embankment in Ashashuni upazila of Satkhira.

Among the 179 candidates contesting 25 posts in the Jahangirnagar University Central Students’ Union (Jucsu) polls, 26 are from minority backgrounds.

The meeting took place around 9:00pm at Khaleda Zia's residence in Gulshan

Protesters also torch GM Quader effigy, demand justice for attack on Nur