Bangladesh senior assistant coach Mohammad Salahuddin, believes star all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan is still very much needed in the national setup.

While the government insists that this will be the cleanest election in the country’s history, it remains uncertain whether sufficient safeguards and scrutiny are in place—within the Election Commission, among observers, or in the media—to prevent rigging

The verdict against Sheikh Hasina does not just condemn a former prime minister. It sentences an entire model of politics. The deeper question now is whether Awami League survives as a party, or only as a memory of fear and loyalty.

It is disturbing to note that several notorious criminals have been released from jails since the uprising.

Upcoming election will be free, fair and inclusive, he says

Protesters opposing the Awami League’s “Lockdown” programme yesterday detained and handed over at least nine people, including a teenager, to police on suspicion of being linked to the party in Dhaka’s Dhanmondi 32 and near the AL’s central office in Gulistan.

Says he will boycott elections if Jatiya Party is excluded as well

Plan came to light after questioning 25 arrested leaders and activists

Jamaat Ameer says imposing election on those who dislike it amounts to oppression

Asif Nazrul says ICT prosecution team reportedly preparing to seek trial of Awami League

Yunus tells journalist Mehdi Hasan

In the first few months of exile, they stayed indoors, tucked away in houses mostly in East London and in anonymous outer boroughs.

Police arrested 244 leaders and activists of Awami League and its affiliate organisations from flash processions across Dhaka yesterday.

National Citizen Party Convener Nahid Islam yesterday demanded that the Awami League be put on trial for crimes against humanity.

Despite repeated attacks on Mahfuj Alam, the interim government has neither taken decisive action nor issued strong statements, alleged Nahid Islam, convener of the National Citizen Party, in a post on his Facebook page yesterday.

They chased invited guests, obstructed them from attending the event, and threw eggs, it says

Denigration of our Liberation War will never be acceptable

The Awami League must be brought to justice as its chief, deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, is solely responsible for the killings of thousands of people, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said yesterday.

About $18 billion to $20 billion was laundered abroad during the Awami League regime, said Bangladesh Bank Governor Ahsan H Mansur yesterday.

A clash erupted between two factions of Awami League over establishing dominance in Chabbishpara area under Jazira upazila of Shariatpur.