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EC’s test to begin with city polls: BNP

BNP senior leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain says the test of the current Election Commission will begin with the upcoming elections to Rangpur and other city corporations.
5 November 2017

AL’s remark on motorcade attack irrelevant: Fakhrul

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says the comments made by Awami League leaders that the attack carried out on Khaleda Zia’s motorcade was a result of internal feud is totally “irrelevant.”
29 October 2017

CEC showers Hasina, AL with praises

Hailing the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda says each sector in the country has seen development during the regimes of Awami League.
18 October 2017

AL’s proposals ‘neutral’, Obaidul quotes CEC as saying

Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda termed the 11-point proposal submitted by the ruling Awami League for holding a free and fair election “neutral”, AL General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said.
18 October 2017

AL won't budge on polls under incumbents

During its dialogue with the Election Commission today, the ruling Awami League is going to place an 11-point proposal, including
17 October 2017

Remarks on Zia, BNP: AL 'sees it as CEC's strategy'

The Awami League is viewing Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda's remarks lauding BNP founder Ziaur Rahman as a strategy to make the party happy and draw it to the next national elections.
16 October 2017

Workers Party for polls under incumbent govt

Workers Party of Bangladesh yesterday recommended holding the next general elections under the incumbent Awami League government.
11 October 2017

AL, BNP square off over polls-time govt

The ruling Awami League is going to propose introduction of electronic voting for the next general elections and request the Election
10 October 2017

4 VCs in AL’s subcommittee draft list

Four Vice-Chancellors and 11 teachers of different public universities are included in the draft list of the ruling Awami League’s sub-committee on education and human resources.
10 October 2017

AL activist killed in 'gunfight'

An Awami League activist was killed in a so-called “gunfight” between police and his cohorts in an isolated char area in Kushtia early hours yesterday.
26 September 2017

Kushtia AL activist killed in ‘gunfight’

An activist of ruling Awami League with criminal background have been killed in what police described as “gunfight” in Kushtia’s Daulatpur.
26 September 2017

China favours permanent solution of Rohingya crisis

Communist Party of China assures Bangladesh of convincing Myanmar government to resolve the Rohingya problem permanently. The assurance comes from a meeting in Beijing between the CPC and visiting 18-member Awami League delegation headed by its presidium member Lt Col (retd) Faruk Khan.
25 September 2017

AL-led 14 party allies reject Suu Kyi’s speech

The ruling Awami League-led 14-party alliance have rejected Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s first address to the nation after military crackdown in Rakhine state since August 25 that forced the thousands of Rohingyas to flee to Bangladesh.
20 September 2017

Rohingya issue: AL for int’l pressure on Myanmar

Ruling party Awami League calls upon the international community to mount pressure on Myanmar to repatriate the Rohingyas residing in Bangladesh.
9 September 2017

Women in Politics: Barely visible

Some parties consider it achievable, some need more time to do so and there are many others who consider it a distant goal.
8 September 2017

Show respect, leave power: BNP

BNP calls upon the ruling Awami League to step down from the government, showing respect to the observations of 16th constitutional amendment verdict.
25 August 2017

BNP doing 'excesses' over verdict

Ruling Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday alleged that a vested quarter was drawing up a plan abroad to put the country in a severe political turmoil and grab state power.
19 August 2017

Govt creating violence to retain power: BNP

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir claims that ruling Awami League is creating a violent situation centering the 16th amendment verdict to retain power.
18 August 2017

16th Amendment Verdict: PM informed president about govt stance

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, as the chief of the government and the
17 August 2017

PM’s meeting with president over 16th amendment verdict ‘unprecedented’: BNP

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir terms the meeting of the prime minister with the president over 16th amendment verdict as “unprecedented” and accuses the government of hatching conspiracy to “snatching independence of the judiciary”.
17 August 2017