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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