The Awami League yesterday reiterated that the Olama League was not affiliated with the ruling party, a day after an Olama League faction came down heavily on some AL leaders for saying their party had no links with the organisation.

Awami League General Secretary Syed Ashraful Islam says incidents like recent frequent killings are being carried out to put the government in a difficult situation.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina accuses the BNP-Jamaat clique of carrying out killings like Kalabagan double murder saying they are doing this to destabilise the country.

The Election Commission and the ruling Awami League claimed that the third phase Union Parishad elections were free and fair while

Senior BNP leader Nazrul Islam Khan alleges that the third phase of union parishad (UP) elections were also marred by “massive vote rigging and irregularities”, like the first and second phases.

Chief Election Commission Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmed claims that voting in the third phase of Union Parishad (UP) elections was held in a free, fair and congenial atmosphere.

Three television media journalists have been attacked allegedly by Awami League men while covering vote rigging in Brahmanbaria Sadar.

A Dhaka court yesterday placed Shafik Rehman on a fresh five-day remand in a case filed over an alleged plot to kidnap and kill prime

The Election Commission asks some central leaders of ruling Awami League (AL) to issue directives to the party’s grassroots leaders and activists to refrain from committing violence and irregularities during the next phases of union parishad (UP) polls.

The Olama League has all along been claiming to be an affiliated body of the Awami League, and issuing media statements and holding programmes using that identity.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina stresses for taking more initiatives so that the country’s poor and meritorious students have a greater access to education.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says the government will definitely take action against those who will be found involved in the conspiracy to kill Sajeeb Wazed Joy, her son and IT adviser.

A local leader of ruling party’s student front Bangladesh Chhatra League dies in police custody in Munshiganj. Family and party activists blame a rival group and police for the death.

Senior journalist Shafik Rehman’s wife Taleya Rehman meets two officials of British High Commission and sought fair justice for her husband, who was arrested in a case filed for attempting to abduct and kill Sajeeb Wazed Joy.

The historic Mujibnagar Day is being observed today marking the formation of Bangladesh's first government that led the War of Liberation in 1971.

A Dhaka court yesterday placed senior journalist Shafik Rehman on a five-day remand in a case for alleged attempts to abduct and

Shafik Rehman became a household name after he launched the weekly Jai Jai Din in the mid-1980s.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia demands immediate release of journalist Shafik Rehman, who was arrested earlier today in a case filed over alleged attempts to abduct and murder Sajeeb Wazed Joy.

The United States has said the government of Bangladesh took 'limited measures' to investigate and prosecute cases of abuse and killing by security forces. The US, in its 2015 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, claimed authorities failed at times to maintain effective control over security forces.

Workers Party, key ally of AL led 14-party alliance, reacts against restriction on celebrations of Pahela Baishakh after 5:00pm, demands withdrawal of restriction.