DHAKA: A petition was filed with the High Court challenging the decision of the Election Commission that rejected a petition for cancellation of candidacy of 25 leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami in the 11th national elections. Secretary General and Social Welfare Secretary of Bangladesh

DHAKA: Awami League Joint General Secretary Jahangir Kabir Nanak said the Oikyafront leaders are raising false accusations with an ill intention to foil the national elections.  “The demand of Chief Election Commissioner’s (CEC) resignation is only a maneuver to foil the elections

DHAKA: Jatiya Oikyafront leader and Gano Forum President Dr Kamal Hossain called an emergency press conference. The emergency press conference will be held at 5:30 pm on Wednesday (December 26). The conference will take place at Oikyafront’s central office located in city’s

DHAKA:  Awami League candidate for Dhaka-3 constituency Nasrul Hamid Bipu visited opposition (BNP) candidate for the same constituency Goyeshwar Chandra Roy, who was injured in an attack.  Bipu and Keraniganj upazila Chairman Shahin Ahmed went to Goyeshwar’s Nayapaltan political

BOGRA:  Police arrested twenty-one BNP leaders and activists in drives conducted at various upazilas of the district. The drives began on Tuesday night (December 25) and ended on Wednesday dawn (December 26). A motorcade of a grand alliance candidate Shariful Islam Jinna was

DHAKA: Jatiya Oikyafront leaders have sat in an emergency meeting to discuss about current political issues at BNP Chairperson khaleda Zia’s political office in city’s Gulshan. The meeting began at 7 pm on Tuesday (December 25). Oikyafront leaders- BNP Secretary General Mirza

BOGRA:   Twenty three leaders and activists of BNP-Jamaat were sent to prison via court after arresting them from various upazilas of the district. One of the arrestees is a Jamaat-e-Islami activist while the rest are BNP’s field-level activists. All the arrestees are accused in

KHULNA:   Jatiya Oikyafront, the major opposition alliance, has announced to hold a two-day program in Khulna city ahead of the 11th national election. On Wednesday (December 26), an election rally, in support of Sheaf of paddy (electoral symbol of BNP), will be brought out at 3 pm

NARAYANGANJ: Police detained President of Narayanganj unit Gono Forum for allegedly vandalizing, torching the election camp of Awami League. Law enforcers, in a special drive, picked up him from his Tanbazar residence in the city on Monday (Dec 24) night. He was the chief of Election

NARAIL: National Cricket Team Skipper Mashrafe Bin Mortaza’s wife Sumona Haque Sumi has been campaigning for her husband in Narail. On Tuesday (Dec 25) morning, Sumi visited various parts of Lohagara upazila, exchanged greetings with the residents and urged them to vote for

DHAKA: A chase and counter-chase took place between the supporters of Moha Jote candidate Abu Hossain Babla and Oikyafront candidate Salah Uddin Ahmed during their election rallies in Shyampur of the capital city Tuesday (Dec 25). Six BNP men were reported to be detained in the

DHAKA: Jatiya Oikyafront leader and Gono Forum President Dr Kamal Hossain called upon countrymen to be united aiming to defeat anti-people force. He said: “As people are united now…they want change. Hopefully, law enforcement agencies will not stay aside the anti-people force.

SHARIATPUR: BNP alleged that leaders and activists of Awami League attacked on an election rally of its Shariatpur-3 (Gosairhat-Damudya-Bhedarganj) candidate in Gosairhat upazila of the district. The incident happened in front of Muktijoddha Bhaban of Gosairhat upazila around 11 am on

MANIKGANJ: Manikganj district unit BNP Organizing Secretary SA Jinnah Kabir was sent to jail in an arson case.  Manikganj Chief Judicial Magistrate Court issued the order after rejecting a bail plea Monday (Dec 24). Jinnah Kabir was supposed to contest in the 11th parliamentary

DHAKA: Prime Minister also Awami League President Sheikh Hasina said her aim is to ensure advancement in fates of the countrymen and she is pursuing this aim. “The upcoming elections is very important. The BNP-Jamaat coalition government couldn’t provide people anything. All they

DHAKA: Jatiya Oikyafront leader and Gonoforum President Dr Kamal Hossain is set to brief journalists on Monday (Dec 24) afternoon about the country's overall political situation and election atmosphere. The press meet is scheduled to be held at the central office of Oikyafront in

DHAKA: There is no possible legal way of barring 25 Jamaat-e-Islami candidates from participating in the 11th parliamentary elections, by cancelling their candidature. Election Commission (EC) Secretary Helaluddin Ahmed made the disclosure at a press briefing at Nirbachan Bhaban Sunday

THAKURGAON: BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir addressed a brief rally on Balita Para Madrasha Ground in Thakurgaon on Sunday (Dec 24), as part of campaign for the upcoming national elections. He urged attendees to bring a change in the current situation of the country.

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was warmly welcomed upon her arrival at her father in-law’s residence in Pirgonj upazila during her tour to Rangpur for election campaign Sunday (Dec 23). The Awami League president was given flowers at ‘Joy Sadan’, the residence of her husband

DHAKA: Jatiya Oikyafront leader and Gonoforum President Dr Kamal Hossain will brief journalists on Monday (Dec 24) about the country's overall political situation and election atmosphere. The press meet will be held at the central office of Oikyafront in city’s Purana Paltan area