At least one died and four others were injured in a clash between two factions of the ruling Awami League (AL) in the capital's Gulistan area on Friday (July 28).  Paltan police station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Salahuddin Mia confirmed the matter.  The injured were

The electoral campaign in the Chattogram-10 by-polls is ending formally at midnight tonight and the voting is scheduled to take place on Sunday (July 30). Public holiday has been declared in the constituency for the voting day. "The voting will take place through 1,261 polling

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) today (July 28) announced that the party and the other like-minded opposition political parties would hold sit-in programmes at all the Dhaka entry points on Saturday. The party's Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir made the

The "peace rally" of the three associate bodies of the ruling Awami League started at the south gate of Baitul Mukarram on Friday (July 28) afternoon.  Jubo League, Swechchhasebak League and Chhatra League organised the rally that started around 3:00pm. Awami League

BNP's grand rally started in front of the party's Naya Paltan central office around 2:00pm today (July 28) for its 'one-point' demand to topple the government. The rally was organised to press home their one-point movement -- demanding a non-partisan neutral polls-time

Leaders and activists of the BNP started gathering in front of the party's Nayapaltan office ahead of the grand rally on Friday (July 28). The grand rally is scheduled to begin at 2pm.  BNP sources said the party will start the rally after Friday prayers. According to

A Narsingdi court has issued arrest warrant against BNP leader Khairul Kabir Khokon who is a prime accused of two Narsingdi Chhatra Dal leader murder case. District and Sessions judge Mushtaq Ahmed issued the arrest warrant on Thursday (July 27). Narsingdi court's police

A Dhaka court today (July 27) set August 2 for delivering judgment in a graft case filed against BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman and his wife Zubaida Rahman. Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Md Asaduzzaman set the date as placing of legal arguments concluded in the case on

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has given permission to both the Awami League (AL) and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) to hold their rallies scheduled for tomorrow (July 28) at their preferred locations subject to 23 conditions. DMP Commissioner Khandaker Golam Faruq came up

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has alleged that police detained as many as 300 party leaders and activists last night only from hotels near its Nayapaltan office in the capital.  BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said this in a press release issued on

Prime Minister's ICT Affairs Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy today (July 27) said an ideal citizen cannot support BNP as the party kills people in the name of politics.   "Are you killer? Do you take 10 percent commission? Do you believe in launching grenade attack on opposition

After BNP's fresh announcement, Awami League (AL) also rescheduled their rally. Jubo League, Swechchhasebak League and Chhatra League announced their joint peace rally to be held on Friday (July 28). On Wednesday night, acting president of the Swechchhasebak League Gazi Mejbaul

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has decided to hold a grand rally in Nayapaltan on Friday to avoid public suffering. BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir came up with the decision during a press conference at BNP Chairperson's office in Gulshan today (July 26) at 9

A Lakshmipur court today (July 26) sentenced five persons to death and 14 others to life imprisonment for killing Juba League activist Mamunur Rashid in the Chandraganj of the district.   The condemned convicts are—Madhu, Mamun, Babu alias Galakata Babu, Shamim and Kawsar

A delegation of the BNP held a meeting with the US Ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Haas on Wednesday (26 July). A two-member delegation of BNP joined the meeting with the US ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Haas on Wednesday (July 26), the party sources said. The meeting started at

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir visited the party's Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia at her Gulshan residence 'Firoza' on Tuesday (July 25) night. He reached at 8:10pm and left 'Firoza' around 9pm. During the meeting, Mirza Fakhrul inquired about

Top leaders of leftist parties of the 14-party alliance reached China at the invitation of Communist Party of China (CPC). They left Dhaka this afternoon on a Sothern Airlines flight for Kunming city of China, said a press release. Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal President Hasanul Haq Inu,

Jamaat-e-Islami will hold a rally in Dhaka city on August 1 to press home their demands for establishing caretaker government system, release of its leaders including Ameer Shafiqur Rahman and control of price hike of essentials. Besides, the party will also hold rallies in divisional

Jubo League, Swechasebak League, and Chhatra League, the youth wings of the ruling party Awami League, will jointly hold a peace rally in Dhaka on July 27 to protest against the violent activities of BNP and its allied parties. Jubo League General Secretary Mainul Hossain Khan Nikhil

A Satkhira court today (July 23) rejected the bail petition of Abu Sayeed Chand, the Rajshahi district unit BNP convener, in a case filed on charges of issuing a ‘death threat’ to prime minister Sheikh Hasina at a public rally. However, Judge Md Ziarul Islam denied it and