Partha Pratim Bhattacharjee

Momena Khatun was 17 when the Pakistan army kidnapped her from her house in Bag Achra village of Jessore during the Liberation War.

Like the elections to other local government bodies, the upcoming polls to union parishad will see rebel candidates of the Awami League in many union parishads including the ones in the constituencies of the party president and general secretary.

The Jatiya Muktijoddha Council (JMC) yesterday fixed 13 as the minimum age limit for being recognised as a freedom fighter.

There could be conflict among candidates of the Awami League-led 14-party alliance in the upcoming union parishad elections if a consensus was not reached by partners, fears a number of alliance components.

The cabinet yesterday approved the draft of "The Citizenship Law, 2016," expanding the scope of having dual citizenship by expatriate Bangladeshis.

Members of the cabinet committee on law and order yesterday came down heavily on police for torturing a Bangladesh Bank official and a staff of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC), saying those incidents had tarnished the image of the department.

Incumbent Awami League General Secretary Syed Ashraful Islam may get the responsibility for the third consecutive time through the

Picking single candidates for the union parishad elections would be a daunting task for the ruling Awami League as the grassroots

The Awami League has instructed its leaders and activists to resist any attempts by BNP men to take to the streets tomorrow to create fresh controversies over the January 5, 2014, parliamentary election.

The ruling Awami League has listed more than twenty of its lawmakers who will have to face disciplinary action for backing rebel candidates in Wednesday's municipality elections, say party insiders.

The ruling Awami League is really happy with the just concluded municipality polls.

The Dhaka city unit of the Awami League has been without new elected leadership for more than a decade now, and there are no signs

Municipality units of ruling Awami League have started singling out mayoral candidates and sending their names to the party chief's office ahead of the upcoming municipality polls.

The ruling Awami League's decision to contest the municipality elections independently has aggrieved its partners.

All police personnel have been asked to master the techniques of properly operating their weapons.

The LGRD ministry is seeking changes to the local government laws allowing political parties to nominate candidates in local body

The home ministry and the police headquarters have directed deputy commissioners and superintendents of police in all districts to beef up security for foreign nationals in their areas and maintain regular contact with them.

In an unprecedented instance, almost all the key leaders -- including the prime minister, the opposition leader and the BNP chief -- will not be in the country during Eid-ul-Azha.

The fear that student protests could take a turn for the worse was one of the reasons why the government yesterday withdrew 7.5 percent value added tax (VAT) on private universities and medical and engineering colleges, according to sources in the ruling Awami League.

The ruling Awami League's partners in the 14-party combine yesterday said they are against imposing VAT on education, as it would encourage commercialisation of education.