Awami League President Sheikh Hasina-led new cabinet will be formed excluding some heavyweight ministers of the immediate past cabinet.

The new cabinet will be formed with the prime minister, 24 ministers, 19 state ministers and 3 deputy ministers, says cabinet secretary.

Ambassador of Switzerland to Bangladesh René Holenstein says Switzerland commended all parties for their participation in 11th Parliamentary Elections in Bangladesh.

A Noakhali court places seven people including a former Awami League leader on five-day remand each in connection with the gang-rape of a woman in Subarnachar upazila of Noakhali.

The Awami League yesterday expelled Ruhul Amin from the party for his alleged involvement in the gang-rape of a woman in Noakhali's Subarnachar upazila.

Two lawmakers-elect of the Gonoforum may take oath and join the 11th parliament, Dr Kamal Hossain said yesterday.

Congratulatory messages have been pouring in for Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her party Awami League.

An entire village in Rajshahi's Tanore upazila has been paying a heavy price since Sunday's general elections, when majority of the villagers voted for the BNP candidate.

Who would become a minister? It was a discussion that dominated tea stalls, bazaars and even Awami League offices yesterday.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday alleged that people's voting rights were snatched again during the December 30 parliamentary polls.

Jatiya Party Co-Chairman GM Quader says that his party would emerge as strong opposition in the parliament raising their voice to ensure the overall interest of the people and the country.

Dhaka South City Corporation mayor Sayeed Khokon says all the temporary election camps set up during the 11th national polls will be removed within the quickest possible time.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir calls upon the people of the country to stand against the violence spree centering the December 30 election.

Expressing concern over alleged harassment, intimidation and electoral irregularities in the December 30 election, Norway has called for a transparent investigation into the allegations.

A video has emerged showing that the two journalists, sued under the Digital Security Act for publishing “false” information, in fact filed their reports based on the announcement of the returning officer of Khulna-1.

The UN Human Rights Office yesterday expressed concern over the allegations of violence in Bangladesh centring the election and called for immediate investigation into the incidents.

A three-member BNP delegation, led by its Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, yesterday met US Ambassador to Bangladesh Earl R Miller and discussed various issues relating to Sunday's national election.

The ruling Awami League will hold a grand rally in the capital's Suhrawardy Udyan on January 19 to celebrate the party's landslide victory in the December 30 polls.

You can call it a typical Jatiya Party flip-flop. Just a day after the JP Parliamentary Party decided to join the Awami League-led grand alliance government, HM Ershad came up with a decision exactly the opposite.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader says BNP's decision not to take oath was the repetition of its mistake.