Actress Meryl Streep turned a Golden Globe acceptance speech into a scathing attack on US President-elect Donald Trump, saying she had been heartbroken by his imitation of a disabled reporter during his campaign.

Dubbing BNP a quarter of communal forces, Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader warns the party’s followers and activists not to underestimate the party.

Gonoforum places a nine-point proposal to the president that includes enactment of a law in line with the constitution to form a credible and tangible Election Commission.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says the local government bodies have been given enough power as those institutions are being strengthened to decentralise power.

President Abdul Hamid says consensus among political parties is important apart from forming a strong Election Commission (EC) to hold elections in a free and fair manner.

Awami League Joint General Secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif terms BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami as Pakistani ghost saying that they are working to create a constitutional vacuum in the country.

Law enforcers are deployed in front of BNP’s Nayapaltan office as the party announced a countrywide demonstration for tomorrow for not giving permission to hold a rally at Suhrawardy Udyan.

Law enforcers are deployed in front of BNP’s Nayapaltan office as the party announced a countrywide demonstration for tomorrow for not giving permission to hold a rally at Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says his party wants to hold a rally in front of Nayapaltan central office on January 7 if it is not permitted at Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader says a vested group is plotting to topple the government and kill Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir alleges that the government wants to push the party men towards a conflict by creating obstruction on holding programmes marking the January 5, 2014, national election.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir alleges that the government wants to push the party men towards a conflict by creating obstruction on holding programmes marking the January 5, 2014, national election.

Awami League Presidium Member Syed Ashraful Islam says that none will come out of the cantonment to put BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in power.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia accuses the ruling Awami League of abolishing the country’s democracy and scrapping people’s voting rights through January 5, 2014, national election.

President Abdul Hamid holds separate dialogues at Bangabhaban with two more political parties -- Bangladesher Samyabadi Dal (M-L) and Bangladesh National Awami Party (BNAP) -- on reconstitution of the Election Commission.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says the killers of Awami League lawmaker from Gaibandha-1 constituency Manzurul Islam Liton must be given stringent punishment, asserting that her government won't tolerate the murder of public representatives in anyway.

Muzaffar Hossain Paltu and Abdul Baset Majumder are appointed as members of the Awami League’s advisory council.

Bangladesh Jatiya Party (BJP) Chairman Andalib Rahman Partho calls upon President Abdul Hamid to hold more talks with nonpartisan and honest people in the civil society to form an acceptable Election Commission.

President Abdul Hamid saves ruling Awami League for last on his agenda of discussing reformation of Election Commission with all political parties ahead of the next parliamentary polls.

The murder of Gaibandha Awami League lawmaker Manzurul Islam Liton at his home proves that law and order situation has worsened, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says.