A woman, identifying herself as a representative of the Students Against Discrimination (SAD), has set up a shelter for mentally challenged individuals by occupying the house of a former Awami League lawmaker in Tangail district town.

BNP Standing Committee Member Salahuddin Ahmed yesterday expressed concern over the growing incidents of violence against women and children and urged the government to take tougher measures to tackle the issue.

To seek political parties’ opinions, it has picked the “most crucial” proposals from a wide range of recommendations made by reform commissions

The clash took place in front of the Titudah Union Council around 10:00am

 BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman today spoke with the mother of the minor girl who was raped in Magura and is currently receiving treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH).

The expelled leaders are Md Faisal Oli, joint secretary of the Mesta union BNP, and Humayun Kabir Palash, assistant organising secretary of the same unit

BNP today expressed serious concern over the alarming rise in harassment and violence against women, urging the government to take immediate action to prevent the rise of extremism

Calls for equal opportunities for women on International Women’s Day

Bangladeshi students who overthrew autocratic ex-premier Sheikh Hasina last year have formed a new political party to finish the work that began with her ouster, the group’s leader told AFP.

The National Citizen Party is practically ready for elections at any time, its Convener Nahid Islam said yesterday.

BNP Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said any delay in the election process will be unacceptable

National Citizen Party leader Nahid Islam said the interim government has been unable to fully ensure public safety, and holding a general election this year will be difficult.

The incident took place this morning in the Jhanjhaniya Chairman Mor area

Abu Hanif, one of the joint chief coordinators of the National Citizen Party (NCP), resigned from the party today

Ruhul Quddus, vice-president of BNP's Sharsha upazila unit in Jashore, and former UP Chairman of Kaiba Union, was expelled from the party for allegedly looting 155 sacks of rice from the food-friendly programme last night

This comes after the member made two Facebook posts last night about a man's arrest for harassing a DU student

Nahid Islam, convenor of the National Citizen Party (NCP), at the party’s first public programme since its launch, yesterday proposed holding constituent assembly elections and the parliamentary polls simultaneously.

Shahidul Haque, general secretary of BNP’s Ward 38 unit under Dhaka Metropolitan South, has been served a show-cause notice over an alleged attack on Jagannath University (JnU) students

Bangladeshi people will write 'Inqilab Zindabad' across the sky, says Nasir Uddin Patwari

Awami League’s political fate must be decided on this land through the judicial process, he says