As it seems, the race for securing Awami League tickets for election to the reserved seats is much more intense than it was in getting AL nominations to contest the national polls.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has returned to her Gulshan residence after completing health check-up at Evercare Hospital in Dhaka

An average of 32 women are competing for each Awami League ticket to contest reserved seats in the 12th national parliament

This will be the former prime minister's first check-up after being discharged from hospital last month

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will visit Evercare Hospital in Dhaka this afternoon for a routine health check-up

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday told parliament that 1,241 people were sentenced to jail in 1,967 cases filed in connection with BNP-Jamaat’s subversive activities between 2012 and 2015.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina told parliament today that a total of 1,241 people were sentenced to different terms as trials of 1,967 cases were completed in connection with cases filed over BNP and Jamaat’s subversive activities

BNP standing committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy today said that the Sheikh Hasina-led government is staying in power by securing support from India, China and Russia by providing them with “illegal economic and geopolitical” benefits

BNP has alleged that Bangladesh's border security, independence and sovereignty have come under threat because of the current "unpopular" government's passive role in defusing tension along the Myanmar frontier

Ten more parliamentary standing committees were formed today headed by ruling Awami League MPs

Former foreign minister AK Abdul Momen today in parliament said some criminals in his constituency are regularly extorting money from essentials laden trucks

The ruling Awami League today kicked off the sale of nomination forms for the reserved seats for women in parliament

BNP standing committee member Mirza Abbas got bail yesterday in six cases filed with Paltan and Ramna Model Police Stations over political violence centring the BNP rally in Dhaka on October 28 last year.

BNP senior secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi yesterday said the Bangladesh-Myanmar border has remained unprotected due to the Awami League government’s “subservient” foreign policy.

The Jatiya Sangsad formed 16 more parliamentary standing committees yesterday, all of which are headed by ruling Awami League lawmakers except one by an independent MP

Subservient foreign policy to blame for border situation, says Rizvi

The ruling Awami League is gearing up for a special meeting on Saturday with over 3,000 party leaders, both from central to grassroots, being invited to attend it

BNP-Jamaat is patronising militant organisations, and people of the country should remain alert to any conspiracies they may hatch, said  Law Minister Anisul Huq yesterday.

People have to remain vigilant as long as there are militant organisations and BNP-Jamaat is supporting them, said Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs minister Anisul Huq today

BNP yesterday termed Russian Ambassador to Bangladesh Alexander Mantytskiy’s statement on 12th parliamentary election unexpected, as the party thinks it has hurt the democratic sentiment of the people of Bangladesh.