The outcome that the BNP and its allies are hoping for is what the AL had achieved in 1996

Another 31 leaders and activists of BNP and its front organisations were sentenced to two years of rigorous imprisonment yesterday in two cases filed in 2018 over political violence in the capital.

A few months ago, much speculation surrounded the roles of “king’s parties” (allegedly created or sponsored by strong actors to further their cause) in the upcoming national polls.

Says local AL leader in Jamalpur

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today launched her party's election campaign with a clarion call to the people to vote for the ruling Awami League candidates so they win to serve the common people

A local BNP leader, jailed for political violence, died today while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Noagaon

Hundreds of thousands of people thronged the venue to lend their support for Awami League as the party chief and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina kicked off the election campaign today amid a wave of festivity across Sylhet

The Jatiya Party, which is participating in the upcoming 12th national election, will announce its election manifesto tomorrow.

BNP today announced a series of mass contact programmes from tomorrow and a nationwide dawn-to-dusk blockade on December 24.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the BNP-Jamaat alliance has unleashed a reign of terror on the masses aimed at foiling the national election scheduled for January 7, 2024

Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina today offered prayers at the shrines of Hazrat Shahjalal (RA) and Hazrat Shah Paran (RA) in Sylhet city

It asks countrymen to boycott election, not to pay taxes

Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina has reached Sylhet where she is set to flag off the party's electioneering for the Januar 7 national election today

A bus was set on fire and another was vandalised during yesterday’s countrywide hartal enforced by BNP and its allies.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said 11,000 BNP activists are in jail, instead of the 21,000 claimed by the opposition.

Another 32 leaders and activists of BNP-Jamaat and their front organisations were sentenced to different jail terms yesterday in two cases filed in 2015 and 2018 over political violence in the capital.

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Ganatantra Mancha, a platform of some opposition organisations, today alleged that a train was torched in the capital as part of a government plot to crack down on the ongoing one-point movement

Mahbubuzzaman Ahmed, younger brother of Social Welfare Minister and Awami League candidate Nuruzzaman Ahmed, today took part in the election campaign of independent candidate Sirajul Haque in Lalmonirhat-2 constituency (Aditmari-Kaliganj upazila) in the national elections

Since the foiled BNP rally on October 28, the political situation has heated up with near-constant blockades and hartals. This has resulted in sustained violence across the country, with railway passengers and infrastructure becoming major targets