Pro-BNP lawyers staged demonstrations on the Supreme Court premises yesterday demanding a date be set for holding fresh elections to the Supreme Court Bar Association under an acceptable election conducting sub-committee.

Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday said the accident in Madaripur’s Shibchar upazila did not occur because the road had faults.

The December 2018 elections were neither free nor fair because they were marred by serious irregularities, including ballot-box stuffing and intimidation of opposition polling agents and voters, said a US state department report, citing polls observers.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today alleged that there is no accountability in the parliament..“No debate or discussion about the country takes place there (parliament). There are only two things they (AL) have been able to do successfully—one is theft: they are looting

Pro-BNP lawyers yesterday demanded that a date be immediately set for a fresh election to the Supreme Court Bar Association under an acceptable election conducting subcommittee.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the people of the country will never allow the BNP-Jamaat alliance to assume power again to play ducks and drakes with their fate..“Those who carried out bomb, grenade and bullet attacks, smuggled in 10-truck arms and misappropriated the money of the

A Dhaka court today framed charges against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and seven others in the Niko graft case

The country’s resources are depleted due to the government’s all-pervading corruption as the ruling Awami League’s main principle is to indulge in graft and siphon off money abroad, alleged the BNP yesterday.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday asked the BNP to participate in the upcoming general election to prove how popular they actually are among the countrymen.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today alleged that the country's resources have been depleted due to all-pervasive corruption by the current government as Awami League's main principle is to indulge in graft and siphoning off money abroad.

Police yesterday released a local Awami League leader in Chattogram’s Boalkhali upazila, who was detained over a missing ballot unit of an Electronic Voting Machine from a polling centre during the by-polls to the upazila chairman post.

BNP yesterday alleged that Awami League has put the last nail in the coffin of the electoral system of the country by holding a lopsided Supreme Court Bar Association election, using police and outsiders.

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday said the poisonous tree of communal forces must be uprooted for building the “Sonar Bangla” as dreamt by Bangabandhu.

A BNP delegation told Indian High Commissioner Pranay Verma that without a non-partisan interim government in place, it would not join any polls.

Police today detained a local Awami League leader in Chattogram's Boalkhali upazila over taking the ballot unit of an Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) out of a polling centre during the by-polls to the upazila chairman post

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today said there is no caretaker government system in any country of the world except Pakistan.

The polls in Barishal, Gazipur, Khulna, Rajshahi, and Sylhet city corporations will be held between May 23 and June 29 using Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), said the Election Commission yesterday.

Awami League joint secretary general Hasan Mahmud yesterday said there is no chance of holding dialogue with BNP on the caretaker government issue.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday accused Awami League of rigging votes in the Supreme Court Bar Association election and branded the ruling party as a “pathological liar and thief”.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday alleged that BNP launched attacks on Supreme Court premises to foil the Supreme Court Bar Association election.