A full bench of the Supreme Court's Appellate Division will hold hearing on February 27, on a leave to appeal petition that challenged a High Court order clearing the way for Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader to perform the responsibilities of his post

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said sensing defeat, BNP is now afraid of joining the next general elections and the party has begun road march, going astray.

BNP has rescheduled its road march in the capital by a day, deciding to organise the programme on February 17 instead of 18 “due to unavoidable reasons”.

Twenty-nine BNP leaders and activists were sued yesterday on charges of vandalism, looting, and arson in Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila.

He breathed his last at 11:45am local time at Mount Elizabeth Hospitals

According to the locals, the gunfight started last evening and continued at high intensity for about 45 minutes, in which both sides exchanged approximately 350 to 400 rounds of bullets

Leaders of the ruling Awami League and its alliance have expressed satisfaction over the nomination of Md Shahabuddin as the next president of the country while the BNP termed the election process “illegal”.

The BNP will organise road marches in all divisional cities on February 18 to press home its 10 demands that include holding the next national election under a non-partisan caretaker government.

"I didn't force them; they did it willingly," said Omor Faruk

The BCL revealed the matter through a press release signed by BCL President Saddam Hussain and its General Secretary Sheikh Wali Asif Enan.

BNP standing committee member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain formally inaugurated the programme at Shyamoli Club Ground.

Khandakar Mosharraf Hossain, the party's standing committee member, announced the programme before the start of today's march

Shahabuddin started his career in judicial service in 1983 and was a district judge till 2006. He also discharged duties as chairman of labour court in 2006, lawyer of the Supreme Court from 2008 to 2011 and ACC commissioner from March 2011 to March 2016.

An AL delegation, led by the party's General Secretary Obaidul Quader, submitted the nomination papers at the Election Commission this morning.

BNP may fall apart if it boycotts the next general election, said Agriculture Minister and Awami League Presidium Member Abdur Razzaque today.

Shamim Khan, Dhamrai upazila correspondent of Bangla daily Jugantor, is now undergoing treatment at Saturia Upazila Health Complex in Manikganj

Perpetrators who are behind "terror and anarchy" in the country will be arrested, said Awami League Joint General Secretary and Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud today

"No matter how many movements the BNP organises, it will not be able to bring down the legitimate government in any way," said the minister

AL and BNP blamed each other for the incident

Six people, including Titpalla Union BNP General Secretary Hazrat Ali, were detained from the spot.