BNP yesterday said the government lied about the lifting of US sanctions on Rab, which became clear through the recent statement of the US embassy in Dhaka.

Law Minister Anisul Huq yesterday said the US has not imposed more sanction against the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) as their activities and human rights situation in Bangladesh have improved significantly.

BNP Chairperson’s Advisor Abdus Salam, also convener of the party’s Dhaka South city unit, got released from Keraniganj jail today.

Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina has said her party never thinks what it will get by working for people, rather it considers what they could do for people's welfare.

The BNP today said the government lied about the lifting of US sanctions on Rab, which became clear through the recent statement of the US embassy in Dhaka.

BNP standing committee member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain today alleged that the ruling Awami League has ruined all the achievements of the nation.

The High Court today directed the Election Commission to allow Ashraful Hossain alias Hero Alom to contest the upcoming Bogura-4 and Bogura-6 by-elections as an independent candidate.

At least 30 people, including 20 cops, were injured in clashes between police and BNP leaders and activists during the opposition party’s demonstration in Chattogram city’s Kazir Dewri area yesterday afternoon.

As the BNP staged a rally in front of its Nayapaltan central office, ruling Awami League stayed on Dhaka streets throughout the day yesterday and held programmes at five points.

Four people, including two local Awami League leaders, mysteriously died in 24 hours between yesterday and the day before while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Kishoreganj.

A Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal leader was shot in his right leg allegedly by a Bangladesh Chhatra League man in Narsingdi.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader today said BNP's processions and rallies aiming to oust the government are nothing but a bluff.

<p>The BNP has announced to hold rallies across the country on January 25, demanding that the price of electricity be reduced and their 10-point demand be met.</p><p>The party announced the fresh agitation programme from today’s protest rally at Nayapaltan headquarters in the capital.</p>

At least 25 persons, including 20 policemen, were injured after a series of clashes broke out between police and BNP leaders and activists in Kazir Dewri area of Chattogram city today.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today called upon Alem and Olama (Islamic scholars) to instil humanitarian values among people and guide them against terrorism, militancy and drug abuse.

Ashraful Hossain Alom alias Hero Alom, today filed two writ petitions with the High Court challenging the Election Commission's decision that cancelled his nominations for the upcoming by-elections to Bogura-4 and Bogura-6 constituencies as an independent candidate.

BNP leaders and activists have started a protest rally to press home their 10-point demand in front of the party's Nayapaltan office. 

International Monetary Fund (IMF) has assured of continued support to Bangladesh’s aspirations to become a developed and higher-income country by 2041.

Leaders and activists of Ganatantra Mancha, a new alliance of seven political parties, have been staging a demonstration in the capital protesting the electricity price hike.

Former LGRD minister and Awami League MP Khandker Mosharraf Hossain’s fall from grace continued yesterday as he was removed from the post of chief of the parliamentary standing committee on the LGRD ministry.