Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said “we don’t need leaders, we need smart activists” to build a smart Bangladesh.

A rally stage built to mark the 75th anniversary of Chhatra League at Dhaka University broke down this afternoon while Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader was delivering a speech.

Immediate past cabinet secretary Kabir Bin Anwar, who went on post-retirement leave on January 3, visited Awami League president’s political office at Dhanmondi yesterday evening.

The Awami League envisions a “Smart Bangladesh” by 2041, seeking to build a country that would be cost-effective, sustainable, innovative and knowledge-based.

Ruling Awami League-backed candidate Mahmud Hasan Ripon unofficially won the by-polls to Gaibandha-5 (Fulchhari and Saghata) constituency.

Though BNP leaders Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Mirza Abbas have got bail from the High Court in a case filed over Nayapaltan clashes, they cannot get released from jail until January 8 as the Supreme Court chamber judge yesterday directed them not to furnish bail bonds until that day.

The Jatiya Sangsad goes into the 21st session this afternoon.

The Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) has sent a letter to Jatiya Party's presidium member Hazi Saifuddin Ahmed Milon asking him to stop illegally putting up posters.

The chamber judge of the Supreme Court today refused to stay a High Court order that granted bail to BNP leaders Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Mirza Abbas in a case filed over Nayapaltan clashes.

The state filed a petition with the Supreme Court, seeking a stay on the High Court's bail order for BNP leaders Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Mirza Abbas in a case filed over the Nayapaltan clashes.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and standing committee member Mirza Abbas have secured bail in a case filed over the December 7 clashes between police and party men in the capital’s Nayapaltan area.

The Election Commission has taken all-out preparations to hold the re-polling in Gaibandha-5 constituency today.

The state will move an appeal before the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court challenging the High Court order that today granted six months’ bail to BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and the party’s standing committee member Mirza Abbas

Today is the fourth death anniversary of former general secretary of Awami League and public administration minister Syed Ashraful Islam.

The 75th founding anniversary of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) will be observed across the country through various programmes tomorrow.

The High Court today granted six-month bail to BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and standing committee member Mirza Abbas in a case filed over the December 7 clashes between police and BNP men in the capital's Nayapaltan area.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and the party’s standing committee member Mirza Abbas yesterday sought bail from the High Court in a case filed over the December 7 clash between party activists and police.

Awami League's decision to not compete for two of the recently vacated seats, rather letting its allies vie for them, is aimed at strengthening its relations with partners ahead of the 12th national election, slated for January 2024.

The leaders and activists of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and its associate bodies have declared Abdus Sattar Bhuiyan, the former advisor to Khaleda Zia, persona non grata in Sarail and Ashuganj upazila, a day after he collected the nomination paper to contest the by-polls to Brahmanbaria-2 constituency.

Islami Andolon Bangladesh (IAB) today placed  a 15-point demand including formation of an election-time national government comprising of leaders of all registered political parties.