The newly-elected Awami League central working committee and advisory council led by party President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today paid tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

A BNP man died in Panchagarh and scores of others were injured in clashes between police and party activists centring the BNPs mass processions in different parts of the country yesterday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the next general election would be free and fair.

Sheikh Hasina, who has been leading the grand old Awami League for 42 years now, will be at the party helm for the next three years as she was reelected the president for the 10th consecutive time.

Police arrested at least 85 activists from Jamaat-Shibir processions in different districts yesterday.

Re-elected Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said Awami League and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina should be brought to power again for the welfare of the country.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and the party’s Standing Committee member Mirza Abbas may have to wait for at least eight more days to seek bail from the High Court in the case filed over the December 7 clash between party activists and police.

The BNP office in Sarui area of Bagerhat city was vandalised, and an attack was carried out on the district BNP convener's house in the same area today, local BNP leaders claimed.

The ruling Awami League’s 22nd national council ended this evening as AL President Sheikh Hasina left Suhrawardy Udyan, the venue for the council, around 5:00pm

Awami League presidium member Nurul Islam Nahid was dropped from the party’s presidium body while ruling party leader Mostofa Jalal Mohiuddin was included in the presidium committee.

A man died and several others were injured in a clash between police and BNP men in Panchagarh this afternoon, BNP claimed.

Sheikh Hasina has been re-elected to the post of Awami League president for the 10th time in the 22nd Awami League National Council

At least 30 BNP leaders and activists were injured in a clash with Chhatra League men in Pirojpur town today, said a BNP leader. Police said 11 men were detained after the clash.

Awami League's 22nd national council is underway after Prime Minister and party President Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the event at Suhrawardy Udyan this morning. Here's a look at how the day progressed so far.

The Awami League is ready for the next election, said the party's General Secretary Obaidul Quader while placing the AL's organisational report at its 22nd national council at the Suhrawardy Udyan today.

Leaders of Bangladesh Awami Ulama League wants to see Sajeeb Wazed Joy as the general secretary of the ruling party.

Awami League President Shiekh Hasina today said people of the country will never accept vote riggers. Referring to February 15, 1996, the prime minster said people of the country did not accept vote rigging and compelled BNP to step down from the office.

Three members of BNP's standing committee members who were invited to the Awami League's national council will not attend the event.

The Awami League's 22nd national council is underway after Prime Minister and the party President Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the event this morning.

Thousands of leaders and activists from all over the country are gathering on the premises of the historic Suhrawardy Udyan to join the 22nd national conference of the ruling Awami League today.