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.

The Election Commission yesterday announced a draft voter list with an enrolment of 79.83 lakh new voters, who will become eligible to cast their votes in the next parliamentary elections for the first time.

Jatiya Party MP Mujibul Haque Chunnu yesterday asked the finance minister, in parliament, if the news reports over Bangladeshis owning properties abroad were true.

Alleging that BNP is hatching a conspiracy to assume power in an unconstitutional way, leaders of the Awami League-led 14-party grand alliance yesterday said they will not allow this to happen in any way.

Executive Director of Transparency International Bangladesh, Iftekharuzzaman, has said that keeping Khaleda Zia and Tarique Rahman – sentenced by the court – in BNP’s top leadership “contradicts” the party’s 27-point outline for state reform, which includes a stance against corruption, and is a sign of “moral decay”.

Opposition Jatiya Party lawmaker Mujibul Haque Chunnu today in parliament asked the finance minister whether the news published in media -- on assets of Bangladeshis abroad, including MPs -- is true or not.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir was admitted to Evercare Hospital in Dhaka this morning.

The Awami League has become its worst enemy because of rampant infighting at its grassroots, said leaders of the ruling party yesterday.

Following the directives of Awami League high-ups, three local party leaders, who were running in the by-polls to Brahmanbaria-2 (Sarail-Ashuganj) as independents, yesterday withdrew from the race.

BNP yesterday said it is “not in the mood” to respond to Awami League’s lies.