Khan Asaduzzman Masum and Jahangir Alam Nannu were elected president and general secretary respectively of Bangladesh Jubo Union central committee.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today expressed his firm belief that the government will be brought down through a peaceful movement, no matter how repressive its tactics to survive become.

Prime Minister and President of ruling Awami League Sheikh Hasina today firmly said her party always keeps the election pledges made ahead of any national election.

The BNP wants to make a final push to realise its demand for holding the next general election under a neutral caretaker administration only after the top brass finds the party’s Dhaka city units fully prepared for an all-out movement.

Information Minister and Awami League joint general secretary Hasan Mahmud yesterday said BNP had carried out grenade attacks on Awami League rallies but the AL government is now ensuring security to BNP programmes.

Noting that Chattogram is the heartbeat of the country’s economy, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday said the port city will become “one city with two towns” after completion of the Bangabandhu Tunnel, being constructed beneath the Karnaphuli River.

BNP Vice Chairman Barkatullah Bulu today warned that their party will take to the streets together with people if the government does not cancel its decision to hike power price.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today alleged that the government, fearing the pro-democracy movement, has become "desperate" to suppress the opposition leaders and activists.

Awami League will remain cautious about BNP's movement and stay on the streets to protect people's lives and property, Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader said today.

Awami League will remain cautious about BNP’s movement and stay on the streets to protect people’s lives and property, said Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday alleged that the government has become “desperate” to suppress the opposition leaders and activists, being afraid of the ongoing pro-democracy movement. “You (AL leaders) used to say a

The Awami League yesterday called upon the BNP to drop the demand for a polls-time caretaker government and reiterated that Sheikh Hasina will remain the prime minister during the election.

The BNP will hold rallies and demonstrate across the country on January 16 to  drum up support for its 10-point demand and to protest the government move to hike power price.

Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal yesterday said the Election Commission was concerned about the slow voting through electronic voting machines (EVMs) in the recently held Rangpur City Corporation polls.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, also president of Awami League yesterday said if her party is voted to power in the next election, it will continue the country’s development journey and serve the people.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today in parliament challenged those bringing allegations of graft in various mega projects to place clear statistics -- where and how much money was earned through corruption.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today in parliament placed an 11-point target and said it will be fulfilled if the Awami League can form government again following the next general election.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader today said if the BNP assumes power again, there will be no spirit of the Liberation War left in the country..“We cannot hand over power to the BNP, which is the patron of communal forces and militancy,” he said. .He made the remarks whil

The divisional mass sit-in programme of Khulna BNP to press home party’s 10-point demand started this morning in the city’s KD Ghosh Road area. .Around a thousand BNP leaders and activists from the 10 districts of the division and upazilas are participating in the protest programme that be

Leaders and activists of the ruling Awami League and its various associate bodies have taken a position in different parts of the capital while the BNP is holding a mass sit-in programme at its Nayapaltan headquarters and across the country.