Agriculture Minister Abdur Razzaque yesterday said  Awami League will always keep the door of dialogue open for BNP.

BNP leader Rumeen Farhana today claimed that the government has been mounting pressure on ex-BNP leader Abdus Sattar Bhuiyan to take part in the by-polls to Brahmanbaria-2.

Chief coordinator of Ganosamhati Andolon Junaid Saki has said that the present government has snatched all the rights of the citizens.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the Awami League government will lend all sorts of cooperation to lessen the sufferings of the people due to the economic recession emerging from the coronavirus pandemic and the Ukraine-Russia war.

The BNP today alleged that the court gave order to confiscate moveable (bank accounts) and immovable (land-related) properties of BNP acting Chairman Tarique Rahman and his wife Zubaida Rahman out of "vengeance."

The newly-elected Awami League national committee, central working committee, and advisory council today paid tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Tungipara in Gopalganj.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged people to remain vigilant against the anti-liberation forces that are plotting to seize power through the backdoor.

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