Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal yesterday said he would be happy if the BNP participated in the coming national election.

Responding to the ruling Awami League’s request not to organise processions on December 24 in the capital, the BNP has decided to reschedule its mass procession programme.

BNP will politically deal with ruling party on the streets in the coming days, said Khandakar Mosharraf Hossain, the party's standing committee member.

A prisoner is supposed to get a separate room, a bed, a table, a newspaper and some other facilities in jail if he or she is granted division facilities under the jail code.

A Dhaka court today rejected bail petitions of 105 activists of BNP's front organisations in a case filed over the December 7 clash in the capital's Nayapaltan.

Two writ petitions were filed today with the High Court, seeking directives upon the prison authorities to give division facilities to BNP leaders Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Mirza Abbas in jail..Fakhrul's wife Rahat Ara Begum and Abbas's wife Afroza Abbas submitted the petitions to th

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader today urged the BNP not to bring out “mass procession” in Dhaka on December 24 as it coincides with his party’s national council.

Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman has been arrested for his alleged involvement in militancy, according to an official of the Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit.

After completing its rallies in 10 divisional cities, the BNP now wants to wage a one-point movement to oust the government, uniting all like-minded opposition parties and forces.

Mostafizar Rahman, former mayor of Rangpur city, claimed that he did not have any annual income for the last 5 years even though he withdrew over 80 lakh in honorarium during this period.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said that it was not possible for BNP to come to power by “burning people to death”.

A Dhaka court yesterday rejected bail petitions of BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and standing committee member Mirza Abbas in a case filed over the December 7 clash between police and the party men in the capital’s Nayapaltan area.

The schedule for by-elections to parliamentary seats that are now vacant following the resignation of BNP MPs will be announced soon, Election Commissioner Md Alamgir said yesterday.

The Supreme Court today is to deliver an order on a petition that challenged a High Court order clearing the way for Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader to perform the responsibilities of his post.

Police filed a case against 18 BNP leaders and activists including Ishraque Hossain, the party’s foreign affairs committee member and some other unidentified people on charge of assaulting police, blasting crude bombs and vandalism at Jatrabari  during the party’s December 10 rally.

The schedule for by-elections to parliamentary seats that are now vacant following resignation of BNP MPs will be announced soon, Election Commissioner Md Alamgir said today.

Ganatantra Mancha, an alliance of seven parties, is scheduled to go to BNP's Nayapaltan office in Dhaka tomorrow to discuss the formation of a liaison committee to wage simultaneous movement with BNP. .They are scheduled to go there at 2:00pm tomorrow. .A liaison committee will be f

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader today said that it is not possible for BNP to come to power by "burning people to death".

The Supreme Court will deliver its order tomorrow on a petition that challenged a High Court order clearing the way for Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader to perform the responsibilities of his post.

Six leaders and activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) were injured in a clash between two factions of district Awami League during its triennial council in Chuadanga today.