Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said “organisational issues” are partially responsible for Awami League’s humiliating defeat in Tuesday’s mayoral polls in Rangpur city.

Sixty eminent citizens including former and current teachers of various universities have demanded release of imprisoned BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.

Pro-Awami League “blue” panel had a landslide victory in the Dhaka University Teachers’ Association (DUTA) election yesterday.

Sixty eminent citizens including former and current teachers of various universities have demanded release of imprisoned BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.

BNP will bring out a mass procession from Nayapaltan at 2:00pm tomorrow, BNP Vice Chairman Professor AZM Zahid Hossain said in a press briefing today.

A Dhaka court today summoned the complainant to appear before it on January 26 to give his opinion whether it will accept the charges brought against 15 people in a case filed over death of ASP Anisul Karim Shipon on November 9, 2020.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader today said they will not sit idle if BNP engages in violence and arson attacks in the name of mass procession tomorrow.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader today said his party was aware of Jatiya Party candidate's precedence in public opinion in Rangpur City Corporation elections..“But we do not go there (Rangpur). We did not even fight in the election. We knew that Jatiya party candidate was ahe

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed was shown arrested today in three separate arson cases filed with Paltan and Badda police stations in 2012, 2013 and 2015.

Intra-party feud and selection of “wrong candidate” caused the ruling Awami League to suffer a humiliating defeat in Tuesday’s mayoral polls in Rangpur city, said local politicians and civil society members.

A new political platform called “Jatiyatabadi Samamona Jote”, involving 11 parties of the BNP-led 20-party alliance, was formally launched yesterday.

A new political platform 'Jatiyatabadi Samamona Jote' with 11 parties that were part of the BNP-led 20-party alliance was formally launched today.

With the BNP out of the equation, the competition was supposed to be between the ruling Awami League and main opposition Jatiya Party.

Jatiya Party’s Mostafizar Rahman Mostafa was reelected  Rangpur mayor while the ruling Awami League candidate, in the fourth position, managed to bag only 8 percent of the vote in the city corporation polls yesterday.

BNP today denounced the fare structure of the Dhaka metro rail, saying it is much higher than that of metro rails in neighbouring countries, including India and Pakistan.

Both the ruling Awami League and opposition Jatiya Party said they would win the Rangpur City Corporation election today.

Mashrafe Bin Mortaza was elected the youth and sports secretary of Awami League yesterday.

“People of the country have been saying the autocratic government will not be in office anymore. We believe that time is running out for the government. People of the country will oust the government through mass upsurge and will restore democracy in the country."

The BNP today alleged that when a government is desperate to stay in power, it reaches a stage where it forgets about the people of the country.

The BNP has formed a seven-member liaison committee for coordination with like-minded parties to wage simultaneous movement.