The government that will solve the internal issues of the country and the foreign diplomats have to abide by the rules of Geneva Convention in this regard, said Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today.

The Awami League will start distributing nomination forms from Wednesday for the party's nomination in elections to five parliamentary seats, left vacant after the resignation of BNP lawmakers.

Among the ruling Awami League rank and file, confusion reigned about who actually tops the list of joint general secretaries.

Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina yesterday said she accepted the leadership of the party this time considering the volatile global economic situation.

As election campaigns for Rangpur City Corporation ended at midnight, the Election Commission said there were concerns over violence at almost one-third of the 229 polling centres.

Awami League has chosen experienced leadership through democratic process to face the upcoming challenges, said party General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday.

The goal of BNP’s 10-point demand is to protect the country’s people from the incumbent government’s misrule, said party leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain yesterday.

<B>Zia, Ershad and Khaleda Zia turned Bangladesh into a “nation of beggars” after 1975, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said today.</B>.Sheikh Hasina said this during her closing remarks while exchanging greetings with party leaders and activists at Gono Bhaban after she was reelected AL Pres

The newly-elected Awami League central working committee and advisory council led by party President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today paid tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

A BNP man died in Panchagarh and scores of others were injured in clashes between police and party activists centring the BNPs mass processions in different parts of the country yesterday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the next general election would be free and fair.

Sheikh Hasina, who has been leading the grand old Awami League for 42 years now, will be at the party helm for the next three years as she was reelected the president for the 10th consecutive time.

Police arrested at least 85 activists from Jamaat-Shibir processions in different districts yesterday.

Re-elected Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said Awami League and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina should be brought to power again for the welfare of the country.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and the party’s Standing Committee member Mirza Abbas may have to wait for at least eight more days to seek bail from the High Court in the case filed over the December 7 clash between party activists and police.

The BNP office in Sarui area of Bagerhat city was vandalised, and an attack was carried out on the district BNP convener's house in the same area today, local BNP leaders claimed.

The ruling Awami League’s 22nd national council ended this evening as AL President Sheikh Hasina left Suhrawardy Udyan, the venue for the council, around 5:00pm

Awami League presidium member Nurul Islam Nahid was dropped from the party’s presidium body while ruling party leader Mostofa Jalal Mohiuddin was included in the presidium committee.

A man died and several others were injured in a clash between police and BNP men in Panchagarh this afternoon, BNP claimed.

Sheikh Hasina has been re-elected to the post of Awami League president for the 10th time in the 22nd Awami League National Council