Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has wondered how the BNP could dream of returning to power after the BNP-Jamaat alliance got only 30 seats in 2008 general election that was accepted by all.

BNP lawmaker Harunur Rashid submitted his resignation to Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury at her office yesterday.

With the Rangpur City Corporation election only a few days away, mayor and councillor candidates are passing busy times campaigning to ensure votes.

The ruling Awami League has urged its leaders and workers to follow traffic guidelines of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) to keep vehicular

Information Minister Hasan Mahmud yesterday said BNP would not be able to move ahead by forming a 12-party alliance, splitting the 20-party coalition.

Former state minister for information and broadcasting Murad Hasan today apologised to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and promised he would not engage in any activities that bring dishonour to the PM.

"We want to build a well-ordered, well-organised, united Awami League with the goal of building a smart Bangladesh under the leadership of Sheikh Hasina. We are ready for the next election."

A total of 12 political parties, belonging to BNP-led 20-party, formed a new alliance to implement a 10-point demand including ousting the government from the office..The new alliance announced to wage simultaneous movement that the BNP called on December 10 to force the government to step

Harunur Rashid, BNP lawmaker of Chapainawabganj-3, submitted his resignation to Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury at the latter's office today.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has said the country’s law and order situation is good and the police force is working with patriotism and bravery to maintain it.

A former chief election commissioner yesterday said the commission has to bring all political parties to the national election when the current election commissioners say that it is not their job to ensure all parties participation.

The ruling Awami League-led 14-party alliance yesterday said BNP’s “Rainbow Nation” means giving state and social recognition again to the defeated forces of the Liberation War.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today asked the elected local government representatives to play an effective role in overcoming global crisis due to the Covid-19 and Russia-Ukraine war.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and its standing committee member Mirza Abbas today sought bail from Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court in a case filed over the December 7 clash between police and the party men in Dhaka's Nayapaltan area.

The ruling Awami League is all set to hold its 22nd triennial national council on December 24 with only one thing certain: Sheikh Hasina, who has been leading the party since 1981 after she returned home from a long exile, will be reelected as the AL president for the 10th time.

Police detained 17 leaders and activists of the BNP and its associate organisations in Tangail yesterday, said the party leaders.

Responding to the Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader’s comment criticising BNP’s state reform proposals, BNP standing committee member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain said the ruling party wants to shift blame to others.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday termed the BNP’s 27-point state reform proposal nothing but a “stunt” to mislead people of the country.

Saddam Hossain and Sheikh Wali Asif Enan have been named president and general secretary of Bangladesh Chhatra League, the pro-Awami League student body.

Saddam Hossain and Sheikh Wali Asif Enan have been named president and general secretary of Bangladesh Chhatra League, the student body of ruling Awami League.