After Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader criticised BNP's reform proposals, BNP standing committee member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain said the ruling party wants to shift blame.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen today said there is "no reason to worry" about new US sanctions, and termed Bangladesh, US ties "very good".

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

If the BNP is voted to power, it will implement reforms so that no prime minister or president can serve more than two back-to-back terms, the party has said while unveiling its set of state restructure plans.

Alleging that the BNP is involved in anti-state conspiracy, leaders of the Awami League-led 14-party grand alliance yesterday vowed to resist the BNP and Jamaat unitedly.

The BNP today proposed 27 structural reforms "for the rescue and true liberation of the people and for greater national unity" if the party is voted to power.

By-polls to the five parliamentary seats, which fell vacant following the resignation of BNP lawmakers, will be held on February 1 next year.

BNP has claimed that valuables worth over Tk 50.5 lakh were damaged in police attack at its Nayapaltan central office on December 7 and demanded a neutral investigation into it.

A Dhaka court yesterday rejected the bail petitions of 146 leaders and activists of the BNP and its front organisations in a case over the December 7 clash with policemen in the capital’s Nayapaltan area.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said it won’t be easy for the BNP and others to overthrow the Awami League government through movements..They can, at best, hatch conspiracies against the government, she added..“BNP launched a movement to overthrow the government just a few days ag

By-polls to the five parliamentary seats, which fell vacant following the resignation of BNP lawmakers, will be held on February 1 next year.

The ruling Awami League has Tk 70.43 crore in the bank and the party believes the amount will rise before the next national polls, thanks to the sale of nomination forms to the aspirants.

The ruling Awami League yesterday held their “victory procession” in the capital with thousands of leaders and activists of the AL and its associate bodies, amid much fanfare and enthusiasm.

At the request of the Awami League, the BNP will bring out its mass procession in Dhaka on December 30 instead of December 24.

Just four days after denying that there was any conflict in Jatiya Party leadership before Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, fresh friction between Raushan Ershad and GM Quader was on display.

Hefajat-e-Islam yesterday came up with fresh seven-point demand including immediate release of its arrested leaders and activists.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said vested quarters are out there to destroy the country's democracy only for their personal gains.

Thousands of activists of different units of Awami league and its associate bodies have started a "victory procession" in Dhaka this afternoon, celebrating the country's 52nd Victory Day.

Thousands of activists of different units of Awami league and its associate bodies are taking part in the "victory procession" in Dhaka this afternoon, celebrating the country's 52nd Victory Day.

BNP will bring out its mass procession in Dhaka on December 30 instead of December 24.