They are lawmakers. Yet they took the law into their own hands.

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday said AL does not want uncontested elections, it wants competitive ones instead with participation of all political parties. 

After the incident of an Awami League MP in Rajshahi beating up a college principal, another ruling party lawmaker allegedly attacked a Cumilla Awami League leader yesterday on parliament premises.

BNP senior leader Mirza Abbas yesterday said their party is preparing for ousting the Awami League government, not for joining the national election under Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday urged BNP leaders to participate in the elections and politics.

After the incident of Rajshahi MP Omar Faruk Chowdhury allegedly beating a college principal, now another ruling party MP allegedly attacked a Cumilla Awami League leader today (July 16, 2022) on the parliament premises.

Agriculture Minister Mohammad Abdur Razzaque yesterday said no matter how powerful the US ambassador or people like him are, they won’t be able to play any role in the next national elections of Bangladesh.

European Union Ambassador to Bangladesh Charles Whiteley met BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday.

Referring to the disgraceful inclusion of the indemnity for Bangabandhu’s killers in the fifth amendment to the constitution, Prime Minister’s ICT Affairs Advisor Sajeeb Wazed Joy termed it “the beginning of the culture of impunity”.

An Awami League probe body found authenticity of the allegation that organizing secretary of Gaibandha’s Palashbari upazila unit, Mohibul Hasan Mukit’s parents were involved with Jamaat-Shibir politics.

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said attempts by the West to punish a nuclear power such as Russia for the war in Ukraine risked endangering humanity, as the near five-month conflict leaves cities in ruins and thousands homeless.

Former Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leaders recounted the "violent politics" of Islami Chhatra Shibir, the student wing of Jamaat e Islami, on university campuses.

Bangladesh’s national election next year will be critical in determining whether the country moves towards greater democracy or greater autocracy, said a recently released policy document of the US.

BNP senior leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain yesterday warned that Bangladesh is likely to face a deep economic crisis like Sri Lanka though the government is now trying to hush up the reality.

BNP senior leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain today (July 6, 2022) warned that Bangladesh is likely to face a deepening economic crisis like Sri Lanka though the government is now trying to hush up the reality.

The Awami League government will not be able to earn people’s confidence even if it builds 1,000 Padma bridges ignoring democracy, said BNP yesterday.

The OECD countries will be happy if next general polls are held in an inclusive, acceptable, and free and fair manner, said Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal.

Akhter Hossain Tinku, a local Awami League leader and a teacher at Mirzapur United Degree College in Narail, has been suspended from the post of president of a local AL committee over the recent assault on the college principal.

A total of 70 people died in the political clashes across the country in the first half of the year 2022 while 3,770 were injured, according to the data of Human Rights Support Society.

BNP, Jatiya Party and Gono Forum MPs at Jatiya Sangsad yesterday blasted the government for the sorry state of the Election Commission (EC), education system, law and order situation and widespread corruption in health sector.