A political government is the monumental obstacle to holding a free and fair national election in Bangladesh, said Shusashoner Jonno Nagorik yesterday.

Criticising the foreign minister for seeking India’s “support” to prop up Sheikh Hasina’s government, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said those who stay in power at the mercy of others have no right to rule Bangladesh.

Awami League Presidium Member Abdur Rahman today (August 20, 2022) said Foreign Minister Abdul Momen is not a party member and so there is no reason to misunderstand Awami League for the statement he made on seeking India’s help for sustaining the government.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said those who need others' support to stay in power have no right to rule the country.

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen yesterday said the recent hike in prices of essentials is concerning and that there might be “manipulation” behind the hike.

Any move to equate the July 2024 uprising with the 1971 Liberation War in the constitution undermines the significance of the latter and is therefore unacceptable, Bangladesh Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JASAD) said yesterday.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday warned BNP leaders that none can assume power through conspiracy and killing.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said the Awami League has never requested India to provide the party with support to stay in power and no one has been given responsibility by Sheikh Hasina to say it.

Ignoring many of the major recommendations put forward by political parties during the recently held talks, the Election Commission has proposed amendments to electoral law.

The BNP yesterday demanded UN supervised independent investigation into enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings in Bangladesh.

Rab yesterday arrested three BCL men in Rajshahi’s Meherchandi and adjacent areas for harassing a college girl, demanding extortion money from her mother, and beating up her father.

Information Minister Hasan Mahmud yesterday said the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) should take a look at Palestine and Myanmar, and it would be better if their high commissioner listened to the families of the victims of arson attacks between 2013 and 2015 in Bangladesh.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday alleged that the prices of essentials are going up alarmingly due to the government’s “corruption” and “mismanagement”.

A man was stabbed to death and at least seven others were injured during a clash between two groups of Awami League activists at Korail slum in Dhaka’s Banani area last night (August 17, 2022).

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday came down heavily on the then Awami League front-rank leaders for failing to protest and speak against the brutal killing of the father of the nation and his family members on August 15, 1975.

Prime Minister's International Affairs Adviser Dr Gowher Rizvi today said the assailants of August 15 in 1975 also conspired to kill Sheikh Hasina and Sheikh Rehana abroad, but the government of the then host countries prevented it.

Information Minister Hasan Mahmud yesterday said Ziaur Rahman and his family were the biggest beneficiaries of Bangabandhu’s killing, and BNP is a by-product of the incident.

“Compared to people in other countries, we are living happily. It can be said we are living in heaven.”

Many of the pledges made in the ruling Awami League’s 2018 election manifesto are unrealistic, Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) said yesterday.

A case was filed against a local Awami League leader and his three sons on charges of assaulting three journalists and breaking their cameras in ​​Panchagram area of Lalmonirhat yesterday.One of the victims, Anisur Rahman, Jamuna Television’s Lalmonirhat correspondent, filed the case with Lalmonirhat Sadar Police Station, said OC Ershadul Alam.