Awami league

Think about AL in newer away, PM tells party leaders

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says time has come to think about the ruling Awami League in a newer way to keep it dynamic and vibrant.
11 April 2016, 14:51 PM

AL Dhaka city units get new leadership

Awami League President Sheikh Hasina yesterday finally approved committees for Dhaka city north and south AL units.
10 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Opinion: Pahela Baishakh and Olama League’s Haram ‘fatwa’

Bangladesh Awami Olama League claims Pahela Baishakh celebration is ‘Haram’. So then, is our government upholding a ‘Haram’ culture as it is a public holiday? Are the 160 million Bangalis observing a Haram festival? How could one organisation openly declare this and walk away without any protest from any quarters or action from the government?
10 April 2016, 08:40 AM

Khaleda greets Hasina on Pahela Baishakh

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia greets Awami League President Sheikh Hasina on the occasion of Pahela Baishakh.
10 April 2016, 07:35 AM

Rahmatullah, Hasnat made AL’s Dhaka north, south presidents

AKM Rahmatullah and Abul Hasnat have been made presidents of Awami League’s Dhaka north and south city units.
10 April 2016, 06:48 AM

AL man held with firearm in Tangail

Detectives in a drive arrest a local Awami League leader along with a firearm from his house in Gopalpur upazila of Tangail.
9 April 2016, 06:42 AM

1 killed in AL infighting over UP polls in Jhenidah

A local Awami League activist is killed and 20 others are injured in a clash between two rival groups of the ruling party at Choyaile in Jhenidah Sadar upazila over the fourth phase union parishad election.
8 April 2016, 05:50 AM

Graft case: SC upholds 3-yr jail for Alamgir’s son

The Supreme Court upholds the three-year jail sentence of former Awami League lawmaker Dr Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir’s son Joy Alamgir in a corruption case.
7 April 2016, 07:33 AM

Faruk killing: Arrest order for Tangail AL MP, 9 others

A Tangail court issues arrest warrant against 10 fugitives including an Awami League lawmaker and his three brothers in a case filed for killing Tangail AL leader and freedom fighter Faruk Ahmed.
6 April 2016, 07:52 AM

Star editor gets bail in Shariatpur

The Daily Star Editor and Publisher Mahfuz Anam today secured bail in two defamation cases in Shariatpur.
4 April 2016, 05:48 AM

Suranjit pulls up EC over UP polls role

Ruling Awami League leader Surnajit Sengupta lambastes the Election Commission over its “failure to prevent violence in the union parishad elections”.
1 April 2016, 13:16 PM

Post-poll violence leaves 35 hurt, 15 houses burnt

At least 35 people are injured in Brahmanbaria and Jhenidah while 15 houses are burnt in Natore in separate incidents of post-post violence, following yesterday's union parishad (UP) polls.
1 April 2016, 09:00 AM

Polls fair: AL

Citing an oblique reference to the first phase of Union Parishad elections, the ruling Awami League claims that the second phase of UP polls is held in a free, fair and peaceful manner.
31 March 2016, 14:11 PM

10th session of JS starts April 24

The 10th parliament will go into its 10th session on April 24, after a 54-day recess.
30 March 2016, 13:04 PM

Cheque bounce case: Toki’s father sent to jail

A Narayanganj court sends Rafiur Rabbi, father of slain teen Toki, to jail in connection with a cheque bounce case filed by a relative of Awami League lawmaker Shamim Osman.
29 March 2016, 13:29 PM

Pro-AL candidates bag SCBA polls

Awami League-backed panel Sammilita Ainjibi Samannaya Parishad (SASP) wins eight posts including president among 14 posts in the Supreme Court Bar Association election.
25 March 2016, 03:46 AM

Ekramul murder: Stay on Minar’s bail extended

The Supreme Court extends for two weeks its earlier stay order on bail of BNP leader Mahtab Uddin Minar in Feni’s Fulgazi upazila chairman Ekramul Haque murder case.
24 March 2016, 07:29 AM

Desperation for win led to Mathbaria bloodshed

An Awami League leader's desperate attempts to clinch victory for his party favourite in Tuesday's polls to Dhanisafa union parishad cost five lives in Mathbaria of Pirojpur, according to locals.
23 March 2016, 18:00 PM

UP polls: AL wins 356 chairman posts, BNP 30

Awami League-backed chairman candidates won elections in 356 union parishads while contestants from its arch rival BNP’s camp won in 30.
23 March 2016, 09:29 AM

Polls free, claims AL

The ruling Awami League has claimed that the union parishad election was held in a free, spontaneous, and transparent manner while its political opponent BNP termed the polls “farcical under a partisan Election Commission”.
22 March 2016, 18:00 PM