The Election Commission will announce the schedule for the next parliamentary election on November 8.

A number of Supreme Court verdicts in cases related to Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad seem to have the answer to a million-dollar question: Is the BNP chairperson eligible to contest the upcoming parliamentary polls?

As Hefajat-e Islam activists turned increasingly violent and kept Motijheel occupied for nearly 12 hours after their rally there on May 5, 2013, the law enforcers swung into action after midnight and drove them away. Following that show of strength, the Hefajat did not have to take to the streets again as the Islamist group got much of whatever it wanted through negotiations that took place away from the public eye.

Several eminent citizens yesterday said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina should not have attended the Qawmi madrasa platform's rally for which public examinations were deferred.

Top leaders of the components of the Awami League-led 14-party combine yesterday urged Sheikh Hasina to announce at one go the names of all alliance candidates for the next national election to avoid conflict.

The voting trend in Dhaka division had an intriguing pattern in the first three parliamentary elections since 1991. In each of the polls, the losing side got about half the seats won by the winning party.

Jatiya Oikyafront submits a letter to the Election Commission (EC) urging it not to announce the schedule for the 11th parliamentary election until the end of the ongoing dialogue.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday criticised the BNP and the Jatiya Oikyafront for announcing programmes for movement at a time when a dialogue was taking place about the national election.

Hiyatul Ulya Lil-Zami’atil Qawmiya Bangladesh will accord a grand reception to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina tomorrow at Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka for recognising top Qawmi degree Dawra-e-Hadith as equivalent to master's in Islamic studies and Arabic.

Bangladesh were hoping to utilise home conditions to greater effect given their strategy of undoing their opponents with a spin-heavy side, but instead it is Zimbabwe who will be the happier side after their performance on the opening day of the inaugural Test at the

Transcom Group Chairman Latifur Rahman is one of the top taxpayers in Dhaka city corporation area. The Daily Star Editor Mahfuz Anam and Bangla daily Prothom Alo Editor Matiur Rahman have once again made it to the list of highest taxpayers in journalist category.

Two young men were shot dead early yesterday hours after they were arrested in Teknaf.

Five members of a family, including an infant, were seriously burned in a fire caused by leaky gas lines at their flat in Ashulia area of Savar yesterday.

Even after the not-so-good experience on Thursday, the Jatiya Oikyafront wants to stay open to further talks though many of its leaders believe the government will not invite them to any more dialogue.

Jatiya Oikyafront leader Dr Kamal Hossain yesterday said he was more concerned about a free and fair national election than about the polls-time government.

More than 14 years have passed since a trial court handed punishment to 11 perpetrators for the killing of four national leaders inside the erstwhile Dhaka central jail, but their sentence is yet be implemented.

Bangladesh's growth in Tests has not quite matched their progress in ODI cricket as just 10 wins in 108 matches show. Among their most monumental results in the format are wins over Australia and England at home on tailor-made pitches that favour spin bowling, so the Tigers may opt for the same strategy when they take on Zimbabwe at the Sylhet International Stadium today in the first match of a two-Test series.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged all to stand up for journalists, truth and justice saying truth never dies.

Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina yesterday said her party wants a free and fair election so that people can pick their leaders to run the country.

Led by Gonoforum President Dr Kamal Hossain, the Jatiya Oikyafront delegation stepped inside the Gono Bhaban around 6:45pm. They exchanged greetings with the 14-party team, led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.