Deputy jailer suspended; probe committee formed to investigate wrongful release

Cautioning against rising tempers nationwide, Jamaat chief urges calm

No case filed yet

Wife says he had been suffering from mental health issues

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman has said women cannot lead the party, citing religious obligations and biological limitations.

Business leaders yesterday urged the Jamaat-e-Islami to ensure policy support, cut red tape, and curb bribery to improve the ease of doing business if it forms the next government after the February 12 election.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday called on a political party to apologise for its misdeeds during the Liberation War before seeking votes from the public.

Army Chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman yesterday directed members of the armed forces to perform their election-related duties with strict professionalism and neutrality.

The BNP, if voted to power, will waive agricultural loans of up to Tk 10,000 with interest and build the Padma Barrage to benefit the people of the Rajshahi region, party Chairman Tarique Rahman told a campaign rally in Rajshahi city yesterday.

The Election Commission and the government are at loggerheads over whether employees of the republic can campaign for a “yes” vote in the referendum, scheduled to be held along with the February 12 general election.

With the election less than 2 weeks away, the government is hurriedly pushing opaque, last-minute decision-making

BNP chairman pledges fair share for ancestral hometown without depriving others

Following prolonged discussions between the National Consensus Commission (NCC) and various political parties on reforms in key state institutions, the July National Charter was signed on October 17, 2025.

It has been about a week since the window for official campaigning for the upcoming election opened, and things are already settling into a familiar pattern.

BNP chairman draws massive crowd at Altafunnessa playground rally

Commission says no scope to remove symbols after allocation deadline

Fact-checking organisation Dismislab has debunked recent social media claims that Saiful Islam, joint convener of Sherpur’s Jhenaigati unit Jubo Dal, was killed following a clash between Jamaat and BNP activists in Sherpur.

Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman yesterday said if the 11-party alliance comes to power in the February 12 national election, 90 percent of extortionists will no longer get the scope to extort people.

Home Adviser Jahangir Alam Chowdhury yesterday warned that the government would take strict departmental and legal action if evidence is found that anyone engaged in election duty worked in favour of any candidate or sought to implement any party agenda.

Mamunul Haque, the 11-party alliance candidate for the Dhaka-13 constituency and ameer of Bangladesh Khelafat Majlis, yesterday demanded justice for the killing of a local Jamaat-e-Islami leader in Sherpur.