Awami League-led 14-party alliance will form a human chain across the country on February 24 in protest against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s controversial remarks over number of 1971 martyrs.

The BNP yesterday said holding Union Parishad (UP) polls on partisan lines might create unrest at the grassroots level and wreak havoc on public life.

The Supreme Court yesterday upheld a High Court order that had cleared the way for a lower court to continue trial proceedings of Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia.

Police have pressed charges against BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and 52 other political leaders and activities in two cases filed in connection with vandalising and torching vehicles in January last year.

A top court in the United Arab Emirates yesterday sentenced four Emiratis to death after convicting them of joining the Islamic State jihadist group in Syria, local media reported.

People with disabilities yesterday demanded access to all tiers of politics including reserved seats in parliament, a favourable environment at voting centres and quota inside political parties.

The family of a former leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) yesterday alleged that he had been missing since some people identifying themselves as law enforcers picked him up more than two weeks ago from the capital's Bashundhara area.

Saidur Hemu, 27, joint secretary of Sreepur upazila Bangladesh Chhatra League in Gazipur, and two of his associates

The Workers' Party of Bangladesh yesterday expressed hope that the upcoming union parishad elections would be free

Awami League yesterday instructed its grassroots level units to send names of candidates for the Union Parishad elections within Monday.

Journalist leaders yesterday expressed concern over threats to shut down leading English newspaper The Daily Star and arrest of its editor.

The boy came from an ordinary lower middle class family. The story of his life came to an end before it could start a

The BNP during its standing committee meeting last night finalised 11 sub-committees for its upcoming sixth national council.

A Jatiya Party lawmaker yesterday in parliament stoutly protested harassment of his personal secretary by policemen while he (PS) was

Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad yesterday said three of his party leaders tarnished his image by taking up ministerial posts.

At least six activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) were injured during factional clashes at Chittagong University yesterday over a

A Dhaka court yesterday again rejected the bail petitions of BNP's Student Affairs Secretary Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Annee in nine cases filed against him.

This time the post holders of the newly formed mega committee of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) yesterday attacked BNP's Naya Paltan

The Rabindra University Bangladesh Bill was placed in the House last night aimed at preserving the memory of Nobel laureate poet

Awami League lawmaker MA Latif yesterday held the designer concerned responsible for tampering with the photo of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in the festoons and banners, used for welcoming Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to Chittagong city last week.