Police in an overnight drive arrested nine activists of BNP and Jamaat-Shibir from Sitakunda and Lohagara upazilas of Chittagong

With loan default allegation no longer standing in the way, Tabith Awal, son of BNP’s Abdul Awal Mintoo, is now a legal candidate for Dhaka North City Corporation polls.

Nor'wester lashed Kushtia and Jhenidah districts yesterday, leaving two people killed and 20 others injured.

“Is it our dress? This is the attire of the British. And you are still bearing that servile attitude.”

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia offers prayers at the grave of her younger son Arafat Rahman Koko at Dhaka’s Banani Graveyard this evening.

Death row convict for war crimes in 1971 and Jamaat-e-Islami leader Muhammad Kamaruzzaman has met his family at Dhaka Central Jail.

The High Court upholds the election commission’s order that rejected the nomination of Abdul Awal Mintoo, the BNP-backed mayoral candidate for the Dhaka North City Corporation polls.

Jamaat calls 48-hr nationwide hartal from 6:00am tomorrow to protest SC rejection of Kamaruzzaman’ plea seeking review of his death penalty.

A Dhaka court yesterday again rejected bail of BNP Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed in three arson cases.

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested a drug peddler and seized four kilograms of hemp from his possession at Jaherpara

Khaleda Zia's Gulshan office was buzzing with activity on Saturday evening. Party leaders and staffs, who had been staying at the office for the last three months, started packing their bags around 11:00pm.

Archrivals Awami League and BNP both breathed sighs of relief as Khaleda Zia finally returned to her residence yesterday, after staying at her Gulshan office for three months.

Political unrest and illiberal democratic environment in the country have dented private sector investment in recent months, said Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) yesterday. The think-tank said sluggish reform activities, especially the institutional ones, have also hurt the confidence of the investors.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is facing 13 cases. Of the lawsuits, two are Zia Orphanage Trust and Zia Charitable Trust graft cases in which she secured bail after appearing before a Dhaka court yesterday.

Awami League Publicity and Publication Secretary Dr Hasan Mahmud yesterday termed BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia a "queen of terror"

Police in overnight drives arrested eight BNP and Jamaat men in two upazilas of Chittagong yesterday for carrying out subversive

Abdul Awal Mintoo, a BNP-backed mayoral candidate for Dhaka North City Corporation, files a writ petition with the High Court challenging cancellation of his nomination.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia returns to her Gulshan residence in Dhaka today after a 92-day stay at her political office.

Violating the electoral code of conduct, votes were sought, well outside the legally-set period, in favour of Chittagong City

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is likely to surrender before a Dhaka court today to seek bail in Zia Orphanage Trust and Zia Charitable