Abdul Latif Siddiqui, expelled Awami League presidium member and a former minister who has been elected MP from Tangail-4 (Kalihati), said he will continue to say what he feels is right in parliament.

AK Azad, an Awami League leader who won in the January 7 national election as an independent candidate, said he will speak against extortion and criminal activities.

Syed Sayedul Haque Sumon, popularly known as Barrister Sumon, said he will continue to speak up against corruption as he has been doing.

Lawmakers-elect of the January 7 national election took oath at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban yesterday.

A Dhaka court yesterday granted BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir bail in nine cases filed over violence centring the October 28 BNP rally in Dhaka.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is likely to return to her home tomorrow after 5 months as she is set to be discharged from hospital in the afternoon

The country is moving towards a one-party state, Trinamool BNP Secretary General Advocate Taimur Alam Khandakar said today

Leaders and activists of the Awami League started a rally at the Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital around 2:30pm today

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today told the newly elected members of parliament that among all of their responsibilities, their duty towards the people was the most important

Hundreds of Jatiyo Party leaders and activists demonstrated against the party chief and secretary general in front of the JP chairman's office this afternoon, even as their newly elected lawmakers were taking the oath of office in parliament

The Awami League Parliamentary Party (ALPP) elected Sheikh Hasina as Leader of the House.

All the candidates who won from their respective constituencies in the 12th national election on January 7 have completed taking their oath of office as members of parliament today

'Since we have participated in the elections, we will not step back from taking the oath at this moment. We will go to the parliament to speak for the people and work towards fulfilling their expectations,' says Jatiya Party chairman

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said those (US, UK) who gave contrasting statements about the election in Bangladesh, should see the positive comments of the observers from their country.

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen yesterday said there is no reason to worry about the US and UK statements on Bangladesh’s election, as they respect people’s verdict.

It was business as usual for the Jatiyo Party yesterday, a party widely criticised for saying one thing in the morning and changing it by the evening.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir was yesterday shown  arrested in nine more cases over political violence in  Dhaka centring on the October 28 BNP rally.

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi today said though the government was complacent with a one-party election, the people spontaneously boycotted the polls

BNP will not go for any hartal and blockade-like programmes over the next few days even though the party outright rejected the poll results.

BNP has no other choice but to wait another five years till the next national elections, Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader said yesterday.