Gono Odhikar Parishad convener Reza Kibria stepped down from the party post last night

Chattogram-5 (Hathazari) constituency is known as a stronghold of Jatiyo Party as its co-chairman Anisul Islam Mahmud has won six times from this seat.

Jatiyo Party Chairman GM Quader said action will be taken against candidates who withdrew from the election without consulting central leaders, citing it as a breach of party discipline.

A Jubo Dal leader who reportedly fell sick in Bagerhat district jail died last night at a hospital in the district

Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) will celebrate its 76th founding anniversary across the country tomorrow

Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina will join election rallies virtually in five districts and one upazila today

Pro-BNP and Jamaat lawyers observed countrywide court-boycott programme for second day today demanding “restoration of democracy and rule of law, and stopping injustice in the name of trials”.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said Prof Muhammad Yunus was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment by the court, and the Awami League government had nothing to do with the verdict.

Ganatantra Mancha, a platform of some opposition organisations, yesterday alleged that the Labour Court’s verdict against Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus is an outcome of the Awami League government’s political vengeance.

Ganatantra Mancha, a platform of some opposition organisations, today alleged that the Labour Court's verdict against Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus is an outcome of the Awami League government's political vengeance

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will join election rallies virtually in five districts and one upazila tomorrow

Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina has joined a campaign rally in Faridpur ahead of the January 7 national election

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader today said Prof Muhammad Yunus was sentenced to six months' imprisonment by the court, and Awami League had nothing to do with the verdict

Faridpur is all set to welcome Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as she will visit the district today to attend a campaign rally ahead of the January 7 national election

Police arrested a BNP leader, also an UP chairman, from Gangachara upazila of Rangpur yesterday

BNP and its allies extended their ongoing mass outreach and leaflet distribution programme for three more days, starting today, to garner public support for the party’s call to boycott the January 7 election.

The BNP is now unlikely to go for programmes like hartals and blockades, fearing those may not yield the desired results and any violence could lead to fingers being pointed at the party.

Candidates of Jatiyo Party, the main opposition party in parliament, are vying for 265 seats on paper, but most of them are not campaigning.

Even though Jatiyo Party was spared several seats by Awami League as part of the ruling party’s seat-sharing policy, some of its candidates are not having smooth sailing as per expectation.

Time will tell whether Jatiyo Party will stay in the January 7 polls until the very end or not, said party chairman GM Quader.