BNP plans to observe protest programmes like hartal or lay siege to the parliament building on the first day of the parliamentary session of the new government as part of the movement for its one-point demand.

The election-coverage of the state-run Bangladesh Television (BTV) was mostly a three-person show featuring none other than the Awami League trio -- party President Sheikh Hasina, General Secretary Obaidul Quader, and Joint General Secretary Hasan Mahmud

A Dhaka court today granted ad-interim bail to BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and its standing committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury in a case filed with Paltan Police Station over assaulting law enforcers in the capital on October 28 last year

Detectives have pressed charges against BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman in a case filed under the Digital Security Act

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) today termed the 12th parliamentary election as a one-sided one that was staged to appear competitive, and said it was an “ominous sign” for the country's democracy and the future of elections

BNP today announced a two-day programme to observe the 88th birth anniversary of the late Ziaur Rahman, the party's founder and a former president

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said yesterday that the BNP did not participate in the January 7 election out of fear of defeat and has been searching for other ways to assume power after being rejected by the people time and again.

Seven people were injured in a factional clash between two groups of Awami League in Rupganj upazila of Narayanganj this afternoon

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the absolute win of Awami League in the January 7 election was the victory of Bangladesh, its people, and continuation of democracy and development

With the election now over and the new government formed, some grassroots BNP leaders think things would have been much different had the party high-ups had an alternative plan for their anti-government movement.

Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader and Secretary General Mujibul Haque Chunnu yesterday outright rejected allegations that they took money from the ruling party to run in the election.

The Supreme Court yesterday upheld a High Court order that directed the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court in Dhaka to accept, hear, and dispose of the bail petitions of BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in nine cases.

Awami League President Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked the party leaders and activists to stop blaming each other centring the polls result.

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court today deferred for three weeks the hearing on whether the authorities concerned will probe allegations against the owner of S Alam Group of amassing property abroad without Bangladesh Bank's permission

BNP yesterday alleged that ordinary citizens of the country are suffering in the face of high inflation caused by the “corruption, plunder and foul play” by the government and pro-regime business syndicate.

On the first day of their tenure, the newly-appointed ministers addressed the challenges ahead and shared their strategies to overcome them.

State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Mohammad Ali Arafat yesterday said he wants to set up a framework to tackle propaganda and rumours.

Law Minister Anisul Huq today said the leaders and activists of BNP and Jamaat have not been sent to jail for any political reasons

BNP today alleged that ordinary citizens of the country are suffering in the face of high inflation caused by the "corruption, plunder and foul play" by the government and pro-regime business syndicate

Allege JP candidates, grassroots leaders on national polls