Panchagarh-1: AL activists protest Mukta’s nomination

Awami League activists yesterday demonstrated and blocked roads for the second consecutive day to press home their demand for cancellation of the party’s nomination to Naimuzzaman Mukta for Panchagarh-1 constituency.
27 November 2023

Not quite independent

AL leaders seeking to run as independents must get the party’s nod
27 November 2023

Tainted, yet given Awami League ticket

The Awami League has nominated several controversial incumbents for the January 7 parliamentary election.
27 November 2023

Resisting polls on BNP’s mind

Struggling to bring its oust-government movement to a climax, the BNP now plans to resist the January 7 parliamentary election.
27 November 2023

Blockade tomorrow, hartal a day after

The BNP yesterday called for a nationwide blockade on Wednesday, and a hartal on Thursday.
27 November 2023

2018 violence case: 28 BNP leaders, activists indicted

A Dhaka court yesterday framed charges against 28 leaders and activists of BNP, including its Publicity Secretary Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Annie, in a 2018 violence case.
27 November 2023

BNP’s Nayapaltan Office: Abandoned, locked for a month

The BNP office has been abandoned, heavily guarded and padlocked for a month now.
27 November 2023

BNP's Nayapaltan office: Abandoned, locked for a month

The BNP office has been abandoned, heavily guarded and padlocked for a month now.
27 November 2023

JP found no candidates in several constituencies: Chunnu

Jatiya Party did not find any candidates in several constituencies to contest in the upcoming 12th parliamentary elections
27 November 2023

AL leaders can be independent candidates if they want: Quader

Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader today said the party leaders can contest in the forthcoming 12th general elections as independent candidates if they want to do so
27 November 2023

Blockade on Wednesday, hartal on Thursday: BNP

The BNP today declared a countrywide blockade on Wednesday, and a countrywide hartal on Thursday
27 November 2023

No bar to fielding dummy candidates as per AL chief's guideline: Quader

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader today said the permission for party leaders to run as independent candidates in the upcoming national election was a "strategic decision"
27 November 2023

Bangladesh arrested thousands in 'violent crackdown': HRW

Bangladesh has launched a sweeping and violent crackdown on opposition parties to "eliminate competition" ahead of general elections, including arresting almost 10,000 activists, Human Rights Watch said Monday
27 November 2023

No AL nomination: supporters of Monnujan protest in Kuhlna

The ruling Awami League's decision to nominate SM Kamal Hossain, the organising secretary of the party's central committee, to contest from the Khulna-3 constituency in the upcoming national elections triggered untoward situations in the city today
26 November 2023

India has taken position against people of Bangladesh by supporting Hasina: Rizvi

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi yesterday alleged that India has taken a position against the people of Bangladesh by supporting Sheikh Hasina’s “authoritarian” government
26 November 2023

AL goes for a blend of old and new

The Awami League yesterday unveiled its list of 298 nominees, and three incumbent ministers and 68 other lawmakers did not make the cut.
26 November 2023

JP drama over nomination drags on

Although the Jatiya Party is set to announce today the list of its candidates for all 300 constituencies, the party’s chief patron Raushan Ershad, her son, and leaders loyal to her have not even collected nomination forms.
26 November 2023

AL nomination: Many controversial lawmakers left out

Awami League today announced the final list of its candidates for 298 seats to contest the January 7 national election
26 November 2023

List of 71 MPs who didn’t get AL nomination

The Awami League today unveiled the list of its nominees for the 298 constituencies for the next general elections, slated to be held on January 7
26 November 2023

Nomination collected on behalf of N’ganj BNP leader Gias, he denies

Two nomination forms were collected on behalf of former MP and BNP’s Narayanganj district unit convener Muhammad Gias Uddin and his son Muhammad Kaisar from the district returning officer's office today
26 November 2023