The Awami League has decided to bank on the same candidates in 16 districts for the 2024 national elections slated to be held on January 7.

The ruling Awami League has introduced new candidates for nine out of 20 constituencies in Dhaka for the 12th national election.

The party's President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury are among the 24 women candidates

The Awami League nominated 20 candidates from religious minority communities to contest the national election slated for January 7, 2024

Sons of four incumbent Awami League lawmakers have been picked to vie in the upcoming 12th parliamentary election from the constituencies their fathers were elected in the last national polls held in 2018

Ruling Awami League did not announce candidates for two constituencies for the upcoming elections to be held on January 7

Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mahmud (Al-Amin), younger brother of Inspector General of Police (IGP) Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun, got Awami League nomination from Sunamganj-2 (Dirai-Shalla) constituency to contest the 12th national election

Three members of the current cabinet did not get the nomination of Awami League to contest the 12th national parliament election

A total of 208 arson attacks have been recorded across the country till 6:00am today since October 28

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi today said the Indian government and Indian politicians should support what the Bangladeshi people want.

Cricketer Shakib Al Hasan got Awami League's nomination from Magura-1 to contest the upcoming general elections

Nagorik Oikya Convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna appeared in a political programme today, ending speculation about his absence from the political scene

Miscreants broke the glass of a parked bus and set it afire using petrol around 7:20pm at Kumargaon bus stand

If any country crosses the line and interferes into Bangladesh’s domestic affairs, Dhaka will try to remain engaged with them, said Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen in New Delhi.

Jubo League and Chhatra League activists surrounded a BNP leader and then handed him over to police in Feni yesterday.

Former state minister for information and broadcasting Murad Hassan, who had to resign from cabinet for his misogynistic and abusive remarks, has not got the Awami League ticket to run for parliament this time.

He was arrested in Dhaka on October 27, a day before BNP's grand rally

After several weeks of indecision, another Islamist party, Bangladesh Khelafat Andolon (BKA), today announced to participate in the January 7 parliamentary election

Locals doused the blaze before fire engines reached the spot

Dialogue can be held with political parties, not with those who instigate violence, says Hasan Mahmud