The government wants to bring Sheikh Hasina back to Bangladesh rather than wait for her to return voluntarily, said Zahed Ur Rahman, information adviser to the prime minister, yesterday.

Bangladesh’s former prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s naming of Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim as the Awami League chief in her absence puts to rest much speculation over the leadership of this party.

He was previously registered under DSCC

Patwary contested the February 12 national election from Dhaka-8 as an NCP candidate

Ten more parliamentary standing committees of the 13th Jatiya Sangsad were formed yesterday, with opposition MPs again excluded from chairing the bodies despite their demand for 26 percent of the chairmanships.

Commission says preparations are moving rapidly

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shama Obaed yesterday questioned how opposition parties could organise a long march involving thousands of vehicles while claiming the country is facing fuel and gas shortages.

Leaders of the Jamaat-e-Islami-led 11-party alliance yesterday accused the BNP government of failing on economic fronts and betraying democratic mandates, as they closed their Dhaka-Chattogram long march with a rally at the Laldighi Maidan.

Leaders accuse BNP government of placing party loyalists in key public offices and ignoring referendum commitments

Tarique Rahman says his government is working to address inherited energy problems and warns that the law will be enforced against attempts to create unrest

State minister urges opposition parties to take their demands to parliament

11-party alliance’s Dhaka-Chattogram long march draws crowds at stops in Narayanganj, Cumilla, Feni and Chattogram

Jamaat chief accuses government of breaking promises on July Charter and referendum verdict

The long march began from Shapla Chattar in Dhaka at around 8:30am today, after an inaugural rally at 7:00am. 

BNP leader says opposition parties should explain how they would secure gas and electricity instead of merely announcing programmes

Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed yesterday said no group or community in Bangladesh should be identified as a “minority”, stressing that all citizens are entitled to equal rights and security.

Multiple BNP aspirants are emerging ahead of the union parishad polls, despite the party’s decision to back a single candidate in each union to prevent the vote from splitting, posing a fresh challenge for the ruling party.

Says tomorrow’s programme will be peaceful

Returning after months of treatment abroad, the BNP lawmaker seeks prayers for strength to serve his constituency and the country

Party demands withdrawal of administrators appointed to union parishads