Failing to get permission from the Dhaka Metropolitan Police, Jamaat-e-Islami has postponed today's rally at Suhrawardy Udyan and announced they would stage demonstrations at all divisional cities on August 6

The Sheikh Hasina-led government has pledged to hold a free, fair and violence-free election in the country, Law Minister Anisul Huq told British High Commissioner Sarah Cooke yesterday.

The leaders and activists of Bangladesh Chhatra Federation held a protest rally today at the Dhaka University campus demanding justice for Rezaul Karim, a madrasa student who was killed during a factional clash of Awami League on Friday

Swechchhasebak League leader Sumon Rahman has resigned from government service to pursue his political career

Detective branch of police filed a case against Nurul Haque Nur, president of a faction of Gono Odhikar Parishad, on charges of obstructing police from carrying out their duties and giving shelter to an accused

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today alleged that the government has been using the judiciary as the biggest weapon to establish fascism by suppressing and oppressing the opposition

Pro-BNP and pro-Awami League lawyers once again locked into scuffles this afternoon during holding separate programmes today on the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) office premises

Detectives arrested BNP’s business affairs secretary and former lawmaker Salahuddin Ahmed from the capital’s Jatrabari area today

Dhaka Metropolitan Police again denied Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami permission to hold a rally at Suhrawardy Udyan tomorrow

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader today said the US and his party want the same thing -- free, fair and peaceful elections

US Ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Haas said today that everyone involved in the democratic process in Bangladesh is responsible for contributing to a free, fair, and peaceful election

According to party sources, the current political situation in the country and the upcoming elections are likely to be discussed during the meeting

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said his party doesn't depend on any foreign force like BNP as it believes in people's strength

The BNP yesterday told 25 foreign diplomats stationed in Dhaka that Awami League activists attacked BNP activists and set fire to vehicles in presence of police during its sit-in event in Dhaka on Saturday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked people to vote for “boat”, the Awami League’s electoral symbol, in the next general election so that her party could have another opportunity to serve them.

Leaders of the Awami League-led 14-party grand alliance yesterday reiterated that the upcoming national election will be held in accordance with the constitution.

Chhatra League activists attacked and injured Nurul Haque Nur, president of a faction of Gono Odhikar Parishad, during a demonstration on Dhaka University campus yesterday.

The Election Commission has expressed its willingness to welcome experienced international observers to monitor the upcoming national election.

A group of Faridpur Chhatra League activists allegedly attacked a procession brought out by BNP in the district today protesting the verdict against party's acting chairman Tarique Rahman and his wife Zubaida Rahman in a graft case

BNP today briefed foreign diplomats stationed in Dhaka about the country's latest political situation and some other issues, including 'attacks' on their sit-programme at the entrances of the capital..BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and the party's senior leaders apprised