Azmat Ullah Khan’s defeat to a 62-year-old woman with no political background has dealt the Awami League a major blow, sending a message to the ruling party about rifts in its grassroots.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said democracy has won through the Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) polls as it was held in a free, fair and peaceful manner.

BNP will continue its movement until the government steps down and discussion on polls may take place after its resignation, said BNP Standing Committee Member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury.

At least 12 expelled leaders of the BNP and its associate bodies have been elected ward councillors in Gazipur city.

At least 55 people, including a BNP central leader, were injured as activists of the ruling Awami League and BNP clashed in Dhaka’s Keraniganj and Khagrachhari town yesterday.

BNP senior leader Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury today said the real picture of the country's voting has been exposed as the government tried to show fairness in the Gazipur city polls.

At least 50 persons were injured today as leaders and activists of BNP and ruling Awami League (AL) locked in clashes in Dhaka’s Keraniganj upazila.

BNP Vice Chairman Abdullah Al Noman's motorcade came under attack and was vandalised allegedly by ruling party activists on the way to a protest rally in Khagrachhari this morning

Ruling Awami League mayoral candidate Azmat Ullah Khan today said he has accepted the results of the Gazipur City Corporation polls, which saw independent candidate Zaida Khatun elected mayor.

She also said she would dedicate her victory to the people of Gazipur and to the prime minister

A Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal activist, who was shot during yesterday’s clash between two groups of the party in Narsingdi town, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital this morning..Ashraful Islam, 20, breathed his last around 9:30am while being treated at the post operative ward of the hospi

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said the new visa policy of the USA targeting Bangladesh's next election has reflected the people's long-standing demand for restoration of voting rights..In a statement in the early hours of today, he also said the main theme of the US

Independent Zaida Khatun defeated ruling Awami League candidate Azmat Ullah Khan by a margin of 16,197 votes in the Gazipur City Corporation polls

The Election Commission has made major changes to the guidelines for selecting polling centres for the national elections, including a provision for involving the local administration and the police in the selection process.

A local leader of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal was shot dead during a clash between two groups of the party in Narsingdi town this afternoon.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today said the Awami League government will facilitate and extend all-out cooperation to the Election Commission to hold a neutral general election.

US Ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Haas today met the representatives of the major political parties and discussed the new US visa policy..Representatives of the Awami League, Bangladesh Nationalist Party, and Jatiya Party were present. ."We support free and fair elections. The new vi

Ignoring the BNP’s decision of boycotting the five city polls, some 25 grassroots party leaders, including six incumbent councillors, have filed nomination forms to run for councillor in the June 21 Sylhet city polls.

A Magura court has issued an arrest warrant against Rajshahi BNP Convenor Abu Sayeed Chand over a case filed today under the Digital Security Act (DSA) for allegedly making a death threat against Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina at a recent rally in Rajshahi

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi today alleged that BNP leaders and activists are being attacked and implicated in cases afresh due to the instigation by the ruling party