Police arrested two former Chhatra League leaders yesterday on extortion charges after a case was filed against them and 13 BCL leaders and activists of Dhaka College unit with New Market Police Station.

A total of 108 leaders and activists of BNP, including its central executive committee member Nipun Roy Chowdhury, were sued yesterday in connection with an Awami League-BNP clash in Keraniganj two days ago.

The BNP is the main obstacle to free and fair polls in the country, said Agriculture Minister Dr Md Abdur Razzaque today. .He said the United States wants the next election to be free and fair, which is also the goal of the government, so there is nothing to be worried about its newly ann

BNP senior leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain today said the current Awami League government is the obstacle to fair elections in Bangladesh.

Thirty people, including BNP Joint Secretary General Khairul Kabir Khokon, have been sued in connection with the killings of two Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) men during Thursday’s clash between two factions of the JCD in Narsingdi town.

Says Abdur Razzaque as US and govt both want free and fair polls; warns BNP against sabotage

Development activities carried out by suspended Gazipur mayor Zahangir Alam, his close ties with the local Awami League leaders and activists and the voters’ sympathy for him were the main reasons for his mother’s victory in the mayoral polls, said voters.

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.

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.

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.

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