Keeping provisions of tougher punishments for polluting the environment, the Mongla Port Authority Bill-2021 was passed in parliament yesterday.

Jatiya Party MP Mujibul Haque Chunnu yesterday told parliament that Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader had completely failed in road transport management.

While the scorching heat of Kartik caused unbearable sufferings of people during the Ramadan in 2005, incessant power outage worsened by the corruption of BNP leader Tarique Rahman in the power sector sent people to their breaking point, said Prime Minister's ICT Advisor Sajeeb Wazed Joy on Sunday.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said the party’s next national council might be held in December.

The BNP yesterday alleged that the government failed to arrest the price hike of daily essentials and provide relief to the people.

BNP alleged that the government has failed to control price hike of daily essentials.

BNP today slammed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for joining a gala concert that was organised by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) spending crores of taka, while they claimed that common people are struggling to cope with skyrocketing prices of daily essentials.

Information Minister Hasan Mahmud yesterday said BNP instigated left-leaning political parties to enforce hartal, which protested price hike of essentials.

The Jatiya Party and BNP MPs yesterday engaged in a debate over the rising prices of essentials and deterioration of law and order with their counterparts in the ruling party during the 17th session at parliament.

Opposition Jatiya Party, BNP MPs and ruling Awami League MPs today locked in debate in the Jatiya Sangsad over price hike of essentials and deterioration of law and order situation in the country.

Terming the dismissal of Anti-Corruption Commission deputy assistant director Sharif Uddin as unconstitutional, Rashed Khan Menon demanded a parliamentary inquiry over the recent dismissal of the ACC official.

At least nine activists of Bam Gonotantrik Jote, an alliance of left-leaning parties, were injured when supporters of Awami League allegedly attacked their processions in Mirpur and Mohammadpur areas in the capital today.

Left Democratic Alliance (LDA) announced nationwide programme tomorrow in protest of the “attacks and arrests of its activists by law enforcers” during today’s hartal.

The Election Commission (EC) will start updating the voter list from May 20 and this would be the last registration of prospective voters before the 12th parliamentary election.

Noting that BNP leaders often allege that there is no democracy in the country, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said it is very unfortunate for the nation that it would have to learn democracy from a party that had been founded inside the cantonment by an illegal power grabber Ziaur Rahman.

At least 20 leaders and activists of Left Democratic Alliance (LDA) were injured when police charged batons on them at their procession brought this evening at Gaibandha in support of their tomorrow’s hartal called for the price hikes of daily essentials.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said Awami League is trying to distort the history of Bangladesh’s Liberation War by erasing the name of Shaheed Ziaur Rahman.

Programmes celebrating the country’s Independence Day yesterday, were marred by violence in different districts.

Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud yesterday said the oath of Independence Day is to eliminate all anti-liberation forces.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said the party will restore democracy, free Khaleda Zia and bring its acting chairman Tarique Rahman back to the country.