The incumbent Narayanganj City Corporation Mayor Selina Hayat Ivy today got the Awami League nomination to contest the upcoming elections of the city corporation.

Hours after Gonoforum President Dr Kamal Hossain delivered his message to fight unitedly to restore democracy and rule of law, his party has split into two.

The leaders and activists of Gonoforum will work together to restore democracy and the rule of law in the country, stated the party President Dr Kamal Hossain today.

The health condition of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, now undergoing treatment at the capital’s Evercare Hospital, is critical and there is no scope to further delay her better treatment that is only possible abroad, said physicians.

When it comes to the BNP is it at all possible for the ruling party to see it through any other prism but political? Can the decision to allow Khaleda Zia to go abroad for medical treatment be seen as a humanitarian case rather than party politics?

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, now undergoing treatment at the capital’s Evercare Hospital, started bleeding again on Monday night and her condition was still unpredictable.

A man, who sustained bullet wounds during clashes between supporters of Awami League and its rebel candidates on Sunday amid UP polls in Kishoreganj’s Kuliarchar, died at a Dhaka hospital yesterday.

Although there are various laws in the country to prevent violence against women, questions remain as to what extent these laws can provide justice to the victims, said speakers at an event yesterday.

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) is holding protests across the country demanding the release of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and sending her abroad for better treatment.

The health condition of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, now undergoing treatment at Evercare Hospital, is still unpredictable, say doctors.

Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury yesterday said the role of media in consolidating democracy is undeniable.

BNP is scheduled to stage rallies tomorrow in all divisional cities, including the capital, demanding medical care of its ailing Chairperson Khaleda Zia abroad.

Instead of trying the killers of Bangabandhu and four national leaders, Ziaur Rahman endowed them with safe passage to overseas jobs, Prime Minister's ICT Affairs Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy wrote in his Facebook post on Sunday.

Physicians of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, who is now undergoing treatment at the capital’s Evercare Hospital, said that not only was she diagnosed with liver cirrhosis, but has also started passing blood.

Jatiya Party chief and Deputy Leader of the Opposition GM Quader yesterday raised questions over whether the government has “a friendly understanding or informal alliance” with transport sector leaders.

Law minister Anisul Huq yesterday told the parliament that a bill will be placed in the next or later session to enact a law on formation of the Election Commission.

Jatiya Party secretary general and MP Mujibul Haque Chunnu yesterday demanded that the government determines state protocol for the MPs.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia needs to be taken abroad immediately to stop her internal bleeding, which has put her life in balance, said BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.

Because of praising the government so much, people are calling opposition lawmakers “agents of ruling Awami League”, the main JP opposition lawmaker Mujibul Haque Chunnu told parliament yesterday.

Hefajat-e-Islam at an event yesterday demanded exemplary punishment for those who demean Islam.