The current government will not interfere in the next general election, said Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday.

A rural girl of Nilphamari’s Jaldhaka upazila spent a busy day yesterday. After all, she was chosen to become the symbolic mayor of Rangpur City Corporation (RCC).

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has congratulated West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her party Trinamool Congress for her victory in the by-polls.

In order to stay in power, political parties try and appease religious sentiments, observed rights activist Khushi Kabir yesterday.

The BNP has decided in principle to dissolve all its front and associate bodies and form new ones with fresh blood, keeping the next parliamentary elections in mind.

The Awami League central committee yesterday issued a show-cause notice on Gazipur City Corporation Mayor Mohammad Zahangir Alam over his controversial comments on Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the number of martyred freedom fighters.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday categorically said the president will form the Election Commission (EC) through a search committee after consulting with all.

People’s confidence in the Election Commission has become zero at present. Those who were in state power have used the Election Commission for their party’s interests, said Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader yesterday.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said their party together with people will no longer allow any game to be played in the name of a national election in Bangladesh.

Awami League has issued a show cause notice on Gazipur City Corporation Mayor Mohammad Zahangir Alam over his controversial comments on Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the number of martyred freedom fighters.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today said the caretaker government system had been abandoned in 2011 following a court order.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said BNP is now unwilling to take part in the polls and that is why they kept their politics limited to mass media and social media, avoiding the political field as well as streets.

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday warned that his party will not accept any general election in the country if it is not held under a neutral government.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today said BNP is anxious, considering its impending debacle in the upcoming general election.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has warned that his party will not allow the next general election in the country if it is not held under a neutral government.

Awami League Joint General Secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif today said that there will never be another caretaker government in Bangladesh.

Jatiya Party Secretary General and former lawmaker Ziauddin Ahmed Bablu died today at a Dhaka hospital. He was 67.

Bangladesh Khelafat Majlish today quit the BNP-led 20-party alliance citing “no visible political activities since 2019”.

ACC yesterday pressed charges against former BNP lawmaker Mosaddek Ali Falu and two others in a case filed in 2019 for siphoning off Tk 183.92 crore to Dubai.

At least four Bangladesh Chhatra League activists of Chittagong University unit were injured in a factional clash early today.