Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said no one is subjected to any political case or harassment in the country. 

Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader yesterday urged the government to ensure food security of poor and jobless people during this lockdown, by making an unbiased list of them.

Businessperson turned politician, Helena Jahangir, has been relieved from ruling Awami League’s sub-committee on women’s affairs over her activities in social media.

President of the newly formed district committee of Natore Swechhasebak League, Ishtiaq Ahmed Dollar, today claimed that father of Natore-2 lawmaker Shafiqul Islam Shimul was a razakar.

The by-election to Sylhet-3 constituency, scheduled to be held on July 28, will not be postponed due to constitutional and legal obligations, said Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda yesterday.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia took her first dose of Moderna Covid-19 vaccine at the capital’s Sheikh Russel National Gastroliver Institute and Hospital yesterday.

Claiming that a faction of Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam left the BNP-led 20-party alliance under “pressure” from the government, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today said mutual trust among the alliance partners is “excellent”.

The imprisonment day of Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was observed in the country in a befitting manner yesterday.

A feud in the Ershad family is once again troubling the Jatiya Party as Eric Ershad, son of JP’s founding chairman HM Ershad, has unveiled a new committee of the main opposition in parliament.

A Dhaka court yesterday rejected three bail petitions of Hefajat-e-Islam’s former joint secretary general Mamunul Haque in three cases filed with Paltan Police Station over the 2013 mayhem and violence in Dhaka centring the visit of the Indian prime minister on March 26.

Jamiat Ulama-e Islam, a component of the BNP-led 20-party alliance, has quit the opposition platform citing various reasons, including “not evaluating alliance members properly”.

Shahjahan Siraj dedicated his life to serve his country, both in war and in politics, speakers said at a virtual session organised to mark the first death anniversary of Siraj, one of the key organisers of the Liberation War.

A component of BNP-led 20-party alliance, Jamiat Ulama-e Islam, quit the opposition platform today citing various reasons.

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen will hold bilateral meetings with his counterparts from India, China and Russia in the Uzbek capital of Tashkent, where he is expected to seek cooperation for speedy vaccine supply and solving the Rohingya crisis.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has registered for the Covid-19 vaccine on the Shurokkha app, launched by the government for the vaccination drive that began in February.

The Rohingya issue has the potential to destabilise the entire region not just the two concerned parties, said speakers at an online discussion yesterday.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said the prompt action taken by the government after Rupganj factory fire should serve as a warning to all others who do business putting employees’ lives at risk.

The BNP yesterday urged the government to form an advisory committee and take coordinated steps to curb the transmission of the Covid-19 that has spread across the country.

Eric Ershad, son of Jatiya Party founder and late President HM Ershad today said the allegation of money laundering against his mother Bidisha Ershad is baseless.

BNP Vice-chairman Major (retd) Hafiz Uddin Ahmed said although he is still part of the party, he feels uneasy about his place in it.