Prime Minister and Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina today (August 6) said that as the people’s power is the strength of the AL, it is accountable to none but the people.  She came up with the remark during AL's special extended meeting of the party this morning

A special extended meeting of Awami League (AL) will be held at Party President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's official Ganabhaban residence at the capital this morning (August 6).  AL President Sheikh Hasina will chair the meeting at 10.30am, said a party press release

A special extended meeting of Awami League (AL) will be held at Party President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's official Ganabhaban residence at the capital at 10.30am tomorrow (August 6).  AL President Sheikh Hasina will chair the meeting, said a party press release signed

The Awami League has paid rich tributes to Shaheed Sheikh Kamal, the eldest son of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, today (August 5) on the occasion of his 74th birth anniversary. Leaders and activists of Awami League and its associate and front organizations

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami announced new programmes after failing to secure permission for holding rally at Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital today (August 4). The party will now bring out procession in divisional cities to press home their demands including election under caretaker

BNP leaders and activists are gathering in front of the party's Nayapaltan office amid rain to attend the rally protesting the verdict against party's acting chairman Tarique Rahman and his wife Zubaida Rahman in a graft case. Apart from the capital, protest rallies are being

Pro-BNP and Awami League-leaning lawyers today (August 3) scuffled with each other over the judgement of Tarique Rahman and his wife Zubaida Rahman in a graft case. Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Forum, a platform of pro-BNP lawyers, held a press conference on the SC premises criticising the

BNP’s associate bodies- Jubo Dal, Chhatra Dal and Swechchasebak Dal- will hold a protest programs across the country today (August 3) against the court verdict given to its acting chairman Tarique Rahman and his wife Zubaida Rahman in a graft case. Earlier on August 2, BNP and

US Ambassador Peter Haas and the ruling Awami League (AL) leaders are holding a meeting at the AL party office today (August 3). The party delegation led by AL General Secretary Obaidul Quader started the meeting with Peter Haas around 11 am at AL central office on Bangabandhu Avenue.

Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq today (August 2) said the judgment in a graft case against BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman and his wife Zubaida Rahman is the reflection of the rule of law prevailing in the country. He said: "I just think that it is

Bangladesh Nationalist Party's acting chairman Tarique Rahman was sentenced to nine years' imprisonment while his wife Zubaida Rahman three-year jail sentence in a graft case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) in 2007. Judge Md Asaduzzaman of Dhaka Metropolitan

The grand rally of the ruling Awami League (AL) started at Rangpur Zilla School ground as Prime Minister and the party president Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to join the rally around 3 pm today (August 2).  The premier arrived at Rangpur cantonment helipad by a helicopter at 01:13

BNP started a public rally on Monday (July 31) afternoon protesting the attack on BNP's peaceful sit-in programme.  The event commenced at 2:40 pm near the gate of the historic Suhrawardy Udyan, adjacent to the Engineering Institute in Dhaka. As part of the party's

Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Sramik Dal's Dhaka Metropolitan South member secretary Munshi Badrul Alam Sabuj has been picked up by plainclothes police members, BNP alleged. BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi raised the allegation through a statement issued on Monday

Ruling Awami League (AL) candidate Mohiuddin Bachchu unofficially won the by-election for Chattogram-10 (Double Mooring-Halishahar-Khulshi) constituency on Sunday (July 30). Jubo League Chattogram City unit former Convener Bachchu defeated his nearest candidate Md Shamsul Alam of

Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court today (July 30) sent 122 leaders and activists of BNP to jail and another 25 were placed on one-day remand each in 11 cases filed over July 29 clashes with law enforcers across the capital. The 11 cases were filed with seven police stations in

A Dhaka court today (July 30) placed four leaders and activists of BNP on one-day remand each in a case lodged over clashes with police on July 29 in the capital's Dholaikhal area. The four remanded accused are- Keraniganj Jubo Dal leader Abdul Momin, activists Kabir, Sohag Gazi

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has said more than 700 people were detained in connection with Saturday's (July 29) violence and clashes between law enforcers and BNP’s party leaders and activists. Those who were not involved in violence will be released from the police

A Dhaka court today (July 30) set August 29 for hearing a graft case against BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and 14 others. Judge Ali Hossen of Dhaka Special Judge Court-3 re-fixed the date after holding a short hearing on two of the defendants' exemption pleas. As the hearing

At least 149 leaders and activists of BNP were arrested in several cases filed against 469 named and many unnamed persons over Saturday’s (July 29) clashes with law enforcers. A total of 11 cases were filed with seven police stations in the capital.  Deputy Commissioner