Another road, rail and waterways blockade called by the BNP is underway across Bangladesh today after a three-day mass campaign calling for boycotting the vote and a non-cooperation movement. Since 29 October, the opposition parties have enforced hartals in four phases and

An electoral rally was held on behalf of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Kalabari union of Gopalganj’s Kotalipara upazila ahead of the upcoming parliamentary election. Awami League advisory council member Kazi Akram Uddin Ahmed was present as the chief guest while Prime Minister

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Advocate Ruhul Kabir Rizvi distributed leaflets among the people through the party's campaign in favour of the non-cooperation movement in Dhaka. He distributed leaflets in Dhaka's Rampura and Shahjahanpur on Saturday (December 23). Ruhul

Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will join election rallies virtually in six districts today (December 23). From 3 pm today, the AL president will connect virtually to the rallies from Dhaka district AL office at Tejgaon in the capital, an AL press release said.

BNP won't be able to come to power till 'Qayamat' as they made a mistake by choosing not to contest the polls, said Awami League Jhalakathi-1 constituency candidate barrister M. Shahjahan Omar. He was delivering a speech at a rally as chief guest at Kathalia Pilot

Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader started his election campaign in his constituency Noakhali-5 on Friday (December 22). Quader started his election campaign after offering ziarat to the graves of his parents at Miah Bari family graveyard in Bara Rajapur village under

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Advocate Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has organized a mass campaign in the capital’s Uttara and called upon the countrymen to boycott the upcoming national polls scheduled for January 7.  He distributed leaflets in the kitchen market of Sector 11,

The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday (December 21) upheld a High Court order that directed the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate to accept and dispose of the bail petitions of BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in connection with 10 cases.    Justice M Enayetur Rahim,

Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina will join election rallies virtually in five districts today (December 21). At 3 pm tomorrow, the AL president will connect virtually to the rallies from Dhaka district AL office at Tejgaon here, according to a AL press release issued

Jamal Hossain Mia, the Secretary of Industry and Commerce Affairs for the Faridpur unit Awami League, has continued his massive electoral campaign and gained a 'huge response' from people for his Eagle symbol. He is contesting from the Faridpur-2 constituency as an independent

The election inquiry committee has issued a show-cause notice to Shamsul Hoque Tuku, Awami League nominated candidate for Pabna-1 constituency, for breaching the electoral code of conduct. District and Sessions Judge Ikramul Kabir, head of the committee, sent the notification on

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Wednesday (December 20) called for a non-cooperation movement across the country before the parliamentary election slated for January 7. BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi came up with the announcement virtually. He urged the

An election inquiry committee on Tuesday (December 19) served show cause notice to Member of Parliament AKM Bahauddin Bahar for violating electoral code of conducts.   The committee sent Bahar notice after he threatened to break the arms and legs of BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami members

A dawn-to-dusk hartal called by the BNP and its allies is underway across Bangladesh today (December 19) demanding the cancellation of the January 7 general election and the resignation of the ruling Awami League, handing over the power to a party-neutral election-time administration.

The ruling Awami League (AL) will announce its election manifesto on December 27 for the upcoming general elections slated for January 7.  AL General Secretary also Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said at a press briefing in the capital this noon. He said,

The High Court (HC) today (December 18) stayed the Election Commission's (EC) decision that cancelled the candidacy of independent candidate Serniabat Sadiq Abdullah to contest the national election from Barishal-5 constituency. The court ordered the EC to allow independent

The High Court (HC) on Monday (December 18) ordered Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) court to hear BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir’s bail petitions in nine cases filed with Ramana and Paltan police stations over October 28 violence. The HC also issued a

The High Court has summoned Nurul Haque Nur, former Dhaka University Central Students' Union (Ducsu) VP and leader of Bangladesh Gono Odhikar Parishad, for making objectionable statements about the judges. He has been asked to appear in court on January 17 for an explanation in

A Dhaka court on Sunday (December 17) set February 13 for holding a hearing in Niko graft case filed against BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and seven others. Judge Sheikh Hafizur Rahman of Dhaka Special Judge's Court-9 set the date as defence concluded cross-examining plaintiff

Jatiya Party (JaPa) on Sunday (December 17) decided to participate in the national elections scheduled for January 7. JaPa general secretary Mujibul Haque Chunnu made the announcement while today at the party chairman's Banani office in the afternoon. He also confirmed that his