The BNP yesterday backtracked on its decision to attend the ruling Awami League's 20th national council at the city's Suhrawardy Udyan.

Awami League councillors from across the country join the party's national council today with high expectations.

There was an announcement that the by-election to south Tangail constituency would be held in April 1949.

Fifty-four political leaders from 11 foreign countries would attend ruling Awami League's 20th national council today and tomorrow.

The Awami League Central Working Committee has approved a proposal for increasing the number of the committee members to 81 from 73.

The ruling Awami League will focus on electing the party's future leadership and the next parliamentary elections in its national council next week.

Maqbul Ahmad took oath as the elected ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami yesterday.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday urged visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping to continue their support for Bangladesh's development activities and stand by its side.

Separate courts in Dhaka yesterday sent BNP leader Habib-Un-Nabi Khan Sohel to jail in 41 arson cases, rejecting his bail prayers.

The condition of Khadiza Begum Nargis who is struggling for her life at the Square Hospitals has improved slightly and her

Three people, including BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and her son and party's Senior Vice-chairman Tarique Rahman, were

Police yesterday allegedly prevented a protest rally of a BNP city unit at capital's Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB).

Chhatra League activists scuffled with demonstrators in front of the Central Shaheed Minar yesterday to foil a cycle procession, protesting the government's decision to set up Rampal Power Plant near the Sundarbans.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has reiterated that BNP-Jamaat and its leaders must face trial for patronising militancy by providing money and giving orders, protecting war criminals and burning innocent people to death with petrol bombs.

A case was filed against Irad Ahmed Siddiqui, son of BNP leader Chowdhury Tanbir Ahmed Siddiqui, for allegedly threatening

The government yesterday took control of former Dhaka mayor and BNP senior leader Sadeque Hossain Khoka's 50 acres of land in Rupganj of Narayanganj.

A Dhaka court yesterday framed charges against BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and 73 others in a case filed for vandalism and preventing police from discharging their duties during a road blockade in December 2012.

A mobile court in Tangail has sentenced a schoolboy to two years' imprisonment under the ICT act on the charge of “threatening” a ruling Awami League lawmaker via Facebook messenger.

The ruling Awami League is going to hold its 20th tri-annual council in late October, keeping the next general election in mind.

A ruling Awami League lawmaker of Cox's Bazar allegedly led his men to take away various goods a mobile court seized