The BNP-led 20-party alliance will hold an anti-militancy national convention in the capital soon. However, the date is yet to be set.

A Dhaka court yesterday withdrew a warrant of arrest it issued against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia half an hour after cancelling her bail in connection with the Niko graft case.

Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad yesterday urged the prime minister to hold a national dialogue in parliament with all political

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday sent Eid greetings to Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, wishing her a happy Eid-ul-Fitr.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday filed an appeal with the Supreme Court for scrapping the trial proceedings of Barapukuria coalmine corruption case against her.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged her party leaders and activists to work with devotion for the welfare of the nation and strengthen it with the ideals of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

The Awami League, one of the oldest political parties in South Asia, turns 67 today.

Though a fugitive, Awami League MP from Tangail-3 Amanur Rahman Khan Rana on Monday signed the attendance book in parliament to save his membership in the House, sources at the Jatiya Sangsad said.

After issuing a set of fatwas against militancy, a section of Islamic scholars yesterday stressed the need for reaching out their message to the masses to stop militancy and violence in the name of religion.

The Supreme Court yesterday fixed August 1 for hearing two appeals filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia seeking stay on the trial proceedings of Zia Charitable Trust corruption case against her.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, also the president of ruling Awami League, has expressed frustration over her party's General Secretary Syed Ashraful Islam's recent remarks laying into Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal.

Extortion is going on in the name of crackdown on militants across the country, said BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday.

Rejecting the bail petition of ruling Awami League lawmaker Mustafizur Rahman Chowdhury, the High Court yesterday ordered him to surrender before the lower court concerned by June 20 in a case filed for assaulting an upazila election officer.

The ruling Awami League has rescheduled its 20th triennial council for October 22-23. It was supposed to be held on July 10-

The BNP yesterday expressed its fear that the government might suppress the opposition on the pretext of launching a crackdown on extremists across the country.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday alleged that the ruling Awami League and its allies were carrying out targeted killings across the country to cling to power.

Police yesterday claimed that BNP leader Aslam Chowdhury divulged the names of the “masterminds” who had sent him for a meeting with an Israeli politician and gave some crucial information.

The Jamaat-e-Islami has changed its logo.

Darussalam police yesterday pressed charges against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and 38 others in three more arson cases filed in February last year.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday strongly condemned and protested the killings of a police officer's wife and a Christian grocer in broad daylight in Chittagong and Natore on Sunday.