A local office of the ruling Awami League burned down in Bagerhat Sadar early yesterday after allegedly being set alight by miscreants.

A Jatiyatabadi Sramik Dal leader was found dead in Khontakata area of Amtali upazila town in Barguna district yesterday.

At least 14 people, including four women, were injured when supporters of the newly elected councillor of ward-7 of

A union level BNP leader was shot in the leg during arrest in Feni yesterday.

A faction of Gonojagoron Mancha staged a rally and brought out a torch procession from capital's Shahbagh yesterday, protesting the verdict in the blogger Rajib Haider murder case.

A regulation, condemning the remarks of BNP chief Khaleda Zia and leader Goyeshwar Chandra Roy questioning the number of martyrs and about the martyred

The pro-BNP councillor candidates did well in the municipal elections though their party-nominated mayor aspirants suffered a debacle, which has largely been blamed on rampant electoral irregularities.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia congratulates people on New Year Eve and calls upon all to get united to work for restoring the ‘lost democracy and voting rights’.

Leader of the Opposition Raushan Ershad yesterday said most journalists had chosen the profession because they

Aggrieved by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's controversial remarks over the number of Liberation War martyrs,

Clashes, and attacks and arrests of BNP men marked the day before the much-hyped municipality polls today, casting doubt over the election's being free and fair.

A Dhaka court will now decide on January 28 whether to accept the charges brought against BNP Chairperson Khaleda

The US embassy in Dhaka warns its citizens of ‘possible attacks’ against hotels and clubs in Dhaka city potentially in connection with New Year’s Eve celebrations.

Thirty two persons of different professions yesterday in a statement demanded withdrawal of Chittagong City Corporation's (CCC)

A Dhaka court yesterday adjourned till February 17 for hearing on charge framing against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and 10 others in connection with the Niko graft case.

Leaders of Jatiya Party have been conspicuous by their absence in the media ahead of the municipality polls, in which they have failed to live up to their own expectations of having at least 200 mayor candidates due to lack of preparation.

The Supreme Court yesterday upheld a High Court order that asked the returning officer concerned to allow Awami League's rebel mayor candidate Ahsan Habib Pranjol to contest in the Kachua municipality election in Chandpur.

The BNP decided to stay in the battle of municipality polls until the last moment tomorrow, party chief Khaleda Zia said, reiterating her demand for army deployment for the sake of free and fair polls.

Condemning the outrageous remarks of BNP leader Goyeshwar Chandra Roy about martyred intellectuals and BNP chief Khaleda Zia's questioning of the number of martyrs in the Liberation War, Projonmo '71 demanded a "Liberation War Denial Act" immediately.

The BNP has instructed its mayoral candidates and their polling agents not to leave the election centres “under any circumstances” during the casting of ballots, and that they stay there till the announcement of election results.