An Awami League leader has warned that agents of candidates other than their own will not be allowed to enter any polling centres in the Sarishabari Upazila Parishad election in Jamalpur.

The Awami League took a day to announce its programme named “peace and development rally” on April 26, apparently to counter its political arch-rival BNP’s preannounced event on the same date.

Awami League (AL)'s Dhaka City South Unit has postponed its peace and development rally which was scheduled to be held on April 26..The rally was postponed as police didn't permit holding the rally on that day, said a press release today..It was scheduled to be held in front of AL's

BNP has postponed its rally scheduled for April 26 due to the ongoing heatwave

The BNP boycotted the upazila elections for five reasons, chief among which is its belief that the ruling party will control the polls, said party insiders.

Awami League will hold a rally in the capital on April 26, apparently to counter its political arch-rival BNP’s preannounced rally on the same date.

Newly elected president of the Supreme Bar Association AM Mahbub Uddin Khokon has been relieved from the post of senior vice-president of Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Forum (BJAF), a pro-BNP lawyer’s body

Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud today said that BNP has continuously been trying to destroy the political system through their efforts to destroy democracy and the election system

Awami League will not hold councils and form committees at all levels during the upcoming upazila parishad elections, said party General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday.

The Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology Teachers’ Association has urged the university authorities to appeal immediately against the High Court order allowing student politics on Buet campus.

There is not even the faintest trace of the spirit of the independence in the country that the late Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury fought for, said BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday.

BNP is set to hold a rally in the capital on April 26, demanding the release of the party's Chairperson Khaleda Zia and other imprisoned leaders

The prime minister is behind the imprisonment of BNP leaders as she is afraid of the party, said BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi yesterday.

BNP’s greatest political weakness is to knock on foreigners’ doors for everything, said  Foreign Minister and Joint General Secretary of Awami League Hashan Mahmud yesterday.

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi today said the government is depriving many leaders of the party of fresh air and daylight by throwing them into jails

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said there are no political cases filed against BNP leaders and activists

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said the upazila parishad election will be held in a free and fair environment, alleging that BNP leaders are making confusing statements over the polls.

Noakhali-4 lawmaker Ekramul Karim Chowdhury, who had threatened on Tuesday to stop development projects if his son did not receive votes in the upazila parishad polls, yesterday claimed that he cannot remember what he had said and why he had said it.

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today condemned and protested the "false, fabricated and politically motivated" statements of BNP leaders

BNP has decided not to join the upcoming upazila polls as the party does not want to be part of the “farcical election”