Two factions of Awami League yesterday threw chairs at each other twice during a rally organised marking the historic Six-point Day in front of its headquarters in the capital’s Gulistan.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday alleged that the ruling party leaders are trying to mislead people through their contradictory comments on political talks over the next election.

The next national elections will be held under the current government with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the helm, said Information Minister Hasan Mahmud yesterday.

By-polls to Chattogram-10 constituency will be held on July 30

The next national elections will be held under the current government with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the helm, said Information and Broadcasting Minister Hasan Mahmud today.

Bangladesh Home Ministry has approved BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed's application for a travel pass, paving way for his home return.

The Awami League at this point is not considering talks with the BNP to solve the current political impasse over the next general elections.

Terming the proposed budget for anti-people and deceptive, BNP yesterday said it has been designed to loot several billion dollars of national wealth under the shelter of a corrupt regime.

Information and Broadcasting Minister and Awami League (AL) Joint General Secretary Dr Hasan Mahmud today said Amir Hossain Amu's remark over the issue of dialogue with BNP is his personal and it is not the statement of the government or the Awami League or the 14-party alliance.."Amir Hos

"We believe that everything has to be resolved through dialogue," he said

The BNP will hold sit-in programmes in front of the district offices of the Power Division tomorrow to protest frequent power cuts and corruption in the power sector.

BNP expelled its 43 present and former leaders for participating in the Sylhet City Corporation polls by violating the party’s decision to boycott five city polls.

Nearly two dozen people are seeking the ruling Awami League’s tickets to contest the Dhaka-17 by-polls even though the current parliament will dissolve in six months.

The Awami League is ready to sit with the BNP to discuss the next general election with the mediation of a UN representative, AL advisory council member Amir Hossain Amu said yesterday.

The US came up with its Bangladesh-specific visa policy as a result of the BNP's destructive politics, including obstructing and boycotting elections, said Information Minister Hasan Mahmud

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today told US Ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Haas that BNP will not participate in any polls under the incumbent government

The BNP will hold a sit-in programme in front of all the district offices of the Power Division on June 8 protesting the unbearable loadshedding and blanket corruption in the power sector.

BNP expelled its 43 present and former leaders for participating in the Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) polls by violating the party's decision to boycott five city polls

Vehicular movement on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway was disrupted as a clash broke out between two groups of Awami League activists in Cumilla’s Chauddagram upazila this morning

The recent photograph of Abul Hasnat Abdulalh hugging his younger brother Abul Khair Abdullah brought some relief to the grassroot Awami League leaders and activists of Barishal as they thought it was an indication of them uniting ahead of the city polls.