Police yesterday released a local Awami League leader in Chattogram’s Boalkhali upazila, who was detained over a missing ballot unit of an Electronic Voting Machine from a polling centre during the by-polls to the upazila chairman post.

BNP yesterday alleged that Awami League has put the last nail in the coffin of the electoral system of the country by holding a lopsided Supreme Court Bar Association election, using police and outsiders.

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday said the poisonous tree of communal forces must be uprooted for building the “Sonar Bangla” as dreamt by Bangabandhu.

A BNP delegation told Indian High Commissioner Pranay Verma that without a non-partisan interim government in place, it would not join any polls.

Police today detained a local Awami League leader in Chattogram's Boalkhali upazila over taking the ballot unit of an Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) out of a polling centre during the by-polls to the upazila chairman post

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today said there is no caretaker government system in any country of the world except Pakistan.

The polls in Barishal, Gazipur, Khulna, Rajshahi, and Sylhet city corporations will be held between May 23 and June 29 using Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), said the Election Commission yesterday.

Awami League joint secretary general Hasan Mahmud yesterday said there is no chance of holding dialogue with BNP on the caretaker government issue.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday accused Awami League of rigging votes in the Supreme Court Bar Association election and branded the ruling party as a “pathological liar and thief”.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday alleged that BNP launched attacks on Supreme Court premises to foil the Supreme Court Bar Association election.

A Dhaka court today granted bail to BNP standing committee member Mirza Abbas and his wife Afroza Abbas in a case filed over amassing illegal wealth of Tk 20.76 crore in July, 2019

A day after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s press conference, the BNP yesterday said it was unwilling to hold any talks with the premier because, it claimed, she did not live up to her commitments.

A day after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s press conference, the BNP today said it was unwilling to hold any talks with the premier because, it claimed, she did not live up to her commitments.

Two groups of Chhatra League activists clashed on Chittagong College campus in Chattogram city this morning.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said most of the Awami League candidates will lose their security money if the next national election is held under a non-party neutral government.

Left-leaning parties in the ruling Awami League-led 14-party alliance yesterday took a firm stance against any possible inclusion of Islamist political parties in the combine.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today said most of the Awami League candidates will lose their security money if the next national election is held under a non-party neutral government.."Awami League won't get even 30 seats if the election is held under a caretaker or neu

The government is set to extend the suspension of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s jail sentence by six more months after Law Minister Anisul Huq gave his opinion in this regard.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday reiterated that the Election Commission is totally independent to conduct the country’s next general election.

The BNP yesterday said they would not take part in any election held under the incumbent government.