Like the previous two elections, the ruling Awami League will contest the national election next year under the 14-party alliance.

BNP, if invited, will not join the ongoing dialogue on finalising the roadmap for the next general election as top party leaders believe the incumbent Election Commission cannot hold a free and fair election without a polls-time neutral government.

The Election Commission is going to hold the second round of dialogue with 40 eminent citizens on March 22.

Sajeeb Wazed Joy, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's ICT adviser today said Khaleda Zia and her family's unbridled corruption began when the BNP-Jamaat alliance came to power in 2001.

Building consensus among political parties, bringing back people’s trust in the Election Commission and reforming the electronic voting machine system are among the vital measures needed for free and fair elections, academics said yesterday.

Many important election promises, which the ruling Awami League made before the 2018 elections, remain unfulfilled, at a time when the party is nearing the end of its tenure, speakers said in a dialogue in Rajshahi yesterday.

Two factions of Gonoforum today engaged in a clash at the Jatiya Press Club leaving several leaders and activists of the party injured.

A second-year student of Dhaka University (DU) was allegedly physically and mentally tortured by four activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL).

The Election Commission is all set to begin a series of talks with cross-section citizens from tomorrow.

The prices of essential commodities have increased not only in Bangladesh but also in other countries due to the ongoing global situation, said LGRD Minister Md Tazul Islam yesterday.

Left Democratic Alliance, a platform of left-leaning political parties, yesterday called a half-day general strike on March 28 protesting the price hike of daily essentials.

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday alleged that the government will not be able to rein in the skyrocketing prices of daily essentials as the ruling party leaders are involved with the business syndicates that manipulate the market.

The newly formed Election Commission is going to hold a series of talks with a cross-section of people, including leaders of political parties, to know their expectations from the commission.

To strengthen the party’s grassroots in Chattogram and resolve intra-party feud, Awami League’s (AL) central committee instructed local leaders to organise a delegate meeting in all the three organisational units in the district immediately.

A Dhaka court yesterday adjourned the hearing against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and eight others in the Niko graft case till April 12.

Lawmaker from reserved seat in Pabna and Sirajganj, Nadira Yeasmin Jolly has allegedly threatened Pabna District Women Affairs Officer Kaniz Airin Jahan to drive her out from the district over the delay in sending an invitation to a Women's Day programme.

At least 25 people, including a member of the police, were injured in a clash between the supporters of the Jubo League and BNP in Dumki upazila of Patukhali yesterday.

Education Minister Dipu Moni has expressed hope that Bangladesh and India would resolve the Teesta water-sharing issue.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said their party leaders and followers have been subjected to enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings and various repressive acts. 

Agriculture Minister and Awami League presidium member Mohammad Abdur Razzaque yesterday said if BNP wants to come to power, they will have to join the polls.