Awami League Joint General Secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif has said that recommendation will be made for disciplinary action from the party against State Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Dr Murad Hasan.

BNP has demanded arrest of State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Murad Hassan.

Mayor Aminul Islam Rabel of Sylhet’s Golapganj municipality has been suspended over his controversial comments about corruption of the Local Government Division.

BNP has sought explanation from the government regarding its stance on State Minister of Information Murad Hasan’s “derogatory” comments on party chairperson Khaleda Zia and her family members.

Following Saturday’s clashes between two BCL factions, the dormitories of Government Ananda Mohan College in Mymensingh have been declared closed for an indefinite period.

Law Minister Anisul Huq yesterday said the government was looking for legal scope to allow Khaleda’s medical treatment abroad.

BNP has threatened to launch a movement to oust the government if it does not immediately allow party Chairperson Khaleda Zia to go abroad for advanced treatment.

The Awami League has once more chosen Selina Hayat Ivy as its mayoral candidate to contest the Narayanganj City Corporation election slated for January 16 next year.

Different political parties have urged the government to send BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia -- currently at the CCU of Evercare Hospital Dhaka in a critical state -- abroad for better treatment. 

The incumbent Narayanganj City Corporation Mayor Selina Hayat Ivy today got the Awami League nomination to contest the upcoming elections of the city corporation.

Hours after Gonoforum President Dr Kamal Hossain delivered his message to fight unitedly to restore democracy and rule of law, his party has split into two.

The leaders and activists of Gonoforum will work together to restore democracy and the rule of law in the country, stated the party President Dr Kamal Hossain today.

The health condition of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, now undergoing treatment at the capital’s Evercare Hospital, is critical and there is no scope to further delay her better treatment that is only possible abroad, said physicians.

When it comes to the BNP is it at all possible for the ruling party to see it through any other prism but political? Can the decision to allow Khaleda Zia to go abroad for medical treatment be seen as a humanitarian case rather than party politics?

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, now undergoing treatment at the capital’s Evercare Hospital, started bleeding again on Monday night and her condition was still unpredictable.

A man, who sustained bullet wounds during clashes between supporters of Awami League and its rebel candidates on Sunday amid UP polls in Kishoreganj’s Kuliarchar, died at a Dhaka hospital yesterday.

Although there are various laws in the country to prevent violence against women, questions remain as to what extent these laws can provide justice to the victims, said speakers at an event yesterday.

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) is holding protests across the country demanding the release of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and sending her abroad for better treatment.

The health condition of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, now undergoing treatment at Evercare Hospital, is still unpredictable, say doctors.

Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury yesterday said the role of media in consolidating democracy is undeniable.