BNP announced new convening committees for its Dhaka North and South units. 

The negligence shown towards workers in the name of unplanned lockdown is unacceptable in a civilised society, Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader said today.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the names of conspirators behind Bangabandhu’s assassination will come out one day, mentioning that there was a link between Khondaker Mostaq and Ziaur Rahman.

August, a tragic month in Bangladesh’s history, started yesterday by recalling of the brutal assassination of country’s founding father and his family members, with renewed pledge to safeguard the country’s independence and sovereignty.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the perpetrators behind the conspiracy to assassinate Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman would be unmasked one day.

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) have arrested businessperson turned politician Helena Jahangir, who recently lost membership of the Awami League's sub-committee on women's affairs for “breaching party polices”.

Natore Awami League ignoring the ongoing lockdown held a programme yesterday to celebrate the 51st birthday of Sajeeb Wazed Joy, son of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her ICT affairs adviser.

Police in Chattogram arrested 19 leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student front Islami Chhatra Shibir from a house on Monday night while they were allegedly holding a clandestine meeting amid the lockdown.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said no one is subjected to any political case or harassment in the country. 

Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader yesterday urged the government to ensure food security of poor and jobless people during this lockdown, by making an unbiased list of them.

Businessperson turned politician, Helena Jahangir, has been relieved from ruling Awami League’s sub-committee on women’s affairs over her activities in social media.

President of the newly formed district committee of Natore Swechhasebak League, Ishtiaq Ahmed Dollar, today claimed that father of Natore-2 lawmaker Shafiqul Islam Shimul was a razakar.

The by-election to Sylhet-3 constituency, scheduled to be held on July 28, will not be postponed due to constitutional and legal obligations, said Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda yesterday.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia took her first dose of Moderna Covid-19 vaccine at the capital’s Sheikh Russel National Gastroliver Institute and Hospital yesterday.

Claiming that a faction of Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam left the BNP-led 20-party alliance under “pressure” from the government, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today said mutual trust among the alliance partners is “excellent”.

The imprisonment day of Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was observed in the country in a befitting manner yesterday.

A feud in the Ershad family is once again troubling the Jatiya Party as Eric Ershad, son of JP’s founding chairman HM Ershad, has unveiled a new committee of the main opposition in parliament.

A Dhaka court yesterday rejected three bail petitions of Hefajat-e-Islam’s former joint secretary general Mamunul Haque in three cases filed with Paltan Police Station over the 2013 mayhem and violence in Dhaka centring the visit of the Indian prime minister on March 26.

Jamiat Ulama-e Islam, a component of the BNP-led 20-party alliance, has quit the opposition platform citing various reasons, including “not evaluating alliance members properly”.

Shahjahan Siraj dedicated his life to serve his country, both in war and in politics, speakers said at a virtual session organised to mark the first death anniversary of Siraj, one of the key organisers of the Liberation War.