The Awami League high command is worried as almost all the 300 constituencies have four to five party leaders each vigorously campaigning for nominations in the parliamentary polls, according to AL insiders.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister and Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader says size of election time government will be smaller ahead of the upcoming parliamentary polls.

Terming BNP as a leaderless political party, Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader says BNP is now "riding on the back" of Dr Kamal Hossain.

The Awami League and the BNP, who lead the two major alliances, may not have much to offer their own leaders in the parliamentary polls if they want to keep their partners happy.

With potential rivals in the upcoming elections trying to form bigger alliances and unity, the Awami League has started working on its backup plan of expanding the 14-party combine.

With the national polls over three months away, the ruling Awami League has launched a drive against its “errant” leaders to resolve intra-party disputes mainly over party nominations.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says that the upcoming general election would be a great challenge for the ruling Awami League, not for BNP.

A ruling Awami League leader, who was found hours after he was picked up in broad daylight in front of his house in Dhaka’s Lalmatia yesterday, says he was forced to sign two Tk 300-stamp papers and two blank sheets before he was dropped off in Purbachal area.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says that his party is prepared to sit with the ruling Awami League in the target of holding a free, fair and inclusive general election.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader holds talks with Krishak Sramik Janata League President Abdul Kader Siddique and Bangladesh National Alliance (BNA) Chief Nazmul Huda and discusses different issues including the country’s contemporary political affairs.

Two suspects in Awami League leader Farhad Hossain murder case are killed in a reported gunfight with detectives in Dhaka's Badda area early today.

Awami League’s mayor choice for Barisal today submitts his nomination to the Election Commission ahead of the Barisal City Corporation on July 30.

Awami League candidate Habibun Nahar is elected MP uncontested from Bagerhat-3 constituency as there was no other contender for the by-election to the constituency.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday called upon Awami League leaders to think about the new party leadership.

BNP terms the Khulna City Corporation (KCC) election as a farce and blasted the local administration for helping the influential quarter of the ruling Awami League in rigging votes for its candidate.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir blames an influential quarter of the ruling Awami League for “looting around Tk 2 lakh crore” from the country's banking sector.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said it was up to a political party to decide whether it would participate in an election. “I cannot impose my decision on any party... I cannot say to any party that you have to participate in the election,” she said at a press conference at the Gono Bhaban.

A 19-member delegation of the ruling Awami League-led by its general secretary Obaidul Quader is going to India responding to an invitation of the Indian ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

The ruling Awami League-backed ‘Blue panel’ sweeps the syndicate elections of Dhaka University.

The ruling Awami League forms "National Election Steering Committee" ahead of the 11th parliamentary election likely to be held at the end of this year.