Category: Lead News

China is closely following Bangladesh’s political situation, its ambassador in Dhaka Li Jun has said.

The Awami League has accused the Opposition of ‘betraying’ the people claiming that it has launched the agitation even after ‘assurances’ to join the polls. Awami League joint general secretary Mahbub-ul-Alam Hanif flayed the Opposition for calling the countrywide 48-hour…

Protesters have clashed with police across country following announcement of early election date, despite objections from the opposition and till evening four deaths were reported. Opposition protesters blocked roads and railways in Bangladesh after the government rejected their calls to…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina rejects opposition demands for her resignation as boycotts and blockades called.

The Election Commission on Monday announced that the 10th parliamentary election will held on January 5 next (Sunday).   Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad announced the schedule for the election in a televised address to the nation on Monday evening,…

The 18-party alliance has called 48-hr rail-road-waterway blockade as first phase of their movement from Tuesday. Turning down the election schedule announced by the Election Commission, the BNP-led alliance on Monday called rail-road-waterway blockade programme from 6 am Tuesday.

Amid fear of violence following the announcement of the schedule for the 10th parliamentary polls, Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members were deployed in the capital to maintain the law and order.

US Ambassador in Dhaka Dan Mozena on Monday stressed the urgency of a constructive dialogue among the major parties to find a way forward to hold free, fair and credible elections in Bangladesh.

Indian High Commissioner in Dhaka Pankaj Saran on Monday said the people of Bangladesh will decide their own future, and hoped that the democratic institutions and democratic process will be strengthened in the coming weeks and run-up to the elections.

Gano Forum on Monday night rejected the election schedule announced by the Election Commission, Bikalpadhaka sources said they will be with the BNP in movement.

Jatiya Party chairman Hossain Muhammad Ershad on Sunday  appeared before a Dhaka court in a case filed in connection with the murder of Major General MA Monjoor in 1981.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday urged Khaleda Zia to give names of the MPs for including them in the all-party cabinet, saying that she is ready to offer any Ministry that the opposition leader wants.   “Only BNP did not…

BNP on Sunday alleged that the government is resorting to various plots as it does not want the opposition party to participate in the general election.

Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad on Sunday said the Election Commission is looking for a political compromise to resolve the ongoing political standoff between the two major political camps over the polls-time administration.

Bar Council vice chairman Khandker Mahbub Hossain on Sunday demanded an amendment to the constitution to curtail the executive power of the Prime Minister ahead of the next national election.

The new Land and Disaster Management and Relief Minister Amir Hossain Amu thinks what gives credibility to election is turnout of voters and not those who contest.

Opposition BNP on Sunday termed rumour and baseless the media reports on the meeting between Awami League general secretary Syed Ashraful Islam and BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday night.

Jatiya Party Presidium member Kazi Zafar Ahmad on Saturday said joining the polls-time cabinet by their party chief is nothing but betrayal with the nation and asked the party leaders and activists to take part in the movement for establishing…

Speaker of Parliament Dr Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury on Saturday said there is still scope for dialogue between the two major political parties to resolve the political impasse over the poll-time government.

BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday urged the  people to jointly take to the streets to ‘oust this anti-democratic regime’ to pave the path for holding the next polls under a non-party administration.

Gana Forum president Dr Kamal Hossain on Saturday said the current regime is living in ‘fool’s paradise’ if it is hopeful that the people of the country will accept an election without a neutral caretaker government.

The continuation of policy and political stability are a must for Bangladesh for its economic development, and political parties must ensure smooth functioning of export-import and the supply chain, said a trade and investment expert here on Saturday.

Hussein Muhammad Ershad has asked the BNP not to consider him ‘weak’. The Jatiya Party Chairman’s made the remark on Saturday in response to the BNP leaders’ criticism over his decision to participate in the national election after quitting the…

New Foreign Minister Abul Hasan Mahmud Ali on Saturday said there would be no room for impunity for the ‘horrific crimes’ committed during the Liberation War in 1971.  “The nine verdicts pronounced by the tribunals so far have proven that…

Bangladesh can benefit greatly from the establishment of an Indo-Pacific economic corridor if it can overcome the troublesome legacy of its past and come together around a democratic political transition in the coming months, said an US official.

The BNP-led 18-party opposition alliance on Friday said it would be left with no option but to take up stringent programmes of movement if the election schedule is declared without taking measures to arrange the next parliamentary polls under a…

Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith has expressed doubt over continuation of the BNP-led Opposition’s movement for a non-party polls-time government in future.

Election Commissioner Md Shah Nawaz has indicated that the election schedule may be announced on the first or second day of the next week to conduct polling in early January.

Gano Forum president Dr Kamal Hossain on Friday alleged that a plot is on to hold a ‘dramatic election’ without voters in a bid to destroy parliamentary democracy.