Lawmakers Abdur Rahman Badi and Amanur Rahman Khan Rana will not be getting Awami League (AL) tickets for contesting the general elections slated for December 30, AL general secretary Obaidul Quader said yesterday. Talking to reporters at his Secretariat office, Quader said the party’s two lawmakers…

Jatiya Party (JP) Chairman HM Ershad said yesterday that only the most competent persons will get party nomination for the upcoming parliamentary polls and all party leaders and activists have to accept the chairman's choice. “Only the most competent persons will be given party ticket to contest…

Police yesterday arrested BNP standing committee member barrister Rafiqul Islam Miah as a Dhaka court sentenced him to three- year imprisonment for not…

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) yesterday demanded that punitive action be taken against the Election Commission (EC) secretary, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) commissioner and two others senior government officials for, what the party claims, their confusing speeches, which allegedly fuelled…

About 100 lawyers have collected nomination forms to contest the December 30 general election with tickets mainly from the two major political parties of the country -- Awami League (AL) and the BNP (Bangladesh Nationalist Party). Some of them are incumbent parliament members, while others collected…

The country is set to observe the holy Eid-e- Miladunnabi today, marking the anniversary of birth and demise of Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be upon Him) amid massive religious festivity and fervor. President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina issued separate statements greeting the countrymen…