Conditions don’t allow for meaningful discussions: AL responds to Lu

Bangladesh Awami League appreciates the outpouring of international support for the country's upcoming national elections, the party's General Secretary Obaidul Quader said in a letter to Donald Lu, US Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs at the US Department of State  and US

BNP calls 48-hour hartal from Sunday

The BNP on Thursday announced a 48-hour hartal across the country starting from Sunday to protest the schedule for the next national election announced by the Election Commission (EC). Party Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi came up with the announcement at a virtual press briefing on Wednesday evening. He said

AL to extend all-out support to EC: Quader

Road Transport and Bridges Minister and Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader today said their party will extend all-out support to the Election Commission (EC) in holding a free, fair and neutral general election slated for January 7. "We pledge that the government will abide by constitutional provisions, rules and

CEC’s Speech full text

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal announced the 12th Jatiya Sangsad election schedule in a televised address. Following is the verbatim of his address: Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim. Dear Countrymen. Assalamu Alaikum. First of all, I pay my deepest respect to the memory of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the great architect of the