About $18 billion to $20 billion was laundered abroad during the Awami League regime, said Bangladesh Bank Governor Ahsan H Mansur yesterday.
A clash erupted between two factions of Awami League over establishing dominance in Chabbishpara area under Jazira upazila of Shariatpur.
The army has dismissed Hasnat's explosive statement about its chief's suggestion of rehabilitating a refined Awami League
The interim government must take immediate measures to ban Awami League and hold trials over the mass killings during the July uprising, Hasnat Abdullah, chief organiser (Southern Region) of National Citizen Party, has said
The BNP leader called for justice to be served to money launderers, killers
He urged people from all walks of life to remain restrained, vigilant, and united
Meanwhile, protests take place at DU overnight to ban Awami League
Acknowledging mistakes is not a sign of weakness; it is a prerequisite for political rehabilitation.
His absence had little to do with form or age. Off-field turmoil pulled him away. When the Awami League government fell on August 5, the political landscape shifted. Shakib, associated with the ruling party, was caught in the storm. The writing was on the wall.
Voting in Rangpur City Corporation elections began this morning using electronic voting machines (EVMs).
Among the ruling Awami League rank and file, confusion reigned about who actually tops the list of joint general secretaries.
Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina yesterday said she accepted leadership of the party this time considering the volatile global economic situation.
The ruling Awami League is all set to hold its 22nd triennial national council on December 24 with only one thing certain: Sheikh Hasina, who has been leading the party since 1981 after she returned home from a long exile, will be reelected as the AL president for the 10th time.
As citizens, we have been largely deprived of many rights, including our right to exercise franchise. Not only that, our politics is now under massive strain as a result of the attempts of the political parties to uproot their respective rival parties over the years.
The ruling Awami League yesterday drew heavy flak from its left-leaning allies for ignoring them in taking many crucial political decisions and also for already starting “electioneering” for the next national polls.
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CIVICUS, a global civil society alliance, has called on Bangladesh government to "halt its assault on the right to protest", investigate all violations by both state and non-state actors and bring the perpetrators to justice.
A sub-inspector took a 71-year-old man to a police station in the capital allegedly at gunpoint because officers received an image on WhatsApp that showed the elderly man’s photo on a BNP poster for the party’s December 10 rally.
Leaders and activists of the Awami League and its front organisations started thronging the Polo Ground in Chattogram since early morning to attend a party rally today.
