1,228 reports translated from the Bengali original, most recent first. বাংলা সংস্করণ
HABIGANJ — A former BNP lawmaker is running as an independent in Habiganj-1 after talks with the party's official candidate collapsed, while the Jamaat-e-Islami nominee withdrew from the race in deference to a coalition…
HABIGANJ — Unidentified attackers hurled bricks at the motorcade of Jamaat-e-Islami's district chief and Habiganj-4 candidate in Madhabpur upazila, smashing a windshield. No one was injured.
HABIGANJ — Islamic Front candidate and controversial preacher Md. Giasuddin Taheri reported total assets of about 17.9 million taka in his Election Commission affidavit, with income from business, agriculture and bank interest.
HABIGANJ — BNP local leaders in Chunarughat upazila have been accused of beating a forest officer to stop a public auction of seized timber. A case was filed Wednesday.
Jamaat-e-Islami candidate Shishir Monir in Sunamganj-2 (Dirai-Shalla) said he will take a large bouquet to his opponent's home if he loses the election, and hopes his opponent will do the same.
Jamaat-e-Islami nominee Tofayel Ahmed Khan was unable to withdraw his candidacy after party workers locked him inside the district office for six hours, the Sunamganj-1 candidate said.
Jamaat-e-Islami and Khelafat Majlis candidates in two Barguna constituencies withdrew their nominations Tuesday under a 10-party alliance arrangement.
Jamaat-e-Islami's Bhola-2 nominee has not withdrawn his candidacy even though the 10-party alliance allocated the seat to LDP, leaving two alliance candidates contesting the BNP nominee.
BHOLA — At least 30 BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami activists were injured in two rounds of clashes Monday over campaigning for the 13th parliamentary election in Charfasson upazila, with both sides blaming each other.
PATUAKHALI — The Bangladesh Nationalist Party has dissolved its Galachipa and Dashmina upazila committees after they failed to campaign for Nurul Haque Nur, the party-backed candidate in Patuakhali-3, party officials said.
PATUAKHALI — The Bangladesh Nationalist Party has removed Bauphal upazila convener Abdul Jabbar Mridha from his party post over false and misleading remarks against Patuakhali-2 candidate Shahidul Alam Talukdar.
More than 100 members of the Hindu community led by Sujit Gharami have joined Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami in Ward 4 of Kirttipasha union, Jhalokati district.
The Election Commission has restored the candidacy of Bangladesh Labour Party chairman Mostafizur Rahman Iran in the Jhalokati-1 constituency for the 13th parliamentary election.
BNP candidate Reza Kibria and party leader Sheikh Sujat Mia, running as an independent, both submitted nomination papers Monday for the Habiganj-1 (Nabiganj-Bahubal) seat.
Activists of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement blocked Dhaka's Shahbagh intersection late Saturday demanding the release of Habiganj district leader Mahdi Hasan, who was earlier detained by police.
Jamaat-e-Islami is set to give up its most important seats in Barishal, including the party's stronghold Barishal-5 (Sadar), to alliance partners ahead of the 13th parliamentary election.
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has prepared its election manifesto, titled "Manifesto of the People," with 25 commitments centered on education, social justice, anti-corruption and the aspirations of youth and women.
Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Mia Golam Parwar said the country is not safe in the hands of corrupt politicians and land-grabbers, while campaigning in Khulna.
The Election Commission has suspended voting in Pabna-1 and Pabna-2 in the upcoming 13th national parliamentary election due to a boundary dispute.
Sadhana Mahal, a vice president of Amjanatar Dal, has resigned from the party after social media personality Hero Alom joined it.
Returning home after 6,314 days, BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman called for calm against provocations and pledged to build a safe Bangladesh.
Farzana Sharmin (Putul), the BNP candidate for Natore-1, has resigned from four institutional posts to contest the upcoming national election.
DHUNAT, Bangladesh — Police have arrested a Jubo League leader in connection with a 2022 attack on a Bangladesh Nationalist Party office in Bogura's Dhunat upazila that included beatings of party workers, vandalism and…
SARIAKANDI, Bangladesh — Two Jubo Dal leaders in Bogura's Sonatala upazila have been removed from their party posts for marching against the BNP's likely candidate for the Bogura-1 (Sonatala-Sariakandi) constituency, calling him an Awami…
JOYPURHAT, Bangladesh — Bangladesh Nationalist Party grassroots workers in Joypurhat-2 have launched a wide door-to-door campaign and leaflet drive to spread the party's 31-point program ahead of the upcoming parliamentary election, led by hopeful…
NATORE — Farzana Sharmin (Putul), the BNP candidate for the Natore-1 (Lalpur-Bagatipara) constituency, has resigned from four institutional positions to contest the election.
SAPAHAR, Naogaon — Abdullah Hil Kafi, secretary of the Jamaat-e-Islami Sapahar upazila unit, died Saturday from injuries sustained when he was attacked by robbers on his way home from a party meeting.
Attackers vandalized a BNP membership drive stage in Pabna's Sujanagar upazila and injured at least five party workers, including a local volunteer wing president.
Barrister Najibur Rahman Momen, son of former Jamaat-e-Islami chief Matiur Rahman Nizami, has collected nomination papers for the Pabna-1 constituency for the upcoming national elections.
BNP leaders Shamsur Rahman Shimul Biswas and Habibur Rahman Habib submitted nomination papers for the Pabna-5 and Pabna-4 seats, respectively, ahead of the upcoming national election.
Hasan Jafir Tuhin, the BNP-backed candidate for Pabna-3 and Krishak Dal central committee president, submitted his nomination papers for the upcoming national election.
BGIMA president and BNP candidate for Chuadanga-2, Mahmud Hasan Khan Babu, met with journalists in Chuadanga to discuss his election plans.
Dr. Mosleh Uddin Forid, the Jamaat-e-Islami candidate for Jashore-2 (Jhikargachha-Chowgachha), collected nomination papers for the 13th national parliamentary election.
CHAPAINAWABGANJ - A BNP candidate in Chapainawabganj-2 has drawn widespread criticism after telling supporters that once the party forms the government, "there will be no one to speak against me. What I say will…
LAKSHMIPUR - Charruhita union Jamaat-e-Islami organized a day-long free medical camp on behalf of ESIUM Ruhul Amin Bhuiyan, the Jamaat candidate for the Lakshmipur-2 (Raipur) constituency, providing care to more than 500 patients.
Maulana Rafiqul Islam Khan, an assistant secretary general of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, said at a memorial in Sirajganj that Osman Hadi was killed in a planned attack.
A discussion and prayer meeting was held Saturday in Sirajganj’s Belkuchi upazila to mourn Sharif Osman Hadi, who died Dec. 18 in Singapore after being shot.
Tapas, a former BNP nominee and district party secretary, picked up a nomination form Thursday for the Brahmanbaria-5 (Nabinagar) seat ahead of the 13th parliamentary election.
Police recovered the hanging body of NCP leader Jannat Ara Rumi, 30, from a women's hostel in Dhaka's Zigatola early Thursday and sent it for autopsy.
BNP leaders from Parshuram upazila paid tribute to Liberation War martyrs at the Bileonia memorial on Victory Day, as the local convener accused critics of opposing national days.
An assistant returning officer in Jashore has issued a show-cause notice to a Bangladesh Nationalist Party parliamentary candidate after his supporters held a campaign rally in violation of election rules, officials said.
The BNP has reinstated Marjina Akter Siddiqui, joint general secretary of the Cox's Bazar district Mohila Dal, after withdrawing her earlier expulsion from the party.
BNP standing committee member Salahuddin Ahmed visited the home of Jamaat-e-Islami's candidate Abdullah Al Faruque in Cox's Bazar-1 to offer condolences on the death of Faruque's father.
Voters in Bandarban's Lama and Alikadam upazilas say BNP leader Jabed Reza is their preferred candidate for the 300th parliamentary constituency, citing his record of standing by ordinary people during the party's difficult years.
The BNP's Jaylashkar union committee and its affiliates carried out a cleanup drive at Jaylashkar High School in Dagonbhuiyan to mark Nov. 7 National Revolution and Solidarity Day, organizers said.
Jamaat-e-Islami's parliamentary candidate for Cumilla-9, Dr. Sayed A.K.M. Sarwar Uddin Siddiqui, said his party would consign corruption to the museum and establish a drug-free, justice-based society if elected.
BNP standing committee member Khondkar Mosharraf Hossain accused the previous government of diverting votes from Meghna to Cumilla in the 2018 election to ensure his defeat.
CUMILLA — There is no alternative to uncompromising BNP leader Khaleda Zia in Bangladesh, said Kazi Shah Mofazzal Hossain Kaikobad, a BNP vice chairman and the party's nominee for Cumilla-4.
CUMILLA — People have come to see Jamaat-e-Islami as a symbol of trust, said Mobarak Hossain, the party's candidate for Cumilla-5 and a former central president of Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir.
Humayra Noor, joint member secretary of the National Citizen Party and a Supreme Court lawyer, will contest the Noakhali-5 seat on the party's water lily bud symbol.
Islami Chhatra Shibir central president Jahidul Islam said politics of killing people by stoning will no longer be tolerated in Bangladesh, citing major changes since the fall of Sheikh Hasina.
The National Citizen Party announced its first-phase nominees for 125 seats in the 13th national parliamentary election on Wednesday.
A section of the National Citizen Party's newly announced Feni district committee held a news conference at the Feni Press Club on Saturday alleging that members facing extortion and bribery accusations had been included,…
Jamaat-e-Islami chief Dr. Shafiqur Rahman told an eight-party rally in Chattogram on Friday that the previous government had fled by air and that the country was still not free of fascism, warning that another…
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party does not want the national election delayed except under unavoidable circumstances, BNP standing committee member Nazrul Islam Khan said after meeting Chief Election Commissioner A.M.M. Nasir Uddin in Dhaka.
Supporters of former Meherpur-2 lawmaker Amjad Hossain, who received the BNP nomination, and backers of district BNP president Javed Masud Milton clashed at Gangni bazaar Tuesday, leaving several injured and around 20 motorcycles damaged.
Advocate Md. Ruhul Amin, the Jamaat-e-Islami candidate for Chuadanga-2, met with local journalists Sunday to discuss his campaign pledges and development plans for the constituency.
A.T.M. Azharul Islam, central naib-e-amir of Jamaat-e-Islami, said his party would eliminate corruption and end unemployment within three to five years if elected.
If Jamaat-e-Islami gets to run the country, its government would first try to free the country of corruption, the party's central nayeb-e-ameer ATM Azharul Islam told a rally in Jashore's Chougacha.
Former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia's health remains critical and the medical board has not yet advised treatment abroad, BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said.