Awami-League

Ousted Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, facing a death sentence back home where her party is banned, told Reuters she and senior party colleagues plan to return from exile ​in India around December and surrender. The South Asian nation’s longest-serving leader said she and members of her Awami League aim to return voluntarily to the country they fled two years ago ‌and present themselves in court, testing Bangladesh’s handling of its most prominent politi...

The government wants to preserve the legacy of July in the nation’s collective memory, and a public discussion is needed on whether insulting July should be treated as a criminal offense, Prime Minister’s Information and Broadcasting Adviser Dr. Zahed Ur Rahman said on Tuesday. Speaking at a press briefing at the Secretariat on the progress of various government initiatives, Zahed announced that July 16 will be observed as Martyrs’ Day. Referring to derogatory remarks about July, the advi...

The investigation into alleged crimes against humanity committed by the Awami League as an organization is ongoing, Chief Prosecutor Md. Aminul Islam of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) said on Sunday. Speaking at a briefing at his office, Aminul said appropriate legal action would be taken after the investigation report is submitted. He said the Awami League’s organizational activities have already been banned under Section 18 of the Anti-Terrorism Act, 2009, adding that Banglad...

A leader of NCP student wing has filed a case accusing 248 people, including leaders of the now-banned Awami League, of disrupting public order by detonating cocktails and crude bombs, blocking highways with firearms, and creating unrest. The complaint alleges that the accused undermined peace in the country. The list of accused includes not only four deceased Awami League leaders but also six BNP leaders. The plaintiff, Marzuk Abdullah, serves as joint general secretary of Jatiya Chha...

Awami League, whose activities remain banned, is attempting to return to the political arena by relying on five leaders currently out on bail. Intelligence indicates that these leaders are already showing signs of renewed organizational activity in Dhaka and other parts of the country under thei...

The ruling BNP will remain on the streets to prevent any sabotage or subversive activities surrounding the founding anniversary of the Awami League, whose activities are currently banned.In line with instructions from the central leadership, leaders and activists of Dhaka North and South BNP, along...

Following the August 5, 2024 uprising, the party lost power and faced a temporary ban on political activities. Parliament passed a bill that made the restriction legally binding. Top leaders of the party remain on the run, with many staying abroad and some in prison, while authorities maintain s...

A court has ordered the jail custody of Abdullah Al Masud Modhu, president of the banned Chhatra League’s Jhalakathi district unit, after showing him arrested in five cases. The order was issued on Thursday by Judge HM Kabir Hossain of the Chief Judicial Magistrate Court in Jhalakathi. Poli...

A faction of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) activists held a protest rally in Shariatpur demanding the release of a former Awami League leader who was recently arrested, sparking controversy within the local BNP unit. The demonstration took place on Tuesday evening in the Goyatola Bazar are...

It has been alleged that popular actor Mosharraf Karim,widely loved in both Bengals, was confronted by a group of individuals in Kolkata. His wife, actress Robena Reza Jui, was also with him at the time. However, the actor has said that the incident is not being presented accurately and that nothing...

Police arrested 16 activists of the banned Chhatra League in Laksam, Cumilla. Laksam Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Kazi Kamrunnahar Laily confirmed the matter. She said that Sub-Inspector (SI) Md Sirajul Islam filed the case under the Anti-Terrorism Act against the 16 members of the ba...

National Parliament Opposition Chief Whip and National Citizen Party (NCP) leader Nahid Islam has described the announced 2026–27 fiscal budget as directionless and incapable of addressing the country’s fragile economy. Speaking to journalists at the Chattogram Circuit House on Friday, he said...

Zahurul Alam alias Jashim was an Awami League ward councillor for the North Pahartali ward in Chittagong city. For over a decade and a half, the control of the Akbar Shah area was entirely in his hands. Hill grabbing, illegal encroachment, and the commercial trade of utility connections like electri...

Md. Asaduzzaman Asad (54), former Education and Publicity Secretary of the Sharsha Upazila Awami League and former president of the Sharsha Upazila Press Club, has been arrested during a police operation in Jashore’s Sharsha upazila. Police have shown him arrested in connection with a case filed...

Police from Dhanmondi and Sher-e-Bangla Nagar police stations have arrested 32 members of the banned Awami League and its affiliated organizations. Police claimed they were preparing to organize an ‘oath ceremony to bring Sheikh Hasina back to the country’ and carry out sudden processions. Ac...

Facebook’s newsfeed has suddenly turned into a volatile political battleground. Some are writing "League is back," others are saying "League never left," while some are arguing that it is not the party itself returning, but rather the old political culture. It all started with a lengthy Facebook pos...

Two senior leaders from the BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami attended the janaza of Engineer Mosharraf Hossain, a presidium member of the now-banned Awami League. BNP leader and former city mayor Dr Shahadat Hossain said in his remarks that the late Mosharraf Hossain had contributed significantly to Chat...

A court has shown Tamanna Nusrat Bubly, a former Member of Parliament from the reserved women's seat under the Awami League government, as arrested in a case filed over organizing an illegal procession. Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Awlad Hossain Muhammad Zunaid passed the order tod...