JP to lead main opposition in parliament: Ershad
Contradicting his party’s parliamentary body’s decision, Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad on Friday said his party would be the main opposition in parliament while he would act as the opposition leader.
House Democrats challenge Trump to end shutdown
Democrats wasted no time flexing their new power in the US House of Representatives on Thursday by approving legislation backed by new speaker Nancy Pelosi that would end a 13-day partial government shutdown, ignoring president Donald Trump's demand for $5 billion for a border wall.
BNP makes another mistake: Quader
Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Friday said Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s decision not to take oath was a repetition of its previous mistake.
PM, other AL MPs pay tributes to Sheikh Mujib
Prime minister and Awami League president Sheikh Hasina along with the newly-elected parliament members of her party on Friday paid rich tributes to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, founding president of Bangladesh.
AL leader Syed Ashraf dies
Public administration minister and former general secretary of the ruling Awami League Syed Ashraful Islam died on Thursday while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Bangkok, Thailand. He was 67.
Cabinet to be formed Monday
Members of the new cabinet will take their oath at Bangabhaban on Monday.
Jatiya Party to be in government
The parliamentary group of HM Ershad-led Jatiya Party on Thursday unanimously decided to be part of the government as they got votes being part of the Awami League-led alliance.
JOF to submit memo to EC today
Opposition alliance Jatiya Oikya Front’s spokesperson Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday sent a letter to Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda informing him that the front-nominated candidates in the 11th parliamentary polls would go to the commission for submitting a memorandum today.
New cabinet likely Jan 10
The gazette notification of the results of the 11th parliamentary elections held on Sunday was published on Tuesday and the lawmakers-elect might be sworn in on Thursday while the new cabinet was likely to take oath of office on January 10.
Two ‘drug peddlers’ killed in Feni ‘gunfight’
Two suspected drug peddlers were killed in a reported gunfight with members of Rapid Action Battalion at Dagonbhuiya in Feni early Wednesday.
