Party News

Call for Independent Investigation into Deaths of 21 Awami League Leaders and Activists in Custody

The current interim government of Bangladesh must ensure full, transparent, and independent investigations into the reported custodial deaths of at least 21 members of the Awami League since Dr. Muhammad Yunus seized power. The killings, which allegedly occurred inside jails and under police custody—environments that should be among the safest i...

Awami League's special extended meeting on 10 February

A special extended meeting of the Awami League will be held at Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's official Ganabhaban residence on Saturday. Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will chair the meeting to be held at 10:30am, said a press release. The party's national committee, central working committee, advisory council, preside...

Awami League wants peaceful elections, BNP wants to disrupt polls: Obaidul Quader MP

Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today said the ruling AL wants peaceful elections in the country, but BNP wants to disrupt the polls. "BNP is known as a terrorist party... It is to see - to whom sanctions and visa policy would be applied," he told a discussion on Dhaka University campus...

If BNP comes to power, the spirit of 1971 will vanish: Obaidul Quader MP

Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Wednesday said that if BNP gets power again, there will be no spirit of Liberation War in the country. "We cannot hand over power to BNP, which is the patron of communal forces and militancy," he said. He made the remarks while joining a discussion meeting organised in the city by Dhaka Metropol...

Govt to deal with internal issues, not foreign envoys: Obaidul Quader MP

The government will solve the internal issues of the country and the foreign diplomats have to abide by the rules of the Geneva Convention in this regard, said Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Monday. The minister said this while talking to reporters in his ministry's conference room at the secretariat. "Foreign diplomats ...