A shocking incident of domestic brutality has emerged from Netrokona, where a member of the local Jubo League, the youth wing of the Awami League, allegedly stabbed his wife in the face. The victim, Sony Akter, 35, was reportedly attacked after she protested her husband’s decision to enter into a second marriage without her consent. […]

The Election Commission (EC) has ordered the withdrawal of two senior local officials in Sherpur’s Jhenaigati upazila following a violent political clash that left a Jamaat-e-Islami leader dead. The officials concerned are the Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Ashraful Alam and the Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Jhenaigati Police Station, Nazmul Hasan. The decision was announced on Thursday […]

In a decisive move ahead of the 13th National Parliamentary elections, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has expelled ten of its leaders from Madaripur-1 (Shibchar) for alleged violations of party discipline and engagement in anti-organisational activities. The announcement was made on Wednesday night (28 January) through a press release signed by the BNP’s Senior Joint […]

A regional event intended to promote democratic transparency descended into chaos on Wednesday as supporters of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami clashed violently in Sherpur. The confrontation, which broke out during a manifesto-reading session for the Sherpur-3 (Sreebardi-Jhenaigati) constituency, resulted in at least 30 injuries and the total abandonment of the scheduled […]

In a decisive move to maintain internal discipline, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has expelled eighteen leaders and activists from its Senbagh Upazila and municipal units in Noakhali. The disciplinary action was triggered by their public defection to the campaign of an independent candidate, Kazi Mafizur Rahman, thereby contravening official party directives for the Noakhali-2 […]