As tension soared before the general election on December 30, Bangladesh Nationalist Party started their campaign at Gazipur district in Dhaka division on Saturday.

Bangladesh: As tension soar before general election, opposition alliance campaigns outside Dhaka

A senior Bangladesh opposition leader's motorcade was attacked Friday after he visited a mausoleum in Mirpur to pay tributes to intellectuals Killed in the 1971 independence war with Pakistan.

Senior Bangla opposition leader's motorcade attacked in Mirpur

With less than a month to go to a general election, many journalists in Bangladesh say they are living in fear of ever-tightening media laws and engaging in self-censorship as a result.

In fear of the state, Bangladeshi journalists self-censor as election approaches

The Bangladesh High Court on Tuesday delivered a split verdict over whether imprisoned former prime minister and main opposition BNP chief Khaleda Zia should be allowed to contest the upcoming general election even as campaigning began for the December 30 polls.

Bangladesh High Court splits its judgement on permitting BNP's Khaleda Zia to contest polls

Political clashes in Bangladesh left two campaign workers dead and injured dozens more, police said on Wednesday, as tensions soared before a general election on December 30.

Two dead, dozens injured in Bangladesh clashes as election nears

Bangladesh's telecoms regulator shut down dozens of online news portals for several hours on Monday, citing security reasons, as officials scrutinise hundreds of sites before a parliamentary election this month.

Bangladesh briefly shuts dozens of online news sites citing security concerns

There is no opposition candidate for prime minister, hundreds of people have been arrested and incumbent premier Sheikh Hasina stands accused of ignoring democratic checks on her power, but Bangladesh began campaigning Monday for a year-end election.

Campaigning underway in Bangladesh polls amid opposition arrests

An alliance of opposition parties accused Bangladesh's Election Commission (EC) on Monday of being biased in favour of the ruling Awami League Party after it rejected nearly a quarter of the candidates the alliance nominated for elections on Dec.

Bangladesh opposition coalition cry foul over rejected nomination

An octogenarian former comrade of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's father in the country's independence struggle is now the face of an embattled opposition seeking to end her decade-long rule increasingly tainted by accusations of authoritarianism.

The ageing 'uncle' seeking to bring down Bangladesh PM Hasina

In a major setback to jailed former Bangladesh prime minister Khaleda Zia, a top court Tuesday ruled that a person jailed for more than two years cannot contest polls, effectively ruining her chance to participate in the December 30 polls.

Bangladesh court bars Khaleda Zia from contesting next month's polls 

Bangladesh authorities on Monday announced they were delaying next month's general election by a week following an appeal from the country's opposition alliance, an official said.

Bangladesh delay general election by a week after opposition plea

Bangladesh's main opposition party announced Sunday it would not boycott next month's general election and would challenge Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the polls, despite its leader being in jail.

Bangladesh opposition to challenge PM Hasina in election

Bangladesh's ruling party has rejected an opposition party's demand for a caretaker government it says is essential for a free and fair general election due to be held in December.

Bangladesh rejects opposition plea for caretaker government

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday announced that her government will construct 560 model mosques and an Islamic university with the Saudi assistance, in an attempt to woo hardline Islamists ahead of the parliamentary elections scheduled next month.

Ahead of polls, Hasina announces 560 model mosques, Islamic university in Bangladesh

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday promised to ensure credibility of the upcoming general elections but declined to accept the opposition's demand for freeing imprisoned ex-premier Khaleda Zia ahead of the polls as she held rare talks with an opposition front.

Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina holds rare talks with opposition front

Bangladesh's imprisoned opposition leader Khaleda Zia was handed another seven years in prison Monday on corruption charges her supporters say are politically motivated to prevent her running in a general election.

Bangladesh opposition leader Khaleda Zia handed another seven years in prison on corruption charges

A Bangladesh court on Wednesday sentenced Tarique Rahman, the acting chairman of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), to life in prison for plotting to assassinate Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina when she was in opposition, lawyers said.

Bangladesh opposition chief sentenced to life in 2004 blasts case

A Bangladesh court will rule on Wednesday in a case in which most of the leaders of the main opposition party are accused of plotting to assassinate Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at a public rally 14 years ago, when she herself was in opposition.

Bangladesh court to rule on 2004 blasts targeting PM Hasina

Bangladesh's cabinet on Monday approved a draft law prescribing the death penalty for drug offences, despite widespread criticism over a drugs crackdown in which police have shot dead more than 200 people since May.

Bangladesh sets death penalty for drug offences in draft law

A protest was held in Sri Lanka on Tuesday for the release of prominent photojournalist Shahidul Alam who was arrested in Bangladesh for allegedly giving an interview to Al-Jazeera against the government.

Sri Lankan journalists hold protest, demand release of Bangladeshi photojournalist

Bangladesh will consider making changes to a proposed law that journalists and countries such as the United States say could suppress free speech, a government minister said on Sunday after a meeting with a group of editors.

Bangladesh to consider amending law seen curbing free speech

Bangladesh's main opposition political group, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), "strongly" wants to take part in national elections due in three months, the party's secretary general told Reuters on Saturday.

Bangladesh's opposition group says 'strongly' wants to contest elections

Bangladesh's leader accused neighbouring Myanmar of finding new excuses to delay the return of more than 700,000 Rohingya who were forced across the border over the past year, and said in an interview late Tuesday that under no circumstance would the refugees remain permanently in her already crowded country.

Myanmar's delaying tactics blocking Rohingya return: Bangladesh PM Hasina

UN spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani said Bangladesh's minister of law had assured Zeid there would be an investigation

UN urges Bangladesh to halt killings of suspected drug offenders

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