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Police have filed a case against senior BNP leaders including Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir over Saturday’s bus attack in the capital’s Malibagh which left one dead.

Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) and Socialist Party of Bangladesh (SPB) on Sunday called for people’s unity to get rid of political polarisation centering the two major parties and the alliances they are leading.

Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (Rob) on Sunday urged President Abdul Hamid to take an initiative to hold a national dialogue involving all political parties, professional bodies and civil society members to  resolve the current political crisis.

Dhaka – BNP joint secretary general Salaudin Ahmed on Saturday said the government got unnerved and panicked seeing the intensity of the mass people’s movement.

Opposition activists tried to set fire to Gaibandha’s Palashbarhi Upazila election office on Saturday, the first day of the Opposition’s 72-hour nationwide blockade.

A pedestrian was killed and five others injured when a bus lost control after a petrol bomb attack and ran over them in Dhaka’s Malibagh on Saturday.

Awami League presidium member Mohammad Nasim on Saturday said country’s people will give a befitting reply through the ballots to the violent acts being unleashed by the opposition.

Senior BNP leaders including acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir have been sued in connection with Thursday’s attack on bus passengers at Shahbagh. The case, filed at the Shahbagh Police Station, accuses the BNP leaders of instigating the arson,…

One person has been killed and 30 others injured in a clash at Cox’s Bazar, where BNP and Awami League supporters fought each other with the police trying to cap the violence.

BNP has called for a dawn-to-dusk strike in Chittagong district on Sunday protesting against the arrest of its leaders and activists, including party Chairperson’s Advisor Mir Mohammad Nasir and its central Organising Secretary Golam Akbar Khandker.

Police have arrested senior BNP leader Mir Mohammad Nasir Uddin from the Shah Amanat International Airport in Chittagong for his alleged involvement in violence during the Opposition’s 71-hour nationwide transport blockade.

A court of Dhaka on Thursday sent BNP’s Standing Committee member retired Brigadier General Hannan Shah to jail after he was produced to the court on completion of a two-day remand.

State Minister for Home Samsul Haque Tuku on Wednesday said stern actions will be taken against those carrying out violent activities and anarchy in the name of hartal and blockade across the country.

Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad has expressed doubts about the Jan 5 national election being free and fair, alleging an absence of a level playing field. “The country has now split into two – the Awami League and the BNP.…

The Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) will not take part in the forthcoming elections unless all parties join it. At a press conference on Tuesday, CPB President Mujahidul Islam Selim said, “Announcement of polls schedule cannot be a solution without…

Within five hours of killing a Juba League leader, Jamaat-e-Islami supporters have beaten to death a Swechchhasebok League leader at Kolaroa Upazila in Satkhira.

Police have arrested senior BNP leader ASM Hannan Shah minutes before the Opposition called for a 48-hour nationwide blockade protesting against the schedule of the general election.

Opposition Chief Whip Zainul Abdin Farroque has warned the government of dire consequences if a one-sided election is held without the BNP.

Mentioning that an informal dialogue is on between Awami League and BNP, AL presidium member Mohammad Nasim on Monday said the opposition party is staging a drama over the issue.

BNP Chittagong unit has called a day-long shutdown in the district on Tuesday to protest against the attack on the son of local BNP MP Mostafa Kamal Pasha. BNP Chittagong Metropolitan President Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury announced the strike at…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has claimed that there was no more scope for illegally usurping power. “If anyone tries to occupy state power in an unconstitutional manner, he would be tried,” she said on Monday referring to the 15th constitutional…

Secretary general of Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) Abdul Mannan on Sunday night warned that any farcical polls will be resisted at any cost and urged the Prime Minister to shun the move to hold a unilateral election.

Hefajat-e-Islami Bangladesh on Sunday announced to hold its postponed grand rally at the capital’s Shapla Chattar on December 24.   Besides, the Islamist group announced month-long programmes to be held before the grand rally.

A court of Dhaka on Sunday placed war crimes convict Salauddin Quader Chowdhuty’s lawyer Barrister AFM Fakhrul Islam on a four-day remand in a case filed under the Information and Communication Technology Act.

The first press conference and introductory meeting of the newly registered Bangladesh Nationalist Forum (BNF) was held on Saturday amid arm twisting among its leaders and expulsion.

Jamaat-e-Islami has called for a dawn-to-dusk general strike in Chittagong on Sunday.

A police constable was injured as Jamaat-Shibir activists attacked  a police vehicle in the city’s Badda on Saturday morning.   The injured person was identified as constable Abdul Alim, 38, a driver of a police van of Badda police station.

The BNP-led 18-party alliance will stage countrywide demonstrations on Sunday demanding the arrangement of the next general election under a non-party government.

Bangladesh will be set afire once a move is made to execute the death verdict on Jamaat-e-Islami Assistant Secretary Abdul Quader Molla, the party has warned. The ICT-1 has sentenced Bangladesh Jamaat founded Ghulam Azam to 90 years in prison.…

The Pir Shaheb of Charmonai and Ameer of the Bangladesh Islami Andolan Mufti Sayed Moulana Rezaul Karim has said that the government would have to arrange elections only under a non-party neural government.