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Police arrested an outlawed party leader from Islamkathi village in Tala upazila on Sunday afternoon.

Police arrested four leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami while holding a secret meeting at Ku-Dirai village in Dakhkhin Sunamganj upazila on Sunday evening.

Opposition BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia declared to prevent any vote rigging by Awami League in upcoming election.

Ananta Chandra Das, father of Biswajit Das, burst into tears while standing in the witness box of a Dhaka court Sunday.

Dhaka: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday claimed that the Awami League serves Islam in real sense rather than using in politics.

Dhaka: Acting general secretary of BNP Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir categorically said that Awami League would see the final outline of movements in proper time.

Sunamganj: Communications Minister Obaidul Quader on Saturday said Awami League can hold free, fair and neutral election.

Sajeeb Ahmed Wazed Joy, son of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, has urged people to vote the ruling Awami League for a second consecutive time to take Bangladesh forward.

BNP spokesperson Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has urged his party leaders and activists to unite and end factionalism to prevent the government from staging ‘unilateral elections’.

Law enforcers arrested 40 Jamaat-Shibir men including Sharankhola upazila Jamaat president and district Shibir secretary, from a secret meeting in Sharankhola upazila of the district on Friday afternoon.

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson and leader of the opposition Begum Khaleda Zia will address a public rally in Sylhet on October 5 to press for its demand for the non-partisan caretaker government.

Information minister Hasanul Huq Inu has blamed Jamaat-e Islami, Hefazate Islam and BNP for being responsible for the assault planned on him by two youngmen in London on Tuesday morning Bangladesh time.

The BNP Standing Committee member Mirza Abbas reiterating that there are conspirators within the party alleged that they are also active outside the country.

The local administration has imposed section 144 at Kathalbari in Birampur upazila as two rival groups of BNP called their programmes at the same venue and time for Thursday.

By Parameswaran Ponnudurai

DHAKA – Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury on Wednesday said the forthcoming general election is going to be held before the completion of tenure of Ninth Parliament, first of its kind in the country.

DHAKA: Opposition BNP asked the government to cancel the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) ordinance terming it as suppressing freedom of speech.

Police obstructed a procession brought out by ‘Ganajagaran Mancha’ demanding arrest of miscreants who are allegedly involved with the fierce attack on Arif Noor, one of the organizers of the platform.

At least 20 people were injured in a clash between local activists of Awami League (AL) and BNP over forming a mosque committee at Godai Rupsi village in Bhangura upazila of the district on Monday night.

Two local leaders of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and Jamaat-e-Islami were injured in an attack by Juba League (JL) men at Narayanpur village in Sharsha upazila on Sunday night.

Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith on Saturday said that he wanted contest the next general elections again for Sylhet 1 parliamentary constituency from the ruling Awami League-led alliance.

NOAKHALI: The law enforcers arrested Basurhat municipality Jamaat Ameer Moulana ABM Helel Uddin for his alleged involvement in bomb explosion.

Former Communications Minister and BNP leader Nazmul Huda on Saturday urged President Abdul Hamid to take initiatives for the reconstitution of the incumbent Election Commission to resolve the ongoing political crisis.

DHAKA: Ruling Awami League has begun their campaigning through social media facebook soon after the first exercise through billboards.

At least 30 people including students were injured in a clash between BCL, Chhatra Dal and Shibir activist at the Islaimc Unidersity campus on Saturday.

Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) at rally in the city on Friday urged the government to cancel the Rampal thermal power plant project, saying it will go against the national interest and harm the Sundarban mangrove forest.  

Dhaka city BNP convener Sadeque Hossain Khoka on Friday asked the party leaders and activists to take all-out preparations to create a mass resistance against the current regime to protect democracy and people’s voting right.  

BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday said a cultural movement is needed to be launched to protect the country’s independence, sovereignty and democracy.  

The fourth death anniversary of M Saifur Rahman, the country’s longest-serving finance minister and former BNP standing committee member, was observed with due respect on Thursday.  

Police arrested an organiser of so-called ‘Sayedee Mukti Mancha’, also a local Jamaat leader, from Assasuni upazila headquarters on Wednesday noon.