Police allow Awami League and BNP to hold rallies inside and in front of their respective offices tomorrow to mark the January 5 general election.

At least 20 people are injured in infighting between two groups of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) in Chittagong city.

The city corporation authorities have allowed Awami League and BNP to hold rallies in front of their respective central offices tomorrow to mark the January 5 general election.

Awami League says it will hold a rally at Dhaka’s Bangabandhu Avenue marking the second anniversary of the January 5 elections if police deny the party permission for Suhrawardy Udyan.

BNP now seeks police permission to hold a rally at Dhaka’s Nayapaltan on January 5, the day when one-sided general election held two years ago, to mark it as “death of democracy day”.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina stresses changing the fate of marginal people for the country’s overall socio-economic development.

Yesterday’s attempt by a group of people to occupy BNP headquarters has raised many eyebrows.The move comes at a time when the party is preparing to demonstrate on January 5, the date when the last general election was held. ‘Asol BNP’, literally meaning ‘Real BNP’, which made the attempt, is a group that came into existence a year ago after the BNP-led alliance started a protest in January last year.

The International Crimes Tribunal today received the full verdict copy of war crimes convict Delwar Hossain Sayedee that commuted his death sentence to jail until death.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan says whether BNP will be given the permission or not to stage rally at Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka will be decided after the assessment of the security arrangement.

Awami League Joint General Secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif says people will give befitting reply if BNP carries out terrorism in the name of programme on January 5.

The activists of BNP youth and student wings lock into a clash with a group of people, who claimed themselves as “Asal BNP” [Original BNP], when they went to grab the party’s Nayapaltan central office in Dhaka.

Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad says people as well as the media do not treat the party as an opposition in the parliament due to its image crisis.

After BNP announced to hold a rally in Dhaka on Tuesday to protest the January 5 elections, ruling Awami League says they will also “hold programmes” on the same day. Thereby, again, the rival parties have called for holding programmes on the election anniversary with contrasting views – that ended up in violence and death of over a 100 people last year.

Terming beggary a mean job, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina directs the Social Welfare Ministry to take steps for the rehabilitation of those living in the streets and put an end to this malaise across the country.

BNP has sought to host a demonstration programme in Dhaka on January 5 – the date that heralds the second anniversary of last general elections. Last year, BNP’s attempt on a similar demonstration titled “black day for democracy” ended in months of agitation that left over a 100 people dead.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia calls upon the party men not to get frustrated by the results saying free and fair elections will take place timely.

BNP hopes that people will be able to restore democracy in the country by defeating fascism and autocracy in 2016.

Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samity will observe road and waterway blockade in Rangamati on Sunday protesting “vote rigging” and “biased acts of administration” during yesterday’s municipality elections.

A Moulvibazar court issues arrest warrants against 98 BNP leaders and activists including its district unit president in a case filed for assaulting police.

BNP announces to hold a joint meeting of the party on Saturday to evaluate the municipality election results.