Jatiya Swechchhasebak Dal today held a rally protesting the death of writer Mushtaq Ahmed in jail custody, and the killing of journalist Borhan Uddin Mujakkir.

HT Imam, the lifelong bureaucrat-turned-adviser to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, was laid to rest at the Banani Graveyard in Dhaka this evening.

Prime Minister’s Political Adviser HT Imam, who breathed his last in the early hours of today, will be laid to eternal rest with state honour at the Banani Graveyard in Dhaka after Asr prayers.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s Political Affairs Adviser HT Imam has passed away.

The by-election to the Lakshmipur-2 seat -- of independent lawmaker Mohammad Shahid Islam, also known as Kazi Papul, that has been vacated on grounds of moral turpitude -- will be held on April 11.

BNP leaders today called upon all their activists to prepare for a fresh movement against the government.

BNP leader Tabith Awal has alleged that he was barred from joining the party’s rally in Rajshahi, scheduled for today.

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Twenty-three candidates, including a mayor aspirant of Jashore’s Keshabpur municipality election, lost their security deposit as they failed to bag one-eighth of the cast votes.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal today said police showed utmost patience in the sudden attack on them in front of Jatiya Press Club yesterday.

Members of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal today brought out a procession on the Dhaka University campus demanding release of its activists who were arrested yesterday after a clash with police in front of Jatiya Press Club yesterday.

Road communication from different districts to Rajshahi has been suspended after BNP announced their divisional rally in the district tomorrow.

A case was filed against BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman under the Digital Security Act for declaring late president Ziaur Rahman “the nation's father of Bangladeshi nationalism”.

Twenty-five leaders and activists of BNP have been released on bail from Khulna jail after they were arrested en masse between February 24 and February 27 from different areas of Khulna ahead of the party’s rally in the city held on February 27.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today said his party will not take part in the next Union Parishad elections.

Police today handcuffed a Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader of Bogura city unit for an hour as he illegally entered a polling centre at Bogura College during today’s fifth phase of municipality elections.

BNP-backed candidate in Jhenaidah’s Maheshpur municipality election boycotted the polls, alleging vote-rigging and removal of his agents from polling centers.

At least 40 Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal activists were injured as police charged baton on them when they gathered in front of Jatiya Press Club to protest the death of writer Mushtaq Ahmed in jail custody.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today said their party considers Bangabandhu’s March 7 speech a part of Liberation War history and they do not want to undermine him.

BNP is going to invite Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and other senior Awami League leaders to join its inaugural function of the month-long programmes to celebrate the golden jubilee of the country's independence.