Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal says the law enforcers will foil any attempt to create anarchy in the country centring the upcoming national elections.

Jatiya Oikyafront leader Dr Kamal Hossain yesterday said he was more concerned about a free and fair national election than about the polls-time government.

Even after the not-so-good experience on Thursday, the Jatiya Oikyafront wants to stay open to further talks though many of its leaders believe the government will not invite them to any more dialogue.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged people to re-elect the Awami League to make Bangladesh a developed and prosperous country.

Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) Dr AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury says the dialogue between Awami League-led 14-party alliance and Jukta Front was fruitful.

Awami League did not sit in talks with opposition alliance Jatiya Oikyafront under pressure, the party’s General Secretary Obaidul Quader says.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says they want to hold a free, fair and neutral election so that people can choose their leadership.

There was no specific solution in the prime minister’s speech during the talks between Jatiya Oikyafront and Awami League-led 14-party alliance at Gono Bhaban, says Dr Kamal Hossain.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina assures the Oikyafront leaders that the next national election will be held in a free, fair and neutral manner saying that her door will remain open for further 'small-group' discussions.

BNP leaders and activists sit in a token hunger strike in front of Mahanagar Natya Mancha in Dhaka's Gulistan protesting a verdict delivered against its chief Khaleda Zia in a corruption case.

Dr Kamal Hossain found no specific solution in prime minister's speech. BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said his party was not satisfied with how the talks went. JSD President ASM Abdur Rab said their movement would continue to realise their seven-point demand. And Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader said they would not go beyond the constitution.

The Election Commission would hold a meeting on November 4 to fix the schedule for the upcoming national election, said Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda yesterday after meeting the president.

Left Democratic Alliance (LDA), a coalition of eight left-leaning political parties, yesterday submitted a list of a 16-member delegation to the prime minister, requesting her to fix a schedule for talks.

BNP says that dialogue between newly floated alliance Oikyafront and ruling Awami League-led 14-party alliance is not fruitful.

Mentioning that the country belongs to all, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says the trend of change they introduced should be taken forward.

A total of seven political parties join Juktofront, a political platform under leadership of Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) President Dr AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury, at a programme of the platform in Dhaka.

Pro-BNP lawyers form a human chain at the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) premises protesting the “attack on them” during their programme yesterday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina seeks the cooperation of people in completing the development projects taken by her government to create jobs and improve their lifestyle.

The schedule for the 11th parliamentary elections is likely to be announced within a week, says Election Commission (EC) Secretary Helaluddin Ahmed.

Jatiya Oikyafront leader Dr Kamal Hossain says the newly floated political alliance believes in dialogue, which should be for the interest of the common people of the country.