Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday alleged that BNP launched attacks on Supreme Court premises to foil the Supreme Court Bar Association election.

The polls in Barishal, Gazipur, Khulna, Rajshahi, and Sylhet city corporations will be held between May 23 and June 29 using Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), said the Election Commission yesterday.

Awami League joint secretary general Hasan Mahmud yesterday said there is no chance of holding dialogue with BNP on the caretaker government issue.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday accused Awami League of rigging votes in the Supreme Court Bar Association election and branded the ruling party as a “pathological liar and thief”.

A day after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s press conference, the BNP yesterday said it was unwilling to hold any talks with the premier because, it claimed, she did not live up to her commitments.

A day after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s press conference, the BNP today said it was unwilling to hold any talks with the premier because, it claimed, she did not live up to her commitments.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said most of the Awami League candidates will lose their security money if the next national election is held under a non-party neutral government.

Left-leaning parties in the ruling Awami League-led 14-party alliance yesterday took a firm stance against any possible inclusion of Islamist political parties in the combine.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today said most of the Awami League candidates will lose their security money if the next national election is held under a non-party neutral government.."Awami League won't get even 30 seats if the election is held under a caretaker or neu

The government is set to extend the suspension of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s jail sentence by six more months after Law Minister Anisul Huq gave his opinion in this regard.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday reiterated that the Election Commission is totally independent to conduct the country’s next general election.

The BNP yesterday said they would not take part in any election held under the incumbent government.

Information Minister Hasan Mahmud yesterday claimed BNP-Jamaat leaders orchestrated the attack on the Ahmadiyya community in Panchagarh, monitoring it from Dhaka and London.

Describing the attacks on Ahmadiyya community in Panchagarh as a "premeditated" one, BNP today alleged that the government orchestrated the incident to make a political gain by putting the blame on its political opponents

The government is set to extend the suspension of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's jail sentence by six more months, after Law Minister Anisul Huq gave his opinion in this regard.

The BNP has been pushing its 10-point demand, which includes the government stepping down and a non-partisan interim government stepping in during the next national election, slated for late this year or early next year

The BNP will hold rallies in all metropolitan cities on March 18 to press home its 10-point demand, including that the government steps down.

"Telling lies, indulging in corruption and looting are their (BNP leaders) habits," she said while addressing a rally in Mymensingh

The event, held in front of Jatiya Press Club, was presided over by Maj (retd) Abdul Wahab Minar, joint convenor of the party

Dhaka city unit BNP (north) organised the programme from Abdullahpur to Airport-Jamuna Future Park-Badda-Rampura to Malibagh Rail gate. At the same time, the Dhaka city unit BNP (south) formed the human chain from Malibagh rail gate to Jatrabari via Mouchak-Shantinagar-Kakrail-Nayapaltan-Fakirapul-Arambagh-Motijheel's Shapla Chattar-Ittefaq-Tikatuli