BNP leaders and activists have started thronging Cumilla Town Hall ground, the rally venue, since early morning.

BNP supporters have been heading to Cumilla town since this morning to join their party’s rally in Cumilla Town Hall premises tomorrow.

Law enforcers have taken all-out measures, including keeping Dhaka city BNP leaders and activists under close watch, to preempt “potential subversive activities” centering on the BNP’s Dhaka rally on December 10.

Contrast in administrative actions regarding political rallies could not be starker when it comes to BNP and other parties.

BNP leaders and activists from different districts have started gathering in colourful attires at Abdul Aziz Institution ground in Faridpur’s Kamarpur area as the party’s divisional mass rally is scheduled to begin at 11:00am today.

Ahead of BNP’s divisional mass rally in Faridpur on Saturday (November 12, 2022), police have started conducting raids at the houses of local BNP leaders and activists, including that of a leader who died 12 years ago.

The US has urged Bangladesh government to create a safe environment for people to peacefully assemble and voice their concerns, and relatedly, for opposition parties to campaign without facing intimidation and repression.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (November 6, 2022) asked people not to forget the terrible days of the arson violence unleashed by "BNP-Jamaat" in the name of movement.

Newly appointed Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Khandker Golam Faruq today said police have nothing to do with politics.

AL must stop obstructing the opposition’s right to free assembly

As the recent BNP rallies drew huge crowds in different cities, the Awami League is now preparing to hold rallies and other programmes across the country from next month apparently to show its strength.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said the people have woken up and the Awami League government that has established “autocracy” would be washed away by the strong wave of their movement.

Mass arrests and police raids of opposition party members’ homes raise serious concerns about violence and intimidation ahead of the upcoming parliamentary elections in Bangladesh due next year, Human Rights Watch said today (October 10, 2022).

The ruling Awami League and its arch-rival the BNP are working to bring like-minded political parties into their fold ahead of the next parliamentary election.

Considering its recent demonstrations “a success”, the BNP now plans to hold public rallies in 10 divisional headquarters from October 8.

The BNP has finalised the draft of a nine-point demand, aiming to wage a “simultaneous movement” with different opposition parties and platforms to force the government to step down and pave the way for a free and fair election.

Can citizens be told that their rights are now available because the executive branch of the state is offering them as a gift?

It is apparent, from what has transpired in the last fortnight, that any attempt to exercise political rights, and to seek space, will be curbed by force.

Where is the level playing field promised by the EC?

US does not favour any particular political party, Ambassador Peter Haas said today (August 10, 2022).