At least seven foreign missions in Bangladesh have issued a statement calling on all stakeholders to exercise restraint, refrain from violence and work together to create the conditions for free, fair, participatory and peaceful elections.

The government appears to have taken a tough stance against the BNP after Saturday’s clashes that turned the heart of the capital into a battlefield.

Police today arrested two people in the case filed over killing constable Amirul Islam Parvez during yesterday’s clash between law enforcers and BNP men in the capital's Fakirapool.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan today said the top leaders of BNP cannot shrug off their responsibility for yesterday's violence in Kakrail and the murder of a policeman

Police this morning cordoned off BNP's office in Nayapaltan with yellow tape, and are apparently treating it as a crime scene

No long-distance buses left or entered Dhaka since morning.

A murder case was filed against BNP men over the killing of a police constable during the clash between law enforcers and BNP men in the capital's Fakirapool area.

Detective Branch of police picked up BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir from his Gulshan residence in Dhaka this morning

A bus was torched at the south gate of Baitul Mukarram in Dhaka this morning

The armed and bloody attacks on their programme were a reflection of what the AL leaders and police have said since the announcement of the rally, says the BNP leader

Downtown Dhaka turned into a battlefield yesterday as BNP activists and police clashed, leading to the death of a policeman and a ward-level BNP leader.

The ruling Awami League yesterday said it would face the BNP politically and resist its hartal throughout the country.

At least 17 journalists were injured during clashes in the capital yesterday and several of them were reportedly attacked by BNP men.

A police constable died of injuries suffered during today's clash between law enforcers and BNP activists in the capital's Fakirapool, said police

A compilation of photos from the clashes that occurred today during rallies by AL, BNP, and Jamaat in Dhaka

BNP has called a countrywide dawn-to-dusk hartal for tomorrow protesting "police action" on the party leaders and activists in Dhaka's Kakrail area

One or more ambulances of Rajarbagh Central Police Hospital were torched on the hospital premises this afternoon

Police forcefully cleared BNP men from the BNP rally venues at Nayapaltan around 3:00pm by firing sound grenade, tear shell and charging batons.