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

Bangladesh will miss the opportunity to hold a free and fair election if opposition parties do not participate in the polls, said Turkish Ambassador to Bangladesh Mustafa Osman Turan.

The ruling party is trying to fend off a persistent BNP campaign that, for the first time in many years, has managed to gain some public sympathy.

Bangladesh’s economic situation may worsen thanks to internal reasons mainly political crisis that will appear in the days to come rather than the external factors, said MM Akash, economics professor of Dhaka University.

Ahead of the general election next year, it is likely that there will be political unrest, social instability and turmoil.

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

Recent mass gatherings mobilised by BNP signal a change in their strategy

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.

The government is taking measures to snip out people who, they believe, have relations with the opposition or may somehow favour the opposition in the times of election.

The ruling Awami League and the BNP have once again started rallying lesser and sometimes even completely unknown political parties to form alliances.

BNP leaders alleged that police both in uniforms and plainclothes conducted raids at houses of leaders and activists of BNP and its associate organisations in Chattogram last night (October 11, 2022).

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 ruling Awami League has hinted it will try to handle BNP’s ongoing protests deftly, as the government is under “pressure” from the international community for its highhandedness towards the opposition programmes.

In the current environment, it is the ruling party that has been seen in the offensive.

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.

With yet another general election coming up, BNP is trying to warm up its ranks.

Leaders and activists of BNP and Awami League locked into a clash in Dhaka’s Mirpur area this afternoon, leaving several people injured.

Considering the ongoing countrywide protest programmes a “success”, the BNP now mulls over spreading the demonstrations to cities, divisional headquarters and districts to keep their presence on the streets.