Detectives arrest former Swechchhasebak Dal General Secretary Mir Sharafat Ali Safu from in front of BNP’s Naya Paltan central office.

Unidentified criminals set fire to a motorbike and vandalised two others in front of the Natore BNP office.

The United States will send 12 teams of observers and fund thousands of domestic observers to monitor an election in Bangladesh it hopes will be free and fair, a senior official at the US Embassy in Dhaka says.

BNP blames the ruling quarter for carrying out propaganda against BNP and the party chief Khaleda Zia through social media ahead of the 11th parliamentary election scheduled for December 30.

BNP Standing Committee Member Barrister Moudud Ahmed alleges that there is no atmosphere for a free, fair and acceptable election in the country.

Jatiya Oikyafront chief Dr Kamal Hossain will hold a press conference today about the arrest of opposition leaders and activists and the election atmosphere.

With a "forward-looking" vision focusing mainly on the young generation, the ruling Awami League is likely to unveil its election manifesto either on December 12 or 13.

The government will move a petition before the Supreme Court today seeking stay on a High Court order that halted the sentence of BNP's Jashore-2 nominee Sabira Sultana and cleared the way for her to contest the election.

Any government official or law enforcer attempting to influence the polling process will face actions, Election Commissioner Rafiqul Islam said yesterday.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says that ruling Awami League will not win more than 30 seats in a free and fair election.

Activists of a local Awami League leader rally in Mymensingh’s Gouripur with demands of fresh nomination of the party.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader says his party never exploited power and that it has the honest courage to rectify from mistakes.

BNP senior leader Moudud Ahmed calls upon voters to cast their ballots in the election to free Khaleda Zia and rid the country from the oppressive rule.

A total of 88 minority people are killed and more than a thousand people of the communities are tortured allegedly by the influential people, mostly by different political party men, this year, says a report.

As the Group of 20 summit officially kicks off, those themes seem like afterthoughts, overshadowed by contentious matters from the US-China trade dispute to the conflict over Ukraine.

The High Court yesterday stayed the conviction and sentence of BNP nominee for Jashore-2 Sabira Sultana.

At least 70 Awami League leaders have filed nomination papers as independent candidates from 43 constituencies in 21 districts, defying the party high command's repeated warnings of punitive action for going against party nominees.

Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) wants to build the country in light of 1972 constitution if the party is voted to power.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader says, BNP leaders are going beyond the control of their General Secretary Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.

BNP Standing committee member Nazrul Islam Khan casts doubt over the general election with the current activities of the Election Commission.