Ministers and Awami League leaders yesterday made similar statements on Monday's attack on BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's motorcade during her campaign at Karwanbazar, and accused BNP of hatching a conspiracy to thwart the upcoming city corporation elections.

Shocked at the attack on BNP chief Khaleda Zia's motorcade, the party-backed mayor aspirant in Chittagong M Manjur Alam yesterday expressed serious concerns over the safety of his campaigners and doubts about a free and fair election to the city corporations.

Two cases of attempted murder have been filed by the Awami League and BNP camps against one another following an attack on Khaleda Zia's motorcade in the capital's Karwan Bazar on Monday.

Voters from several slums of Dhaka North City Corporation yesterday demanded better accommodation facilities from elected councillors.

Candidates capable of successfully addressing the local problems may win over the voters of Chittagong city, according to several residents who are closely following the campaigns.

Regardless of how enthusiastic a campaigning mayor aspirant is, some dwellers of Adabor remain sceptical about promises of a clean and beautiful neighbourhood.

Bringing allegations of obstructions in election campaign, BNP-blessed mayor aspirant for Dhaka North City Corporation Tabith Awal has lodged a complaint with Election Commission and returning officer seeking necessary actions.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's campaign for the party-backed mayoral candidate of Dhaka North was foiled as her motorcade came under attack by pro-ruling Awami League activists at the capital's Karwan Bazar yesterday.

The High Court yesterday ordered the police to continue searching for missing BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed and submit reports on their progress in this regard to the home ministry for the next six months or until he is recovered.

Apart from performing regular duties, officers-in-charge of police stations in the capital were busy assessing the popularity of Awami League-backed councillor candidates and the AL rebels to help the ruling party decide the fate of its dissidents in the city polls race.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday blamed her archrival Khaleda Zia for staging a drama centering the local body elections scheduled for April 28.

In the absence of four candidates including the two leading ones, a UNDP-sponsored dialogue between the mayor aspirants of

In favour of Awami League-backed mayoral candidate AZM Nasir Uddin, Sheikh Mohammad Ishak of Nagorik Committee lodged some

With the goal to make a liveable, ideal and international standard city out of Dhaka, BNP-blessed mayor candidate in the north Mirza

One of the Rajshahi University (RU) teachers who had been recently manhandled by Awami League (AL) men at the vice-chancellor's

The Awami League and the BNP last night traded blame over the attack on Khaleda Zia's motorcade in the capital's Karwan Bazar in the afternoon.

Terming it “undesirable” and warning of an “awful situation” if the Election Commission “again holds a heinous election like the January 5

Shamsuzzaman Dudu, an adviser to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, yesterday filed four petitions with the High Court, seeking bail in

Rejecting an adjournment prayer, the High Court yesterday started hearing four separate seven-year-old petitions of BNP Chairperson

Obstructed by the ruling Awami League men, BNP chief Khaleda Zia's campaign for Tabith Awal was abandoned midway in the capital's Uttara last night.