BNP expects a specific date for the national election following the meeting between Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus and Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin, said party Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi yesterday.

Leftist leaders threatened to launch tougher movements if the government does not cancel its anti-sovereignty moves like leasing out the Chattogram port’s New Mooring Container Terminal (NCT) to a foreign operator and providing aid passage to Myanmar’s Rakhine state.

Umama Fatema, former spokesperson of the Students Against Discrimination, has officially stepped down from the platform, citing internal betrayal, political interference, and smear campaigns.

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi yesterday accused “vested quarters” of using BNP’s name to serve personal interests and create unrest in various offices, including the Income Tax office.

The BNP will feel reassured if both the chief adviser and the chief election commissioner disclose to the nation what they discussed about the upcoming national polls during Thursday’s meeting, the party’s Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed said yesterday.

The government has already delayed the election, he says

European Union (EU) Ambassador to Bangladesh Michael Miller has conveyed to the BNP his hope that democratic order will soon be restored in Bangladesh through a free, fair and credible national election.

The party will observe a month-long programme featuring at least 22 different events

Party leaders said the decision was made to improve the BNP's image ahead of the next general election, as sticking to the previous stance was drawing criticisms.

Jamaat-e-Islami yesterday urged the Election Commission to hold local government polls under the interim government before the upcoming 13th national election.

The National Consensus Commission yesterday revised the structure and functions of the proposed National Constitutional Council.

BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman has warned that “mob justice” has become a threat to humanity and now poses a grave threat to the environment needed for developing a democratic culture.

Hefazat-e-Islam Joint Secretary General Azizul Haque Islamabadi today demanded justice for all killings

"Don't expect to win elections by using force and intimidation like the AL," he says

This was shared by Liu Jianchao, minister of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee, during a meeting with the visiting BNP delegation

A circular was issued this afternoon in a letter signed by the EC's Senior Secretary Akhtar Ahmed

Requests police to list her as the 25th accused and notify the relevant court

Says vice foreign minister during meeting with BNP

China National Congress Deputy Li Hongzhong has invited BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman to visit China.

BNP Standing Committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury yesterday said the country is now moving toward elections in the first half of February.