Zubaida pledges support for budding scientists

BNP Senior Joint General Secretary Ruhul Kabir Rizvi today said if his party comes to power, the state will take full responsibility for the families of those who were killed or injured during the July-August movement

'The chief adviser will not resign. Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus does not need power, but for Bangladesh—for Bangladesh's peaceful democratic transition—Dr Yunus is necessary.'

Information Adviser Mahfuj Alam and National Citizen Party leader Hasnat Abdullah yesterday called for unity among the forces that led the July uprising, urging reconciliation and a renewed focus on national interest.

BNP leader Ishraque Hossain yesterday suspended the demonstrations for his immediate swearing-in as Dhaka south mayor and said they would would observe the government’s actions over the next two days before deciding on the next course of action.

Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman has urged Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus to convene an all-party meeting to resolve the country’s ongoing political crisis.

The BNP wants immediate removal of advisers Mahfuj Alam and Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuiyan, and national security adviser Khalilur Rahman for the sake of maintaining what the party says is the government’s impartiality and image.

"Where was Dr Khalilur during one and a half decades of fascism?"

BNP leader Ishraque Hossain today urged protesters not to leave the streets and to intensify their movement

They still kept different roads occupied demanding resignations of two advisers

Protests rolled into this morning as BNP activists and leaders held their ground in front of the mosque, demanding that Ishraque be allowed to take the oath as mayor

BNP senior leader Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan yesterday urged the interim government to expedite the democratic transition in Bangladesh, warning that the people of the country can swiftly grow intolerant and turn against even those they once held in high esteem.

National Citizen Party yesterday sought an explanation from its leader Abdul Hannan Masud regarding his role in securing the release of three young men from police custody.

The ongoing movement demanding Ishraque Hossain’s immediate swearing-in as mayor of Dhaka south spread across several key locations in the capital yesterday, including Matsya Bhaban, Kakrail, and the Jatiya Press Club.

A Narayanganj court today rejected the bail petitions of former Narayanganj City Corporation mayor Salina Hayat Ivy in two separate cases filed over murder and attempted murder charges during July uprising

DSCC Administrator Md Shahjahan Mia confirmed the information to The Daily Star

The protest, organised by the party's Dhaka Metropolitan Committee, commenced at 12:00pm

DSCC staffers stage sit-in inside Nagar Bhaban

However, they differ on the composition of parliament and the electoral process, as outlined in their proposals to the Constitution Reform Commission

Citing a lack of confidence in the Election Commission, the National Citizen Party yesterday demanded an immediate reconstitution of the commission.