The interim government should proceed with the national election in a manner that leaves no room for doubt about its impartiality, said BNP senior leader Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury yesterday.

Law Adviser Asif Nazrul said yesterday that “distance or misunderstanding” between student leaders or the forces of the July uprising and the BNP is not expected.

Talking to reporters this evening, Moyeen termed the eviction "inhumane"

"We remain confident that the reality of our cultural and societal connections and the logic of our interdependence and mutual benefit will keep guiding our relationship forward," he said.

BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman yesterday welcomed the move by the students, who led the July uprising, to form a political party, but warned that people would be disappointed if the party was seen enjoying support from the current administration.

Sarjis Alam, a key coordinator of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement, has alleged that ex-prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her cohorts are using laundered money to fund propaganda cells to spread misinformation to confuse and divide people.

Efforts are underway to identify the unknown martyrs of the July uprising buried at Rayerbazar graveyard, Information Adviser Nahid Islam said yesterday.

A leader of the Jatiyatabadi Swechasebak Dal of Faridpur has been suspended from his post for violating party discipline

Sarjis Alam, a key coordinator of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement, has alleged that ex-prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her cohorts are using laundered money to fund propaganda cells to spread misinformation to confuse and divide people.

Accusing BNP of  paving the way for another 1/11-style government will only create division and harm democracy in Bangladesh, said the party’s standing committee member Mirza Abbas yesterday.

It is not possible to have a multi-party democracy under the 1972 constitution, said Nasir Uddin Patwary, convener of the Jatiya Nagorik Committee, yesterday.

The interim government should play an active role to ensure justice for Felani, said Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman yesterday.

While the BNP has been pressing for national elections for months, it has avoided conflicts with student leaders and the interim government.

Adviser Nahid Islam has said if anyone from the interim government, be it a student leader or any other adviser, wants to run for office, they will relinquish their government position.

BNP Chairperson and former prime minister Khaleda Zia was likely to leave the London clinic, where she had been under medical observation for 17 days, for her son Tarique Rahman’s residence early today.

'Awami League strangled multiparty democracy and replaced it with one-party government system,' said the BNP acting chairman

Some key July uprising student leaders, including two interim government advisers, yesterday reacted strongly to BNP leader Mirza Fakhrul Islam’s remarks that a “neutral government” will be required to hold the polls if the current interim administration fails to remain impartial.

Majority of people in the country have lost trust in the current government, said Jatiyo Party Chairman GM Quader yesterday.

Former Jatiya Sangsad whip Iqbalur Rahim, also former Awami League lawmaker from Dinajpur-3, and 691 other AL men have been sued for allegedly attacking a procession brought out by BNP men in the district on July 21 last year

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today urged the interim government to perform its duties impartially, alleging it of failing to maintain neutrality on some issues