Students Against Discrimination has announced that it will hold a March for Unity programme at the Central Shaheed Minar today in support of the interim government’s initiative to prepare a declaration of the July uprising based on national consensus.

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman yesterday expressed optimism about the country’s future, claiming Bangladesh is now safer for the younger generation following the August 5 uprising that led to the removal of the Hasina-led Awami League government.

The meeting, which started at 10:00pm, is being held at the office of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement office in the capital's Bangla Motor area

BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman yesterday said that there might be differences of opinion but it should not reach a point where it harms the country. 

However, CA's Deputy Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad Majumder today said the preliminary report is expected to be submitted to Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus at 5:00pm tomorrow.

The Ministry of Public Administration issued a gazette notification in this regard today.

BNP and several other political parties raise questions about the Students Against Discrimination’s decision to proclaim what it calls the July Revolution while Jamaat welcomes it.

Emphasising the urgency of general elections, political party leaders cautioned against lowering the voting age. They argued that such a move could spark controversy and push back the polls date in the process.

Just two days after suspending journalists’ entry to the Secretariat, the government yesterday said they would get limited access there from today.

BNP leader Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has alleged that “one or two political parties” in the country are trying to “fish in troubled waters to make gains”.

Stating that the constitution was written in 1972 at the cost of the blood of 30 lakh martyrs, BNP Senior leader Mirza Abbas today criticised those who called for burying that national charter

He alleges that the same political party is engaged in widespread corruption at local levels

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi yesterday alleged that the recent fire at the Secretariat was a deliberate act orchestrated to destroy evidence of corruption and money laundering by the former Awami League government and its allies.

The morning rally touched important places of the town before its leaders made speeches in front of Haider Complex.

There is a public perception that the interim government is intentionally delaying the election process, said BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.

Islami Andolon Bangladesh (IAB) Ameer Syed Md Rezaul Karim yesterday said Islamist parties will present unified candidates in all constituencies during the upcoming national elections.

The Jatiya Nagorik Committee is not a registered political party but a political force dedicated to shaping future leadership in Bangladesh, said Sarjis Alam, general secretary of the July Shaheed Smrity Foundation, yesterday.

BNP Vice Chairman Kazi Shah Mofazzal Hossain Kaikobad returned to Bangladesh today after spending 13 years in Saudi Arabia

There is no legal bar for BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to participate in the next general election, said Attorney General Md Asaduzzaman yesterday.

The interim government will not make unilateral decisions on the reform commissions’ reports but will finalise decisions through consultations with all political parties, said Adviser Mahfuj Alam yesterday.