The Jamaat-e-Islami yesterday regained its right to do politics as the interim government revoked the executive order issued by the ousted Awami League government banning the Islamist party and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir.

The public and business community want a democratically elected government in the country, said BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.

Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman today called for an end to the politics of hatred and division in Bangladesh, urging unity among the nation

The decision will come into effect immediately

BNP standing committee member Maj (retd) Hafizuddin Ahmed today demanded that the interim government should dissolve the existing Election Commission (EC) headed by Kazi Habibul Awal within 24 hours

Attorney General Md Asaduzzaman today urged the High Court to summarily reject the writ petition that sought its order on the government to ban Awami League as a political party and cancel its registration

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday expressed frustration that Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus’ address to the nation lacked a roadmap for transition to democracy.

Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman yesterday said Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus’s speech echoed the aspiration of the nation.

Leaders agreed to support interim govt, party sources say

Jamaat was banned by the Awami League government on August 1

The BNP wants to give the interim government reasonable but specific time to hold an acceptable election by reforming all the institutions, the party’s Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said yesterday.

Awami League president Sheikh Hasina today urged countrymen to stand beside the flood-affected people

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today said the BNP is willing to give the current interim government a reasonable time, but not an indefinite one, to reform institutions and hold an acceptable election

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday urged the interim government to place immediately a roadmap to the next general election.

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi yesterday demanded the cancellation of what he described as “secret” and “unequal” agreements signed with India over the past 15 years under Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government.

Expressing his confidence in the interim govt, the BNP leader also said their work must be 'more visible'

BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman yesterday urged his party men to stand by the flood-affected people regardless of party, religion and caste

The High Court today cleared the way for print, electronic and social media to publish and broadcast BNP’s acting chairman Tarique Rahman’s statements

Workers Party President and former lawmaker Rashed Khan Menon was arrested today.

Writer and poet Farhad Mazhar called on BNP leaders to exercise patience, stressing that demands for elections cannot be made until a new constitution is formulated