Student demonstrators who ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have rejected calls from Bangladesh's two main political parties for quick elections and are considering creating their own party to cement in place reforms, according to interviews with four protest leaders

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today called on party leaders and activists to stay vigilant to prevent "neo-fascism" from coming to power.

A year before she was deposed on August 5 in a student uprising, Indian officials began to lobby their US counterparts to stop pressuring Sheikh Hasina, the ironfisted prime minister of neighboring Bangladesh, The Washington Post said quoting US and Indian officials

Threatens BNP leader Dulu

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said yesterday that the interim government would have the party’s continued support as long as it stood for democracy and handed over power in a democratic manner.

Fakhrul, addressing a rally at Nayapaltan, says his party is willing to give a reasonable time to the interim govt for creating an environment for election

Says Kader Siddique as he fails to pay respect to Bangabandhu at Dhanmondi 32; car vandalised

At least 16 people were handed over to police after being apprehended apparently on suspicion of attempting to go to Dhanmondi-32 to pay homage on the 49th anniversary of the murder of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

Shamsul Haque Tuku, former deputy speaker of the 12th National Parliament and former ICT minister Zunaid Ahmed Palak were arrested from the Nikunja residential area of Khilkhet tonight

23 others including Obaidul Quader, former home and law ministers also accused

The BNP will organise sit-in programmes at its offices across the country today and tomorrow, demanding that former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her accomplices be brought to justice.

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BNP Chairperson and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia is set to get police escort once again after nearly a decade

The BNP will hold sit-in programmes on August 14 and 15, and milad mahfils on August 16 at party offices across the country

The BNP's associate bodies -- Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, Jubo Dal and Swecchasebak Dal -- on Monday demonstrated in the capital and elsewhere, demanding the resignation of the interim government's Home Affairs Adviser Brig Gen (retd) M Sakhawat Hossain

A Patuakhali court dismissed a defamation case against BNP’s Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman after 8 years

"We are hopeful that the interim government will solve various problems within a reasonable time," he said

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today said they will give the interim government time to create a suitable environment for the national election

Home Affairs Adviser Brigadier General (Retd) Sakhawat Hussain today advised Awami League to reorganise the party and take part in the next election.

A six-member BNP delegation led by the party's Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir is holding a meeting with Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus this afternoon