BNP today said the Chinese Ambassador Yao Wen's recent comment on Bangladesh's next national election does not reflect the hopes and aspirations of people.

Krishak Sramik Janata League (KSJL) President Kader Siddique today said BNP has people's support after October 28 as they set vehicles on fire in name of the movement

Agriculture Minister Abdur Razzaque yesterday said the elections must be held on time to protect the constitution.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said the party has two tasks to deal with ahead of the elections.

The Guardian yesterday ran a story on the current political situation in Bangladesh focusing on the arrest and harassment of the opposition leaders and activists amid BNP’s anti-government movement just months before the national election.  

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi today asserted that Bangladesh is now under a “brutal” one-party rule like North Korea

Tangail District BNP General Secretary Advocate Farhad Iqbal and three local leaders of Jubo Dal in Feni were sent to jail today in two separate sabotage cases

India and the US today discussed the political developments in Bangladesh ahead of the upcoming national polls at a high-level meeting in New Delhi

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader today said the party has two tasks to deal with ahead of the elections.

A total of 64 buses was set on fire in the capital from October 28 to November 9, police said today.

The BNP is planning to intensify its oust-government movement by blending hartals and blockades with programmes like sit-ins right after the announcement of the election schedule, party insiders said.

Over 350 people were arrested, 13 more cases filed and seven vehicles set on fire yesterday, with the 48-hour nationwide blockade, called by BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami, ending at 6:00am today.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked her party colleagues not to comment on remarks made by foreign diplomats stationed in Dhaka.

Receiving the information at 11:10pm, two fire engines rushed to the spot and doused the blaze at 11:35pm

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal today said the national elections will be held on time and all the steps have been taken by the government to make the elections free, fair, and impartial

Jamaat-e-Islami's acting secretary general Maulana ATM Masum announced the new blockade programme in a statement today

Of these, seven incidents were reported in the capital's Hazaribagh, Tatibazar, Kakoli, Mirpur, Dhanmondi, Baridhara, and Matuail areas

The Khulna Metropolitan Police (KMP) has announced a reward of Tk 20,000 to help catch arsonists during the BNP-Jamaat's blockade, a KMP press release said last night

Four BNP leaders, including its standing committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury, were sent to jail today on completion of their different terms of remands in connection with three separate cases

At least 92 vehicles were torched and 200 more vandalised in 13 days of blockades, hartals enforced by BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami since October 28