Police detained around 200 BNP activists following a raid at a building in Dhaka's Kakrail area early today

Says a transport leader

Tension is running high as archrivals BNP and Awami League are all set to show their strength within two kilometres of each other in Dhaka today.

BNP is trying to foil the upcoming national election by hook or by crook, Law Minister Anisul Haque said yesterday.

Police yesterday raided houses of BNP activists to arrest them as the party was preparing to hold a rally in the capital today.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is doing fine after undergoing a successful hepatic procedure at Evercare Hospital in Dhaka, party Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said yesterday.

Gono Forum council yesterday elected Dr Kamal Hossain as its emeritus president for life after he resigned from the post of party president.

Law enforcers have beefed up checking at Dhaka's entry points at Aminbazar, Ashulia and Gazipur ahead of the grand rallies of Awami League and BNP tomorrow

Mentioning the upcoming election as the `second liberation war’ of the country, Obaidul Quader today said Awami League won’t allow anyone to come to power through conspiracy

The post was created to honour Dr Kamal

Dhaka Metropolitan Police has conditionally allowed Awami League and BNP to hold rallies at the capital's south gate of Baitul Mukarram and Nayapaltan respectively tomorrow

BNP is trying to foil the upcoming national election by hook or by crook, Law Minister Anisul Haque said today

Khaleda is now staying in the CCU of the hospital, says Fakhrul

Over 1,500 Rab members have been deployed in the capital to ensure public safety and prevent vandalism ahead of political rallies tomorrow, according to a Rab media wing press release

Police today stopped the construction of the stage of ruling Awami League in front of Baitul Mukarram National Mosque south gate as party workers were building the stage for tomorrow's rally before getting permission from the police

Leaders and activists of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) have started to gather in front of the party's central office at Nayapaltan in the capital ahead of tomorrow’s rally

Police were setting up CCTV cameras near BNP’s headquarters in the capital’s Nayapaltan this afternoon, ahead of the party's rally in the capital tomorrow

BNP intends to hold tomorrow's rally in front of the party's Nayapaltan headquarters, although it has not yet received approval from the Dhaka Metropolitan Police

At least 45 leaders and activists of BNP and its associate organisations were detained in Narayanganj in 12 hours till this morning ahead of the party's grand rally in Dhaka tomorrow

Many Tangail BNP leaders and activists who have already reached Dhaka ahead of tomorrow’s grand rally said they learned from past journeys and adopted various strategies to avoid being arrested or detained. ."I came to Dhaka to attend the grand rally knowing that there might be danger," a