BNP today told Canadian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Dr Lilly Nicholls that there is no scope to hold an "acceptable election" under the current Awami League government

Canadian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Lillly Nicholls is holding a meeting with BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir

Announcing a one-point movement for polls under a non-party interim government, the BNP yesterday asked the government to step down right away and pave the way for conducting the election freely and fairly.

The ruling Awami League has said there will be no election unless it is held under Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader today said no election will be held without Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina

The ruling Awami League's peace rally at the South Gate of Baitul Mukarram National Mosque this afternoon saw incidents of scuffles

Information and Broadcasting Minister Hasan Mahmud today said the BNP had announced a one-point demand before the 2014 elections too, but that had yielded no results.

The party to hold countrywide marches on July 18 and 19 to realise the demand

The ruling Awami League’s peace rally started near the south gate of National Mosque Baitul Mukarram around 2:30pm.

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Dhaka-bound commuters have been suffering immensely on the Dhaka-Aricha highway as police set up check posts in Savar’s Aminbazar area ahead of the Awami League and BNP rallies in the capital, causing severe congestion.

Twelve local leaders and activists of BNP and Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) in Tangail’s Dhanbari upazila were injured in an attack by unidentified criminals early today.

The BNP rally at the party's Nayapaltan headquarters started around 2:00pm

Savar police this morning allegedly blocked 40 microbuses of local BNP leaders and activists who rented the vehicles to join the party's rally in Dhaka’s Nayapaltan in the afternoon.

Braving rain, activists of Awami League have started to gather in front of the south gate of Baitul Mukarram National Mosque to attend the party's peace rally

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam has said BNP's one-point demand is "unconstitutional"

BNP leaders and activists have been arriving at the party's Nayapaltan headquarters from 9:00am today to take part in their one-point movement

Archrivals Awami League and BNP seek to bring as many supporters as they can at their rallies in the capital today to show their strength and popularity.

BNP’s fresh announcement of movement to press one-point demand is not important as the party often declares such movement, said Information Minister and Awami League Joint General Secretary Hasan Mahmud yesterday.

Voicing concerns over the crude bomb explosions in the capital ahead of the party’s public rally on Wednesday, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday alleged that the government is trying to unleash violence in the country to blame the opposition party.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has given permission to both the ruling Awami League and BNP to hold rallies in the capital tomorrow, but the two parties will have to abide by certain conditions