A day prior to BNP's grand rally, the leaders and activists started to gather on the road in front of the party's central office in Nayapaltan this morning, chanting slogans

The ruling Awami League's three associate bodies have reverted to the south gate of Baitul Mukarram mosque as their venue of choice for tomorrow's rally

Says DMP Commissioner Khandker Golam Faruq

The Election Commission (EC) has sent letters to 10 political parties including Gono Odhikar Parishad, AB Party, and Nagorik Oikya, explaining the reasons for not giving them registration

After much drama and uncertainty, police yesterday denied the BNP permission for holding a rally today, and the opposition party responded by rescheduling its gathering for tomorrow at Nayapaltan or Suhrawardy Udyan.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police yesterday denied BNP permission to hold its grand rally in front of its Nayapaltan headquarters or at the Suhrawardy Udyan on the grounds of public suffering on a working day.

Politics cannot be a tool to make money and amass properties, and if the politicians indulge in corruption, the entire society will plunge into darkness, the High Court said in the full text of a verdict.

Development comes shortly after BNP rescheduled their planned mass gathering to the same day

At least 86 BNP men were arrested over the last 24 hours and sent to jail today, ahead of the party’s scheduled grand rally in the capital tomorrow, said court sources

"We call upon the BNP to refrain from such conspiracy and face people by participating in the elections," says the AL general secretary

The Dhaka University unit of Chhatra League today sought permission from the university authorities to hold a rally either in the Gymnasium field or at the Central Shaheed Minar area tomorrow

Dhaka Metropolitan Police is yet to give permission to the ruling Awami League and Islami Andolan Bangladesh to hold their rallies in the capital tomorrow

Permission denied because rally will fall on a working day, says DMP commissioner

Asks all political parties to consider holding rallies on weekends instead of weekdays

A staff of the sub-registrar office of Chattogram was made the president of Chattogram North District's Swechchhasebak League today at a tri-annual conference, violating the rules of The Government Servants (Conducts) 1979

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called upon all to stay united and protect Bangladesh from the clasps of the evil forces, saying BNP does not want elections but looks forward to creating an abnormal situation in the country

The BNP’s grand rally in the capital tomorrow will be a turning point in its one-point movement demanding resignation of the government and general election under a neutral polls-time government, party insiders said.

The Awami League will mobilise its activists across Dhaka city from early tomorrow in a bid to tighten its grip on the capital, fearing the BNP and its like-minded parties may bring the city to a standstill by sparking off untoward incidents.

The Election Commission is not thinking about dialogues with political parties before the elections.

Trashing the ruling party's allegation of 'stockpiling arms along the border', BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Alamgir today said it's a fresh plot to foil the anti-government movement and Thursday's grand rally