Transport owners today threatened to enforce a transport strike in all districts of the Rajshahi division from December 1, ahead of BNP’s Rajshahi divisional rally scheduled for December 3.

Gonoforum founding president Dr Kamal Hossain yesterday said a political crisis is present in the country, and this is due to the absence of democracy, rule of law and people’s right to vote.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday hinted that no dialogue would be held ahead of the next general election.

A Bangladesh Mohila Awami League activist died after she fell sick in Dhaka's Shahbagh area while on her way home from the organisation’s council, held at the Suhrawardy Udyan this afternoon.

Simeen Hussain Rimi, an Awami League lawmaker from the Gazipur-4 constituency, has been made a member of the AL presidium.

The new central committee of Bangladesh Mahila Awami League, an associated body of the Awami League, was formed today with Meher Afroze Chumki as its new president and Shabnam Jahan Shila as the new general secretary.

Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, the secretary general of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), today reiterated that there will be no election in the country without a caretaker government and alleged that the government is planning to hold another “farcical “election using Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs).

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today hinted that no dialogue would be held prior to the next general election, saying any party can take part in the polls, if it wants.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has said the government has permitted BNP to hold its December 10 rally at Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka.

Several BNP leaders, along with a number of local journalists, claimed that their mobile phones had been stolen at the BNP rally venue in Cumilla last night.

Many BNP activists, who came to join the party’s divisional rally in Cumilla, complained of slow internet on their mobile phones in and around the venue since today morning.

Activists of Mahila Awami League, an associate body of the ruling AL, have started gathering at the capital's Suhrawardy Udyan to join the organisation’s sixth national council.

BNP leaders and activists have started thronging Cumilla Town Hall ground, the rally venue, since early morning.

The ruling Awami League and 12 other political parties have not responded to the Election Commission’s letter asking all parties to check if they were complying with the conditions of their registration.

Though BNP men faced transport strikes and obstructions ahead of most of the recent rallies in several cities, the situation in Cumilla was different before today’s rally.

Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader today said the huge number of people at the public rally in Jashore has once again proved that the people of the country have faith in the government of Bangabandhu's daughter Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

If you are wondering what BNP supporters and activists are getting to eat after reaching the rally venue in Cumilla a day ahead of the programme, the answer is that the menu is not too shabby.

BNP supporters have been heading to Cumilla town since this morning to join their party’s rally in Cumilla Town Hall premises tomorrow.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday sought voters’ word that they would vote for “boat”, the electoral symbol of the ruling Awami League, to give her party another chance to serve the nation.

The BNP would get permission from the government to hold its December 10 rally at the capital’s Suhrawardy Udyan, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said yesterday.