It is the local Awami League leaders and their allies who are actually enforcing the transport strikes in divisional cities right before the BNP rallies, while ministers keep insisting that transport associations are independent.

At least 50 BNP and Jubo Dal leaders and activists were injured after ruling Awami League men allegedly attacked a Juba Dal programme in Bhola yesterday.

Although BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is a convict and sentenced to imprisonments in two corruption cases, she will not be sent to jail before the next parliamentary election, said Law Minister Anisul Huq yesterday.

At least 50 Jubo Dal men were injured as the founding anniversary programme of Jubo Dal came under attack allegedly by Chhatra League and Jubo League activists in Bhola this morning (October 27, 2022).

In separate programmes today (October 27, 2022), Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan and Information Minister Hasan Mahmud said bus owners and workers probably call for transport strikes ahead of BNP rallies, out of fear as their buses were torched and vandalized during the party's previous movements.

Law Minister Anisul Huq today (October 27, 2022) said BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will not be sent to jail before the next parliamentary election though she has been convicted and sentenced to imprisonments in two corruption cases.

The Election Commission’s probe committee has found that around 100 people, including election officials, were involved in electoral irregularities during the Gaibandha-5 by-polls on October 12.

The faction of Jatiya Party leaders and activists loyal to party chairman GM Quader yesterday burnt an effigy of opposition chief whip Mashiur Rahman Ranga.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said the government’s unplanned mega projects are to blame for waterlogging in the capital and Dhaka-Mymensingh highway, following the downpour induced by cyclone Sitrang.

Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader yesterday said they are yet to decide whether the party will join an alliance with anyone in the upcoming elections.

Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader today (October 25, 2022) said they are yet to take any decision regarding whether the party will join alliance with anyone for the upcoming national elections.

The probe committee, formed by the Election Commission to identify those responsible for electoral irregularities during the Gaibandha-5 by-polls, has failed to submit its report yesterday, the deadline for the submission.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday alleged that the current Awami League government has destroyed the country’s political structure by revoking the caretaker government system.

As the recent BNP rallies drew huge crowds in different cities, the Awami League is now preparing to hold rallies and other programmes across the country from next month apparently to show its strength.

The rift between Jatiya Party chief patron Raushan Ershad and chairman GM Quader took a new turn yesterday.

The way the political situation in the country is evolving, it could lead to a serious confrontation on the streets unless the government takes responsibility to resolve all the disputes regarding the election, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said yesterday.

Law Minister Anisul Huq today said BNP’s demand for holding the next parliamentary elections under the caretaker government is unconstitutional, unreasonable and nonpolitical.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today (October 23, 2022) apprehended that the way the political situation in the country is evolving could lead to a serious confrontation on the streets, unless the government takes responsibility to resolve all the disputes regarding the election.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today said that he has nothing to do if private bus operators call a sudden strike and cause public sufferings.

The BNP would not be allowed to conduct any political activities anywhere in the country in December, the month of victory, said Awami League Presidium Member Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya yesterday.