A section of BNP’s grassroots leaders said the party would not succeed if it tried to launch a movement like it had in 1990 to force the government to hold a free and fair election under a non-partisan interim government as the situation has changed.

Stating that farmers are now the most neglected section of people in Bangladesh, BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday urged them to get organised for waging a strong anti-government movement.

A section of BNP’s grassroots said the party should improve diplomatic efforts and bring all democratic forces under a single platform to hold the next election under a non-partisan interim government.

Ruling Awami League (AL) candidates have won 76 percent chairman posts in 156 Union Parishad elections held yesterday.

Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader yesterday said that the Election Commission is either not working properly or it cannot work properly.

Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud yesterday said Bangladesh needs no assistance from the United Nations (UN) to arrange elections since the country’s Election Commission (EC) is capable enough to hold fair and transparent polls.

Jatiya Party Chairman and deputy leader of the opposition GM Quader today alleged that local elections are not being held in a competitive manner.  

BNP yesterday said the proposed personal data protection bill is nothing but a conspiracy to snatch the rights of citizens’ freedom of expression.

Renowned musician and Miles’ frontman Shafin Ahmed has been made Vice Chairman of the central executive committee of Jatiya Party.

The government has extended for six months its earlier order that suspended the jail term of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and released her from prison last year.

In the three-day series of meetings, almost all the BNP leaders suggested the party’s top brass not to participate in any elections under the incumbent government.

Agriculture Minister Dr Abdur Razzaque today said there will be no more “caretaker” or polls-time “neutral” government in Bangladesh to oversee national elections.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday told parliament that she wanted to make Ziaur Rahman an accused in the Bangabandhu murder case because there was no doubt in her mind that Zia was involved in the killing.

The Bangladesh National Archive Bill, 2021 was passed in parliament yesterday, incorporating a provision which states that no record can be destroyed.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan yesterday said the process to extend the suspension of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s sentences in two graft cases is underway.

The top leadership of BNP has warned the leaders of the party’s front and associate organisations that they will lose their posts if they fail to hit the street during an upcoming anti-government movement to be announced soon.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said she had wanted to name Ziaur Rahman as an accused in the Bangabandhu murder case, as his involvement in the massacre was beyond doubt.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan today said the process to extend the suspension of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s jail sentence in two graft cases is underway.

A section of BNP leaders yesterday slammed the party’s leadership for contesting the 2018 parliamentary election under the banner of Jatiya Oikyafront and said leadership should not be hired for the next polls in 2023.

The BNP must be well ahead of the other parties in the months running up to the national polls if it is to win the election, a section of BNP leaders said yesterday.