The meeting will be held at 3pm

The BNP would take responsibility only for the sections of the July charter it signed and would not endorse any provision it did not agree to. 

The delay in selecting candidates has visibly slowed the BNP's campaign and stirred resentment among nomination seekers

Despite uncertainty over how effective the Election Commission’s costly initiative to bring expatriate Bangladeshis into the voting process will be, Jamaat-e-Islami has been actively working to woo this voter base.

Hasnat Abdullah, chief organiser (south) of the National Citizen Party, yesterday accused the Election Commission of acting arbitrarily in allocating the party’s electoral symbol.

Protesters blocked a prison van and offered prayers on police station premises

EC decisions on symbol inclusion or exclusion are dogmatic and inconsistent, he says

Pledges one crore jobs within 18 months if party comes to power

Says BNP Standing Committee Member Salahuddin Ahmed

BNP leader says his party wants polls held soon and warns against attempts to distort Liberation War history

Several vehicles were vandalised, locals said

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday blamed the interim government for the country’s ongoing political crisis, accusing it of deepening divisions instead of resolving them.

Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Mia Golam Porwar yesterday said all governments since independence have used the Hindu community merely for their own benefit.

The BNP is in a conundrum over how to respond to the National Consensus Commission’s recommendations on implementing reforms.

Some legal experts have strongly opposed the National Consensus Commission’s recommendation that constitutional reforms in the July charter be automatically incorporated into the constitution if these are not implemented within a 270-day timeframe.

Nagorik Oikya Convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna yesterday questioned the authority of the National Consensus Commission to amend the July Charter after it was signed by political parties.

Police suspect murder; family says he was struggling with mental distress

If govt loses neutrality, people will lose faith in it, says Jamaat Nayeb-e-Ameer

Would contest from JCD-backed panel if their manifesto aligns with hers, she says

Fakhrul urges Jamaat to 'respect people's will'; blames interim govt for deepening political crisis