The Supreme Court upholds the High Court order that had granted bail to BNP leader Amanullah Aman in 27 vandalism and arson cases.

A Rangpur court today placed Rashed-un-Nabi Khan Biplob,a local BNP activist, and Humayun Kabir Hira on a 10-day remand in Japanese national Hoshi Kunio murder case.

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) demands judicial inquiry to find out the nature of University Grants Commission (UGC) official’s death in Rab custody.

Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), student wing of Bangladesh Nationalist party (BNP), announces its support for the students demanding retake of medical and dental college admission tests.

Condemned war criminals Salauddin Quader Chowdhury and Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed will file petitions within the next 15 days seeking review of the Supreme Court verdicts that upheld their death penalty, says their counsels.

BNP accuses the government of controlling the media through a “secret policy” to gag the journalists critical of the authorities.

A Sylhet court frames 32 people in the murder case of Awami League leader and former finance minister SAMS Kibria.

Dhaka tribunal accepts war crimes charges against nine including former Jamaat lawmaker Shakhawat Hossain while clearing three accused of the charges.

The annual income of BNP increases three times last year compared to that of 2013, according to an audit report.

The Supreme Court scraps two High Court verdicts that acquitted former BNP lawmaker Hafiz Ibrahim and three others in two separate corruption cases.

The High Court rejects two petitions of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia seeking the records and final report in Barapukuria corruption case.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says there is no doubt about the involvement of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and her son in the August-21 grenade attack that left 21 killed and several hundred injured.

BNP standing committee member Nazrul Islam Khan claims that their party has no involvement in August 21 grenade attack.

Ahead of her London visit, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia convenes a meeting with leaders of the 20-party alliance for tomorrow night.

BNP acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir flies to the United States for better treatments, a party spokesman said.

The Supreme Court stays bail to BNP leader Rizvi Ahmed in a case filed over a petrol bomb attack on a bus in Dhaka’s Jatrabari.

A Dhaka court fixes August 27 for hearing of Zia Orphanage and Zia Charitable Trust graft cases against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia.

Another twist in the tale is that where previously Sheikh Hasina wanted to draw Khaleda Zia into elections on her terms, now it is the latter who is trying to draw the Prime Minister into calling a snap election.

It is high time for all of us to accept our own mistakes that led us to the present state of play. Rather than transferring blame onto others, all the stakeholders must talk among themselves first, and then reinvigorate from within. Once we have done that, we can then take the next step to put a common agenda together and place it before the citizens for national consideration.

A political party cannot be merely reactive to political events and even much less suffer from duality of command exacerbated by string pulling by the absentee landlord.