BNP announces to stage demonstrations in all thanas of the capital Dhaka on Sunday protesting the authority’s decision to deny it permission for holding its Saturday’s rescheduled rally in the city.

It was around 7:30am on Tuesday, barely half an hour before the start of voting in the Gazipur City Corporation election.

BNP has inflicted insults on the people of Gazipur by rejecting the Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) elections, Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader says.

Partners in the Awami League-led 14-party alliance are pushing the AL for finalising their share of nomination in the 11th parliamentary elections slated for December.

The BNP plans to make preparations for the next national election while resuming street agitation alongside the legal battle to have its party chief freed from prison, said party insiders.

BNP will demonstrate countrywide demanding release of their Chairperson Khaleda Zia on June 21.

BNP’s mayor candidates for Rajshahi, Sylhet and Barisal city corporation elections will be collecting their nomination papers.

BNP Standing Committee Member Moudud Ahmed warns that his party will wage a harsher street movement at an appropriate time to topple the Awami League government from power.

A number of senior BNP leaders are seeking to retain control over the party's city units by incorporating local leaders loyal to them in the committees.

Describing the country's prevailing situation as worse than during the Pakistan rule, BNP calls upon its party men to prepare for building a strong resistance against the government’s repression.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir demands immediate formation of a fresh Election Commission so that the next general election is held in a free, fair and credible manner.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir alleges that people are being killed in “crossfires” across the country in the name of anti-narcotics drives.

A Dhaka court issues arrest warrants against BNP vice-chairman Salima Rahman and nine others in a case filed for blasting cocktailsin Dhaka’s Mugda area in March 2015.

BNP terms the Khulna City Corporation (KCC) election as a farce and blasted the local administration for helping the influential quarter of the ruling Awami League in rigging votes for its candidate.

With the electioneering for Khulna City Corporation polls ending this midnight, tension has gripped the rival camps of the Awami League and the BNP after police picked up more BNP men yesterday.

BNP alleges that people are worried about the fate of Tuesday's Khulna City Corporation polls as the government has various 'evil designs' to stop the voting.

The government has halted the Gazipur City Corporation election sensing a defeat, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said that the Election Commission does not have the ability to hold the next general election in a fair manner.

Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader says that BNP is doing politics over the issue of its party Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s treatment.

Police foil BNP’s demonstration demanding immediate release of the party Chairperson Khaleda Zia in Dhaka.