A spree of arrests continues as police have been picking up BNP leaders and activists across the country despite an assurance by the government that there will be no political arrests.

Prof AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury, chief of Juktofront, an alliance of opposition parties, yesterday alleged that the government has “breached” its promise to ensure a level-playing field by not allowing them to go to Satkhira by a helicopter to join a public rally.

Prof AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury-led Juktofront has called upon the Election Commission to reschedule the election date on December 30 for the sake of nominating candidates with clean image.

BNP heavily criticises the Election Commission for hurriedly announcing the schedule for the next parliamentary election and alleges that all have been set to hold a lopsided election.

Awami League welcomes the Election Commission’s decision for fixing the 11th parliamentary polls schedule on December 23 and expresses its hope that all political parties would join the polls in a festive mode.

BNP will hold an emergency meeting with its 20-party alliance leaders tonight to devise the next course of action.

The government shows ignorance to the court by taking BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia back to the jail without informing it (court) about her treatment, Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Zainul Abedin says.

After BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia was produced before a Dhaka court in Niko Graft case, she says she is still sick but produced before the court.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has been taken to prison illegally, her party’s Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has alleged.

Election Commission starts sending nomination forms and other polling materials to its field level offices from the BG Press in Dhaka ahead of the upcoming general election.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is taken to old central jail directly from Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) and produced before a special court there in Niko graft case.

The government yesterday approved 28 projects involving Tk 30,234 crore.

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The BNP yesterday submitted a list of 1,046 “fictitious cases” filed against its leaders and activists to the Prime Minister's Office.

The Election Commission announces the schedule for the 11th parliamentary polls today amid support from the ruling Awami League and strong opposition from Jatiya Oikyafront, comprising the BNP and several other parties.

The weeklong talks between the ruling alliance and opposition parties ended yesterday, but all the major contentious issues that have created uncertainty ahead of the election remain unsettled.

BNP alleges that plain cloth cops “picked up” its Chattogram city unit president from Dhaka.

Jatiya Oikyafront has postponed its tomorrow’s road march programme towards Rajshahi.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's Political Adviser HT Imam says that only Election Commission has the right to take decisions regarding the election schedule and the government will support its every decision.

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