Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad underscores the need for formulating a law to constitute a neutral and acceptable election commission.

Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) mayor aspirant Kamal Prodhan, who was expelled from Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), today withdraws his candidature.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will hold meeting with the party’s senior leaders to finalise its strategy on the talks with the president on formation of the Election Commission.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina hopes the president will take the decision on formation of the election commission based on a consensus of political parties.

The BNP today hoped that an independent election commission will be formed with the consent of all the political parties which will oversee the next general elections.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says that they would meet the president for talks on new election commission in light with the proposal of the party chairperson Khaleda Zia.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader calls upon all pro-liberation forces to forge a unity under one platform to build a developed and prosperous Bangladesh.

Marking the 46th Victory Day, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia pays homage to the martyred freedom fighters who made the supreme sacrifice for the country during the Liberation War in 1971.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia calls upon the countrymen to forge a national consensus to protect the country’s independence and sovereignty from the grip of hegemonic forces.

Two convicts of Commodore Ghulam Rabbani murder case are sent to jail on surrender before a Chittagong court. Rabbani, former KEPZ managing director and a former aide-de-camp of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, was shot to death on April 11, 2004.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s bail in Zia Charitable Trust graft case is to be cancelled if she fails to appear before a court in Dhaka on December 22, the next hearing date in the case.

BNP senior joint secretary general Rizvi Ahmed warns that the Election Commission will be held responsible if the Narayanganj City Corporation election is manipulated anyhow.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina warns BNP-Jamaat will be brought to justice on the soil of the country for sheltering the anti-liberation forces.

The High Court issues an injunction restraining Md Ruhul Amin, a Jatiya Party lawmaker from Kurigram-4 constituency, from holding the chairman post of any educational institutions in his area.

Reaffirming her determination to stamp out militancy and terrorism, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina calls again to identify their cause and source of money to defeat these social vices.

The Supreme Court will ask the Election Commission not to allocate ‘Scale’ as election symbol to any political party.

A day after getting invitation from the president over discussion on the Election Commission's reconstitution, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia sits with the party's senior leaders to discuss over the issue.

BNP hopes that President Abdul Hamid will take initiatives over the formation of an election-time government as well as take initiatives on reconstitution of the Election Commission after his discussion with different political parties.

BNP is requested to give a list of its representatives for holding talks with President Abdul Hamid on formation of the new election commission on December 18.

The cabinet approves a draft law increasing the tenure of defence chiefs from three years to four years.