The Gono Odhikar Parishad yesterday urged the Election Commission (EC) to remain firm in ensuring that the Awami League and its allies are not allowed to participate in the upcoming 13th national election.

Political parties would not have dreamt of an election had there been no mass uprising on August 5, said Nahid Islam, convener of National Citizen Party (NCP).

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said he was saddened to see the arrest of members from Students Against Discrimination on extortion charges in the capital.

The government will carry out key administrative reshuffles ahead of the upcoming national election and will provide specialised training to around 150,000 police personnel to ensure proper execution of polls duties.

Political parties are yet to agree on the appointment process for key constitutional and statutory bodies, including the Public Service Commission, the Anti-Corruption Commission, and the Comptroller and Auditor General.

BNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed yesterday called for a review of the three-year agreement signed with the United Nations to establish a Human Rights Office in Dhaka.

Fakhrul criticised the media for not covering the conditions in which BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia was imprisoned

The High Court yesterday sought a probe report on the overall conditions of the children detained in connection with the violence in Gopalganj centring NCP’s road march on July 16.

Political parties have agreed that no individual can serve as prime minister for more than 10 years during their lifetime.

National Citizen Party Convener Nahid Islam yesterday warned that if the “July Charter” is not declared by August 5, they will take position at the Central Shaheed Minar to realise the demand.

Students Against Discrimination (SAD), the platform that led last year’s mass uprising, has suspended activities of all its committees across the country, except its central committee, amid extortion allegations against some of its leaders and activists.

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s (BNP) annual income saw a staggering surge in 2024, rising more than 15 times compared to the previous year.

BNP stages a protest march

The BNP leader stresses unity on national issues

The commission had suggested incorporating equality, human dignity, social justice, democracy, and religious freedom and harmony as fundamental principles of governance

Different Islamist parties are in efforts to reach an “understanding” to counter the BNP ahead of the 13th parliamentary election.

Five people, including leaders of Students Against Discrimination, were arrested on extortion charges in the capital yesterday.

The meeting reviewed the progress in withdrawing false cases filed against Hefazat leaders, activists and Islamic scholars during the 'fascist regime'

Calls for unity to resist evil efforts to foil election

Police filed a case at Karnaphuli Police Station accusing the youths aged between 16 and 18 under the Anti-Terrorism Act, 2009