BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman yesterday urged the government not to delay the election by taking too much time in the name of reforms.

A Tangail court yesterday sentenced two people to life term imprisonment and acquitted 10 others, including former Awami League MP Amanur Rahman Khan Rana, in a case filed over the murder of Awami League leader Faruk Ahmed nearly 12 years ago.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Standing Committee member Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury left for the USA this evening to attend the annual National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C.

Although Sheikh Hasina’s autocratic rule has ended, her regime’s remnants are still present in the country, BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman said yesterday.

Justice for the mass killings during the uprising must be ensured, even if it delays the elections, said Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman yesterday.

A 42-year-old Jubo Dal leader, picked up from his home allegedly by the joint forces early yesterday, had died in Cumilla.

A Swechchhasebak Dal leader was killed during a clash between two groups of BNP men in Cumilla’s Nangalkot upazila yesterday.

Fakhrul tells student leaders, urges them to avoid confrontational politics

He criticised past governments for failing to prioritise reforms despite being in power and emphasised that true welfare for the people can only be achieved through restructuring of the state before electoral processes

The BNP has secured the support of its allies from the 12-party alliance and Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam Bangladesh for its upcoming programmes demanding the general election be held this year.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir met Ambassador Tracey Ann Jacobson, Chargé d’Affaires at the US Embassy in Dhaka, yesterday.

BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman has said his party is expecting a credible national election in Bangladesh through which people can decide who should look after them for the next five years.

Information Adviser Nahid Islam said yesterday that there has been no decision about student representatives resigning from the interim government to join a political party.

Bangladesh’s media industry has seen some major shake-ups, with more than two dozen outlets shuffling leadership positions following the July mass uprising last year.

The BNP is set to take to the streets demanding general elections by the end of this year and protesting the rising prices of essentials, said several standing committee members of the party.

BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman has urged party leaders and activists to work for the implementation of its 31-point reform outline.

Five men were detained by locals in Narayanganj city this evening and later handed over to police on suspicion of being activists of the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), a banned student organisation

JCD President Rakibul Islam Rakib and General Secretary Nasir Uddin Nasir issued a statement to the media today, criticising the publication

BNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed today said his party plans to initiate a movement aimed at guiding the interim government and paving the way for an elected political government

Adviser Mahfuj Alam yesterday said that those who oppose the Liberation War have historically been defeated for standing against the oppressed people of Bangladesh and are destined to face the same fate in future.