BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman has said that if a political party and its members become isolated from the people and act against the national interests, they will face a fate similar to what the Awami League suffered on August 5, 2024.

At least 30 people were injured in a clash between factions of the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) and Swechchhasebak Dal in Rupganj upazila of Narayanganj yesterday.

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi yesterday accused the interim government of “Jamaatising” the country’s educational institutions.

The Awami League has announced a nine-day programme, including hartals and blockades, to protest what it said are the price hike of essentials, deteriorating law and order, and killings of party leaders and activists.

The BNP acting chairman stresses on discipline and grassroots engagement

The interim government should proceed with the national election in a manner that leaves no room for doubt about its impartiality, said BNP senior leader Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury yesterday.

Law Adviser Asif Nazrul said yesterday that “distance or misunderstanding” between student leaders or the forces of the July uprising and the BNP is not expected.

Talking to reporters this evening, Moyeen termed the eviction "inhumane"

"We remain confident that the reality of our cultural and societal connections and the logic of our interdependence and mutual benefit will keep guiding our relationship forward," he said.

BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman yesterday welcomed the move by the students, who led the July uprising, to form a political party, but warned that people would be disappointed if the party was seen enjoying support from the current administration.

Sarjis Alam, a key coordinator of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement, has alleged that ex-prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her cohorts are using laundered money to fund propaganda cells to spread misinformation to confuse and divide people.

Efforts are underway to identify the unknown martyrs of the July uprising buried at Rayerbazar graveyard, Information Adviser Nahid Islam said yesterday.

A leader of the Jatiyatabadi Swechasebak Dal of Faridpur has been suspended from his post for violating party discipline

Sarjis Alam, a key coordinator of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement, has alleged that ex-prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her cohorts are using laundered money to fund propaganda cells to spread misinformation to confuse and divide people.

Accusing BNP of  paving the way for another 1/11-style government will only create division and harm democracy in Bangladesh, said the party’s standing committee member Mirza Abbas yesterday.

It is not possible to have a multi-party democracy under the 1972 constitution, said Nasir Uddin Patwary, convener of the Jatiya Nagorik Committee, yesterday.

The interim government should play an active role to ensure justice for Felani, said Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman yesterday.

While the BNP has been pressing for national elections for months, it has avoided conflicts with student leaders and the interim government.

Adviser Nahid Islam has said if anyone from the interim government, be it a student leader or any other adviser, wants to run for office, they will relinquish their government position.

BNP Chairperson and former prime minister Khaleda Zia was likely to leave the London clinic, where she had been under medical observation for 17 days, for her son Tarique Rahman’s residence early today.