Different political and socio-cultural organisations including Vice Chancellor of Maulana Bhashani Science and Technology University Professor Dr Anwarul Azim Akhand and Gono Odhikar Parishad placed floral wreaths at Bhasani's mazar at Santosh this morning

Vows to rehabilitate them; govt to bear all expenses of uprising injured

'India is saddened by Sheikh Hasina's escape. It has suffered immensely because of Hasina’s ouster. India is trying to bring Sheikh Hasina back to the country and to power,' said the BNP leader

Islami Andolon Bangladesh (IAB) yesterday criticised BNP for giving priority to elections over ongoing reform process.

The Education Rights Parliament (Shiksha Odhikar Shangshad) yesterday demanded that the stories of the July mass uprising, and stories of the martyrs be incorporated in the new textbooks

BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman yesterday urged the interim government to manifest its commitment to ensuring people’s voting rights through a credible election in a bid to strengthen ties with people and build their trust.

A three-member BNP delegation, led by the party's Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, met Megan Bouldin, the US Embassy chargé d'affaires in Dhaka, at her Gulshan residence yesterday morning.

The BNP, if voted to power, will ensure no one can abuse power or emerge as an autocrat, said Tarique Rahman, the party’s acting chairperson.

A group of leaders from Jahangirnagar University's (JU) Anti-Discrimination Students Movement today removed a portrait of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman from the council room wall in the university's newly constructed administrative building.

After the fall of Sheikh Hasina's government on August 5, Solaiman Salim, son of former lawmaker Haji Mohammad Salim, had gone into hiding to avoid arrest.

The Islami Andolan Bangladesh prioritises reforms over elections but also believes the government should announce a timeline of its own accord. Still in talks with other Islamist parties for a grand coalition, Islami Andolan chief Syed Mohammad Rezaul Karim told The Daily Star during an exclusive interview that it favoured proportional representation instead of the prevailing ‘first-past-the-post’ election system.

The BNP believes that the cabinet expansion is an attempt of this interim government to prolong its stay in power. Considering this, the party plans to beef up its street programmes to put pressure on the government to call for elections, said party leaders.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said the country’s most urgent need is now a free, fair, and acceptable election, as various conspiracies and campaigns are being orchestrated against the nation.

Late night meeting assures the wounded of support, funds

Information Adviser Nahid Islam yesterday urged the media to play a key role in fighting misinformation and stated that there is no government pressure on the media.

He also urges patience with the interim government

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi today said he regretted his comment criticising the removal of Bangabandhu's photo from Bangabhaban within hours of suggesting that the portrait should not have been removed from the presidential palace..“I thought that Sheikh Mujib's po

President Khandaker Mushtaq Ahmed had removed the photo of Mujib but Ziaur Rahman reinstalled it following the November 7 Sipahi-Janata Biplob

Says accountability, participatory leadership not being reflected

Former Awami League MP of Barguna-1 Dhirendra Debnath Shambhu was arrested by the Detective Branch (DB) of police in the capital's Uttara tonight