Shahadat Hossain, who was declared mayor-elect of Chattogram City Corporation by the Election Tribunal, is scheduled to take oath as the mayor today.

Adviser of the interim government for posts, telecommu-nications and information technology Md Nahid Islam yesterday said the

Leaders of Sanatan Jagaran Mancha yesterday alleged that law enforcers in Chattogram created obstacles to bar people from joining its rally at the Cheragi Pahar intersection.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police have prohibited all meetings, gatherings, processions, and demonstrations at the Jatiyo Party's office in Kakrail and surrounding areas tomorrow, ahead of the party's rally and the ongoing standoff between two JP and Fasibad Birodhi Chhatra Sramik Janata

In response to the Jatiyo Party's planned protest rally tomorrow, the Fasibad Birodhi Chhatra Sramik Janata -- a platform mostly comprising leaders and activists allied with Nurul Haque Nur -- has announced its own "mass resistance rallies" in front of JP offices across the country.

Announces Jatiyo Party rally in Kakrail tomorrow at 11:00am

Jatiya Party's former lawmaker Shameem Haider Patwary said that no one has the right to snatch away their rights as their party is a registered political party and has the freedom to hold assembly as per the country's constitution

Detective Branch arrested former housing and public works minister RAM Obaidul Muktadir Chowdhury from Dhaka's Nakhalpara area last night

The interim government should prioritise student union elections at public universities over any other polls, including national election, said Information Adviser Nahid Islam.

The Jatiya Party headquarters at the capital’s Kakrail was set on fire and vandalised last night by a group of people marching under the  banner of “Anti-fascist students, workers, and masses”.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said their party wants the election to be held quickly as only an elected government can make visible changes to the country.

Law Adviser Dr Asif Nazrul will look into administrative and financial issues at the Speaker's office of Jatiya Sangsad, said the chief adviser's Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam today

Tensions escalated in Habiganj's Madhabpur upazila as two Islamist groups -- Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat and a coalition of Bangladesh Khilafat Majlis and Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami -- planned simultaneous programmes.

Calls for public support

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday called upon the interim government to shift its focus to holding a participatory and credible national election from any other issue.

A press release demanding a healthy environment for student politics was signed by its publicity secretary Abdullah Al Mamun Saki, a philosophy student.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will be taken to London first and then to another country for advanced treatment very soon, if her condition allows, her personal physician Prof AZM Zahid Hossain said yesterday.

Stating that the government should not make any hasty decisions regarding constitutional matters, BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman yesterday called upon all to maintain national unity at any cost to resist any plot by the evil quarters.

Law adviser says the party has killed and maimed thousands of people

Hundreds died in the student-led revolution that toppled Bangladesh's autocratic leader Sheikh Hasina, but those impacted in the violent aftermath fear the new authorities' promise of justice will exclude them.