A Dhaka court yesterday rejected the bail petitions of BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Alamgir and the party’s Standing Committee Member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury in a case filed with Paltan Police Station over assaulting policemen in the capital on October 28.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said Presidium Member Abdur Razzaque’s statement that BNP leaders were offered release from jail if their party took part in the January 7 national election is his own.

Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Ainjibi Forum (BJAF), a body of pro-BNP lawyers, yesterday alleged that the “unelected” government has illegally detained 21,835 BNP men since October 28 to foil the party’s movement for restoring democracy and people’s right to vote.

Candidates across the country began their electoral campaigns right after being allocated symbols by returning officers today

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Kayser Kamal, also BNP's legal affairs secretary, told the press conference that the statement of Razzaque was confessional, as it indicates that the "fascist" government is making the constitutional institutions compliant to it

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Another 64 leaders and activists of BNP and its front organisations were sentenced to different prison terms yesterday in four cases filed in 2013 and 2018 over political violence in the capital.

BNP leaders were offered release from jail if their party took part in the polls, Awami League presidium member Abdur Razzaque said.

The High Court yesterday set January 3 for the hearing on the rule regarding BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir’s bail in a case filed over vandalism of the chief justice’s residence on October 28.

The BNP has deferred the countrywide hartal it had called for today to tomorrow.

BNP senior leader Nazrul Islam Khan yesterday said only the pro-government parties are contesting in the upcoming “stage-managed” election.

Several aspirants, including three ruling Awami League nominees, have filed separate writ petitions with the High Court to get back candidacies for contesting in the upcoming 12th national elections

A total of 11 candidates have withdrawn their candidacy from 6 constituencies in Barishal

BNP senior leader Nazrul Islam Khan today said only the pro-government parties are contesting in the upcoming “stage-managed” election

The influential Osman brothers, AKM Shamim Osman of the Awami League and AKM Selim Osman from the Jatiya Party, are all set for an easy victory from Narayanganj-4 and Narayanganj-5 constituencies respectively

A total of 347 aspirants have withdrawn their candidacies