Terming the upcoming Sylhet City polls a farce, Mayor Ariful Haque Chowdhury, also a BNP leader, has decided not to run.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday urged BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir to disclose whether the directives of their movements to oust the government will come from London or Thakurgaon.

The motorcade of Zaida Khatun, an independent in the Gazipur City Corporation mayoral race and mother of suspended Gazipur mayor Zahangir Alam, was allegedly attacked again yesterday.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's resignation is his party's only demand.

Gazipur Metropolitan Police (GMP) has banned the operation of motorcycles from May 23 midnight and heavy vehicles from May 24 midnight ahead of the Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) elections slated for May 25.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said the BNP is preparing to unleash violence and arson attacks behind the facade of road march.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s resignation is his party’s only demand.

On the first day of the countrywide demonstrations of the BNP yesterday, violence erupted in Khulna city where at least 40 people were injured in a clash between police and BNP men.

With the national election drawing closer, the ruling Awami League’s focus is on reorganising the party

A vehicle carrying suspended GCC mayor Zahangir Alam and his mother Zaida Khatun, an independent in the Gazipur City Corporation mayoral race, was attacked in ward-44 of the city yesterday evening.

The BNP starts countrywide anti-government demonstrations today and it plans to make the final push in July.

A section of law enforcers proposed throttling the internet speed during the upcoming polls to five city corporations at a meeting with the Election Commission yesterday.

The BNP is set to hold rallies in 28 cities and districts, including in the capital, tomorrow to press home their 10-point demand, including holding the next polls under a non-party neutral government and to protest against the arrest and harassment of party leaders and activists in “false cases

Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader today said the people of the country do not have any confidence in the electoral system

After observing a similar programme in Dhaka yesterday, BNP today announced marches in 10 other metropolitan cities on May 23 and 28 to press home its 10-point demand, including holding the next general election under a non-party caretaker government.

At least 30 journalists were confined after they took photos of a clash that broke out between Awami League and Chhatra League men in Barishal yesterday.

The ruling Awami League yesterday formed a nine-member central coordination team for the June 12 Barishal City Corporation polls to work in favour of AL-nominated mayoral candidate Abul Khair Abdullah.

With only eight days left for Gazipur City Corporation polls slated for May 25, mayoral and councillor aspirants spent a busy day in electioneering yesterday.

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday urged BNP not to play with fire.

President Mohammed Shahabuddin today said there is no scope of holding an election under an unelected government.