The authorities yesterday rejected suspended Gazipur mayor Mohammad Zahangir’s appeal to reinstate his candidature in the Gazipur city polls.

Jatiya Party, the main opposition in parliament, has nominated its mayoral candidates for city corporation polls in Gazipur, Sylhet, Khulna, Rajshahi and Barishal.

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday said those who are narrow-minded should not do politics.

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday alleged that the government has been working against independence and it should not be allowed to come to power again in any way.

The authorities today rejected suspended Gazipur mayor Mohammad Zahangir's appeal to reinstate his candidature in the Gazipur city polls.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia returned to her residence today after a five-day stay in hospital. 

Jatiya Party, the main opposition party in parliament, has nominated its mayoral candidates for city corporation polls in Gazipur, Sylhet, Khulna, Rajshahi and Barishal.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today said that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's visit to the USA, the event she joined at the World Bank headquarters and the meeting with IMF top official resulted in "zero achievement"

BNP-Jamaat nexus drove Bangladesh to the verge of destruction during their regime, she said

The BNP is planning to hold road marches or rallies as the final phase of the anti-government simultaneous movement.

The Election Commission (EC) has directed the metropolitan police commissioners and the district administrations concerned to ensure proper implementation and enforcement of the electoral code of conduct in the upcoming elections to Khulna, Barishal, Rajshahi and Sylhet city corporations.

Six leaders of the BNP and its associate organisations were sent to jail in Sirajganj yesterday on charges of vandalism and arson attacks.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir believes recent statements by members of the cabinet on Khaleda Zia's illness may be part of 'propaganda' to pave the way to put her back in jail.

BNP standing committee has demanded immediate repeal of the Digital Security Act (DSA) and withdrawal of all cases filed under it as it thinks the 'notorious law' is the main obstruction to freedom of expression of the people of Bangladesh.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has called on the people, especially the workers, to stand up against the government

Speaker of Jatiya Sangshad Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury today urged industry owners to protect and implement the rights of workers with a sensitive attitude as the harmony between them can create the foundation of Smart Bangladesh

A Jubo League leader was shot dead by miscreants in Gouripur Bazar of Cumilla's Daudkandi upazila last night

The nomination papers of Mohammad Zahangir, the suspended mayor and an aspirant in the upcoming Gazipur city polls, have been cancelled.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has been kept under close observation by physicians at the city’s Evercare Hospital for various ailments, said her personal physician, Prof Dr AZM Zahid Hossain.

Khaleda Zia is physically alright, but she is being shown ill as part of BNP’s political plan, said Information Minister Hasan Mahmud.