BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said the government will have to accept the demands of the opposition parties if it wants to avoid violence and conflict ahead of the next general election.

While observing sit-ins in thanas and upazilas across the country yesterday, BNP leaders alleged they were obstructed and attacked in many places by law enforcers and ruling Awami League activists.

Says Obaidul Quader

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today said the government will have to accept the demands of the opposition parties if it wants to avoid violence and conflict ahead of the next general election.

After landing at the Sylhet airport from Dhaka in the afternoon, he was arrested by police in a 2018 case filed under the Special Powers Act

Jubo League and Chhatra League have been accused of attacking BNP leaders and activists and foiling their sit-in programme in Natore today

Former Home Minister and central BNP vice-president Altaf Hossain Chowdhury's motorcade came under attack by miscreants in Mirzaganj upazila of Patuakhali today.

Information and Broadcasting Minister Hasan Mahmud today said it is not the responsibility of the government to bring any party to the election

Police arrested BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia's advisor Khandaker Abdul Muktadir from the Sylhet Osmani International Airport area this afternoon

Jasad President Hasanul Haque Inu today proposed formation of a parliamentary committee to review the constitution-- to remove the issues that conflict with its fundamental principles.

The sit-in programme will be held from 2:00pm to 4:00pm to protest the increase in prices of electricity and gas, the "blanket corruption" of the Awami League government and to push for the 10-point demand for restoration of democracy, including the resignation of the government

Khagrachhari district administration last night imposed Section 144 after parties backed by the ruling Awami Leage and the BNP announced programmes at the same time in the district bus terminal

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday voiced suspicion that influential Awami League leaders might have carried out the fire incident at Bangabazar market to grab land.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said BNP leaders are doing ill-politics over the devastating fire incident which  broke out at Bangabazar in Dhaka.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today said there will be no legitimacy of the elections without the participation of BNP and its alliance partners

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today told the Jatiya Sangsad that the stability of parliamentary democracy since 2008 created a scope for massive development in Bangladesh.

Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal has said if the major political parties do not participate in the next general election, there will be no crisis over the election’s legality, but its legitimacy may “go down to zero”.

President-elect Md Shahabuddin will take his oath of office on April 24. Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury will conduct the oath-taking ceremony around 11:00am at the Bangabhaban’s Darbar Hall.

There has been uncertainty about how participatory the next national election, slated for the end of this year or early 2024, will be as the BNP has been threatening to boycott the polls if it is held under the ruling Awami League government

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today alleged that Bangabazar Market fire has exposed the irresponsibility of the current government and the failure of its different agencies to take prompt steps to douse the blaze