Ganatantra Mancha today declared a mass sit-in programme for January 11 in all divisional cities across the country demanding the release of Khaleda Zia and other political leaders and activists in jail.

Hundreds of activists of the Awami League and its associate bodies gathered in front of its party office at Bangabandhu Avenue to "resist BNP from creating any anarchical situation "centring its procession scheduled to start at 2:00 pm at Nayapaltan.

BNP's mass procession started at Nayapaltan today.

Political activities of the ruling Awami League in 2022 began slowly, after a quiet pandemic, and gathered significant momentum towards the end of the year.

The year 2022 marked a major turnaround for the BNP as the party seemed to have overcome the organisational weaknesses and political inertia that had been plaguing it since the disappointing results of the 2018 national polls.

The ruling Awami League men will hold rallies on the thoroughfares of Dhaka and take position at entry points of the capital as the BNP is going to stage its scheduled mass procession today.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said that internal problems resulted in the defeat of their party-nominated candidate in Rangpur City Corporation (RCC) election held on Tuesday.

The BNP and 32 other like-minded political parties will take to the streets for the first time today as part of their simultaneous movement.

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi was shown arrested yesterday in three separate arson cases filed with Paltan and Badda police stations in 2012, 2013, and 2015.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said “organisational issues” are partially responsible for Awami League’s humiliating defeat in Tuesday’s mayoral polls in Rangpur city.

Sixty eminent citizens including former and current teachers of various universities have demanded release of imprisoned BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.

Pro-Awami League “blue” panel had a landslide victory in the Dhaka University Teachers’ Association (DUTA) election yesterday.

Sixty eminent citizens including former and current teachers of various universities have demanded release of imprisoned BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.

BNP will bring out a mass procession from Nayapaltan at 2:00pm tomorrow, BNP Vice Chairman Professor AZM Zahid Hossain said in a press briefing today.

A Dhaka court today summoned the complainant to appear before it on January 26 to give his opinion whether it will accept the charges brought against 15 people in a case filed over death of ASP Anisul Karim Shipon on November 9, 2020.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader today said they will not sit idle if BNP engages in violence and arson attacks in the name of mass procession tomorrow.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader today said his party was aware of Jatiya Party candidate's precedence in public opinion in Rangpur City Corporation elections..“But we do not go there (Rangpur). We did not even fight in the election. We knew that Jatiya party candidate was ahe

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed was shown arrested today in three separate arson cases filed with Paltan and Badda police stations in 2012, 2013 and 2015.

Intra-party feud and selection of “wrong candidate” caused the ruling Awami League to suffer a humiliating defeat in Tuesday’s mayoral polls in Rangpur city, said local politicians and civil society members.

A new political platform called “Jatiyatabadi Samamona Jote”, involving 11 parties of the BNP-led 20-party alliance, was formally launched yesterday.