BNP’s divisional rally began on Collectorate Eidgah ground in Rangpur city this afternoon.

BNP leaders and activists have alleged that police raided various residential hotels in Rangpur city on Thursday (October 27, 2022) and the night of Friday (October 28, 2022) in order to harass them ahead of the BNP divisional rally in the district.

Rangpur has turned into a city of processions and slogans centering today’s public divisional rally of BNP.

The Collectorate Eidgah ground in Rangpur, which is the venue for today’s BNP divisional rally, was flooded with BNP supporters and activists this morning (October 29, 2022).

BNP leaders and activists from seven northern districts started for Rangpur city as early as Thursday afternoon so that they could reach the city for today’s rally before the start of a bus strike at 6:00am yesterday.

Awami League President Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged her party leaders to start campaigning for the national election, slated for January 2024.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said BNP will be shown what a real public gathering looks like.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said BNP will be shown what a real public gathering looks like.

In a new turn of events, Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader yesterday expelled lawmaker Mashiur Rahman Ranga from the party.

The Collectorate Field, the rally venue prepared for the divisional rally of BNP in Rangpur slated to be held tomorrow, has already been filled with leaders and activists of BNP, a day before the rally.

Awami League Central Working Committee today (October 28, 2022) decided to hold its 22nd national council on December 24 at Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital.

Jatiya Party MP Mashiur Rahman Ranga was finally relieved from the party today for siding with the party’s chief patron Raushan Ershad.

Ignoring various obstacles including the transport strike, the leaders and activists of BNP and its front organisations were determined to attend the Rangpur divisional rally.

It is the local Awami League leaders and their allies who are actually enforcing the transport strikes in divisional cities right before the BNP rallies, while ministers keep insisting that transport associations are independent.

At least 50 BNP and Jubo Dal leaders and activists were injured after ruling Awami League men allegedly attacked a Juba Dal programme in Bhola yesterday.

Although BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is a convict and sentenced to imprisonments in two corruption cases, she will not be sent to jail before the next parliamentary election, said Law Minister Anisul Huq yesterday.

At least 50 Jubo Dal men were injured as the founding anniversary programme of Jubo Dal came under attack allegedly by Chhatra League and Jubo League activists in Bhola this morning (October 27, 2022).

In separate programmes today (October 27, 2022), Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan and Information Minister Hasan Mahmud said bus owners and workers probably call for transport strikes ahead of BNP rallies, out of fear as their buses were torched and vandalized during the party's previous movements.

Law Minister Anisul Huq today (October 27, 2022) said BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will not be sent to jail before the next parliamentary election though she has been convicted and sentenced to imprisonments in two corruption cases.

The Election Commission’s probe committee has found that around 100 people, including election officials, were involved in electoral irregularities during the Gaibandha-5 by-polls on October 12.