BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi yesterday alleged that Awami League has become desperate to prevent a neutral and credible general election in the country.

Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday urged party leaders and workers to resist communal forces during Durga Puja.

Minister of Information and Broadcasting as well as Joint General Secretary of Bangladesh Awami League Hasan Mahmud said, the deputy commissioner of Chattogram was removed from the duty of Returning Officer without giving any opportunity to defend himself over seeking prayer for AL during the filing of nominations for the Zila Parishad elections.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that her party has ensured fair environment for polls in the country and people are now able to cast their votes independently.

Three government officials were reportedly seen using the same vehicle as Awami League leaders and activists during a procession of the party in Chattogram’s Patiya upazila on Wednesday (September 30, 2022) afternoon.

The BNP yesterday asked the government to go for a “safe exit” by dissolving parliament and handing power over to a neutral government that would oversee the next polls.

Pro-BNP leaders of the Supreme Court Bar Association yesterday wrote to the chief justice, alleging that Justice Muhammad Khurshid Alam Sarkar, a judge of the High Court Division, violated the code of conduct by taking part in a “political views-exchange meeting” in Gaibandha.

Awami League General Secretary yesterday urged the BNP leaders to take part in elections shaking off the thought of a caretaker government.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the Election Commission is “completely free and independent” and there’s a system that allows the EC to hold free and fair elections in Bangladesh.

A total of 153 local BNP leaders and activists from Munshiganj got six weeks’ anticipatory bail from the High Court yesterday in a case filed on charges of vandalising vehicles, blasting bombs and obstructing police in discharging duties during their ongoing movements against the government on September 21.

BNP today (September 28, 2022) said it will reveal how a neutral government, once it is installed, will oversee the next parliamentary election when the time comes.

A total of 153 local BNP leaders and activists from Munshiganj got six weeks' anticipatory bail from the High Court today (September 28, 2022) in a case filed on charges of vandalising vehicles, blasting bombs, and obstructing police in discharging duties.

BNP has announced to hold rallies in divisional headquarters from October 8, protesting the price hikes of the daily essentials and fuel and also killing of its activists during recent protest programme.

Considering its recent demonstrations “a success”, the BNP now plans to hold public rallies in 10 divisional headquarters from October 8.

The authorities of Eden College have formed a four-member probe committee to investigate the recent clashes on the campus among the college unit’s BCL leaders and activists.

At least 15 leaders and activists of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal were injured in an attack allegedly by Bangladesh Chhatra league men on Dhaka University campus yesterday afternoon.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said BNP is spreading lies to capitalise on the global fuel, power and economic crisis, aiming to gain political interest.

Pabna’s Atgharia upazila administration has imposed section 144 at Naduria intersection and adjoining areas as local Awami League and BNP called counter programmes at the same venue and time.

The Election Commission plans to empower the election officials to allow up to 1 percent of the voters in a polling booth to cast votes through EVMs if their fingerprints don’t match with biometrics data stored in the EC server.

Chhatra League yesterday expelled 17 leaders and activists of its Eden Mohila College unit for their alleged involvement in anti-disciplinary activities.