Dr Kamal Hossain found no specific solution in prime minister's speech. BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said his party was not satisfied with how the talks went. JSD President ASM Abdur Rab said their movement would continue to realise their seven-point demand. And Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader said they would not go beyond the constitution.

BNP says that dialogue between newly floated alliance Oikyafront and ruling Awami League-led 14-party alliance is not fruitful.

Mentioning that the country belongs to all, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says the trend of change they introduced should be taken forward.

A total of seven political parties join Juktofront, a political platform under leadership of Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) President Dr AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury, at a programme of the platform in Dhaka.

Pro-BNP lawyers form a human chain at the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) premises protesting the “attack on them” during their programme yesterday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina seeks the cooperation of people in completing the development projects taken by her government to create jobs and improve their lifestyle.

A meeting between top leaders of Jatiya Oikyafront and Krishak Sramik Janata League (KSJL) ended inconclusively last night, as the latter is yet to decide whether to join the recently-formed opposition alliance.

The BNP faces fresh troubles over its top leadership as the High Court yesterday directed the Election Commission not to accept the party's amended constitution until the disposal of a “BNP activist's” plea to the commission against the amendments.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday promised to set up five more medical universities in five divisional headquarters, if her party is re-elected in the next national election.

A 23-member delegation of 14-party alliance led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will sit with Dr Kamal Hossain-led Jatiya Oikyafront leaders for talks at Gono Bhaban on November 1, 2018.

President Abdul Hamid promulgates the ordinance of the amendment to the Representation of the People Order (RPO) with provision of using Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in the elections.

The schedule for the 11th parliamentary elections is likely to be announced within a week, says Election Commission (EC) Secretary Helaluddin Ahmed.

Jatiya Oikyafront leader Dr Kamal Hossain says the newly floated political alliance believes in dialogue, which should be for the interest of the common people of the country.

Election Commission (EC) asks educational institutions of the country to complete all examinations before December 10 owing to the upcoming national elections, EC Secretary Helaluddin Ahmed says.

With some major issues like election-time government, army deployment, or parliament dissolution remaining unsettled, the major political parties are engaging in dialogue with optimism of a positive outcome.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader says Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is ready to sit for dialogues with other political parties apart from Jatiya Oikyafront and Bikalpadhara Bangladesh.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is to hold talks with Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad at her official residence Gono Bhaban on November 5.

Pro- BNP lawyers boycott the Supreme Court protesting the increased punishment of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in a graft case.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says no dialogue and election will be fruitful keeping their chairperson Khaleda Zia in jail.

The ruling Awami League will begin talks with opposition political alliance Jatiya Oikyafront tomorrow with a backdrop of an eventful saga of success and failure in the history of dialogue in Bangladesh politics. In the following we have reproduced the article, by Shakhawat Liton published in 2016, analysing the history of political dialogues in the country.