Jatiya Party will not participate in the upcoming district council elections, the party Chairman HM Ershad says.

The Supreme Court upholds an order of the High Court that granted a six-month bail to convicted Awami League lawmaker Abdur Rahman Bodi in a corruption case clearing the way for his walk out of jail.

BNP leader Taimur Alam Khandaker says he has been asked to be prepared for taking part in the upcoming polls of Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) as the party nominated candidate.

In the face of huge criticism from the ruling Awami League, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia says that her proposed plan over the formation of a new election commission can be a basis for talks on holding a free and fair election.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader calls upon his party men to be prepared for the next general election resolving the intra-party feud.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir terms Awami League reaction over Khaleda Zia’s proposed plan for new election commission as “premeditated”.

Khaleda Zia's proposal for forming new Election Commission on the basis of consensus among political parties sounds good, but seems unrealistic in the current confrontational culture in politics. The BNP chief took a few weeks to come up with a set of proposals including some for strengthening the EC. But ruling Awami League took no time to reject the proposals as a whole.

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Khaleda Zia’s proposals on formation of the next Election Commission are “hollow and a mockery before the nation,” ruling Awami League says.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has underscored the need for a stronger Election Commission, chosen with representatives based on a consensus of all political parties, ahead of the next general election.

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In a latest development, BNP decides to participate in the Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) election.

An arrest warrant has been issued against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in a case filed against her for celebrating a “fake” birthday on August 15, observed as National Mourning Day marking the assassination of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman along with most of his family members in 1975.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia terms the government as “anti-people” and blamed it for “destroying the country’s democracy by hanging on to power forcibly”.

Awami League lawmaker Abdur Rahman Bodi secures a six-month bail from the High Court two weeks into his conviction for “concealing” and “providing false” wealth statement to the Anti-Corruption Commission.

Eighteen leaders and activists of BNP including Mirza Abbas, Gayeshwar Chandra Roy, Barkatullah Bulu and Amanullah Aman are relieved of charges in a case filed against them under the Explosive Substances Act.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says that the ruling Awami League will have to step down from power during the next parliamentary elections.

Rejecting the government’s attempt to constitute a search committee by President Abdul Hamid to form the election commission, BNP demands a “neutral” search body engaging all political parties.

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Convicted Awami League lawmaker Abdur Rahman Bodi files an appeal with the High Court challenging a lower court verdict that sentenced him to three years’ imprisonment in a corruption case.