He made the remarks at a blanket distribution event at Balur Maath near Pachgaon Bazar in Tongibari upazila today. The event was organised by former Chhatra Dal leader Kamrul Islam Tapan.

The National Consensus Commission headed by Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus will start discussions with the political parties and stakeholders of the 2024 uprising in mid-February.

A former Chhatra League leader of Chittagong University was beaten today while returning home after attending an examination

It will also call for punishment of BCL men who acted against the July-August uprising last year.

He was held in a case filed over attempted murder in Sirajganj's Tarash upazila

At least eight people were injured and 30 houses vandalised in a clash between supporters of Awami League and BNP in Fushra village of Faridpur’s Sadar upazila yesterday morning.

UK Human Rights Ambassador Eleanor Sanders yesterday met with BNP leaders Abdul Moyeen Khan and Shama Obaed to discuss the human rights situation and upcoming national elections in Bangladesh.

BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman yesterday urged the government not to delay the election by taking too much time in the name of reforms.

A Tangail court yesterday sentenced two people to life term imprisonment and acquitted 10 others, including former Awami League MP Amanur Rahman Khan Rana, in a case filed over the murder of Awami League leader Faruk Ahmed nearly 12 years ago.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Standing Committee member Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury left for the USA this evening to attend the annual National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C.

Although Sheikh Hasina’s autocratic rule has ended, her regime’s remnants are still present in the country, BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman said yesterday.

Justice for the mass killings during the uprising must be ensured, even if it delays the elections, said Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman yesterday.

A 42-year-old Jubo Dal leader, picked up from his home allegedly by the joint forces early yesterday, had died in Cumilla.

A Swechchhasebak Dal leader was killed during a clash between two groups of BNP men in Cumilla’s Nangalkot upazila yesterday.

Fakhrul tells student leaders, urges them to avoid confrontational politics

He criticised past governments for failing to prioritise reforms despite being in power and emphasised that true welfare for the people can only be achieved through restructuring of the state before electoral processes

The BNP has secured the support of its allies from the 12-party alliance and Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam Bangladesh for its upcoming programmes demanding the general election be held this year.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir met Ambassador Tracey Ann Jacobson, Chargé d’Affaires at the US Embassy in Dhaka, yesterday.

BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman has said his party is expecting a credible national election in Bangladesh through which people can decide who should look after them for the next five years.

Information Adviser Nahid Islam said yesterday that there has been no decision about student representatives resigning from the interim government to join a political party.