Sarjis Alam, a key coordinator of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement, has alleged that ex-prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her cohorts are using laundered money to fund propaganda cells to spread misinformation to confuse and divide people.

Accusing BNP of  paving the way for another 1/11-style government will only create division and harm democracy in Bangladesh, said the party’s standing committee member Mirza Abbas yesterday.

It is not possible to have a multi-party democracy under the 1972 constitution, said Nasir Uddin Patwary, convener of the Jatiya Nagorik Committee, yesterday.

The interim government should play an active role to ensure justice for Felani, said Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman yesterday.

While the BNP has been pressing for national elections for months, it has avoided conflicts with student leaders and the interim government.

Adviser Nahid Islam has said if anyone from the interim government, be it a student leader or any other adviser, wants to run for office, they will relinquish their government position.

BNP Chairperson and former prime minister Khaleda Zia was likely to leave the London clinic, where she had been under medical observation for 17 days, for her son Tarique Rahman’s residence early today.

'Awami League strangled multiparty democracy and replaced it with one-party government system,' said the BNP acting chairman

Some key July uprising student leaders, including two interim government advisers, yesterday reacted strongly to BNP leader Mirza Fakhrul Islam’s remarks that a “neutral government” will be required to hold the polls if the current interim administration fails to remain impartial.

Majority of people in the country have lost trust in the current government, said Jatiyo Party Chairman GM Quader yesterday.

Former Jatiya Sangsad whip Iqbalur Rahim, also former Awami League lawmaker from Dinajpur-3, and 691 other AL men have been sued for allegedly attacking a procession brought out by BNP men in the district on July 21 last year

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today urged the interim government to perform its duties impartially, alleging it of failing to maintain neutrality on some issues

BNP and Khelafat Majlis have agreed on seven issues, including holding the national election by 2025 and strengthening national unity to prevent the re-emergence of the fallen fascists.

The Anti-Corruption Commission has decided to probe the roles of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, chiefs of police and Rab, returning officers, and others in the December 30, 2018, national polls.

If the interim government fails to be neutral, it cannot hold the election, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said yesterday. Then a neutral government would be needed, he said. 

At least 13 people were injured in separate clashes between rival groups of BNP members in Satkhira and Noakhali today

The meeting, held on the sidelines of the WEF annual gathering, was also attended by Principal Coordinator on SDG Affairs Lamiya Morshed and Secretary (West) M Riaz Hamidullah.

The nine-member delegation, led by Khelafat Majlis Ameer Maulana Abdul Basit Azad, held an hour-long meeting with BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Nazrul Islam Khan.

In a major political development, Jamaat-e-Islami and Islami Andolon Bangladesh (IAB) yesterday said they would work together in the interests of the country, Islam, and humanity.

Amid criticisms of the party’s demand for early election, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said they are demanding the polls be held after minimal reforms, not right now.