Bangladesh Jatiya Party (BJP) Chairman Andaleeve Rahman Partha today informed the interim government that his party does not want local elections to be held before the national election.

Meeting sources said some political parties, mainly the Islamist ones, emphasised the need to hold the local body election before the national election

Hefazat-e-Islam today demanded that the interim government ban the Awami League following the release of a report by the United Nations fact-finding mission.

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Advocate Ruhul Kabir Rizvi today expressed concerns that centrist politics could face a crisis amid ongoing discussions on whether local or parliamentary elections should be held first.

BNP senior leader Mirza Abbas today alleged that a certain political party is trying to confuse the government through various contradictory statements only to delay the national election.

The people of Bangladesh are seeking a fair and impartial election, not one conducted merely for the sake of formality, said Shafiqur Rahman, ameer of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami.

A BNP delegation, led by Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, will attend the meeting, BNP Media Cell member Shayrul Kabir Khan said today.

Abdur Razzak (60), the forest and environment affairs secretary of Savar Municipality Awami League, accused in the July-August murder case, has died in Dhaka Central Jail.

The BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami now seem to be poles apart over when the local and parliamentary elections should be held and the proportional representation system in the House.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir say they are also against holding local polls before the national election

At a discussion organised by the Nagorik Oikya in a city hotel, they warned that without unity, the country could face severe challenges, which would have a negative impact on the people

The leaders of Anti-Discrimination Student Movement and Jatiya Nagorik Committee last night demanded that the interim government impose a ban on Awami League.

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi today said the party received hypocrisy as a gift by showing generosity to Jamaat-e-Islami.

Abbas, a BNP standing committee member, said their party will continue to support the interim government in organising a credible and fair election

BNP has announced a two-day programme on February 17 and 18 to press home its demand for a fair share of Teesta river water and the implementation of the Teesta Mega Project

The Awami League, as a political party, will have to face legal consequen-ces for its activities, said Information Adviser Nahid Islam yesterday.

The government has assured the BNP of working to hold the national election by December this year, the party’s Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said yesterday. 

He added that his party would in no way accept any local government elections before the national election

The demands also include improvement of law and order, and resisting the conspiracies of the fallen regime

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has urged everyone to be cautious of what he called "Sheikh Hasina's traps," blaming the country's instability and unrest on the former prime minister's "fascist regime".