Law Adviser Dr Asif Nazrul will look into administrative and financial issues at the Speaker's office of Jatiya Sangsad, said the chief adviser's Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam today

Tensions escalated in Habiganj's Madhabpur upazila as two Islamist groups -- Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat and a coalition of Bangladesh Khilafat Majlis and Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami -- planned simultaneous programmes.

Calls for public support

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday called upon the interim government to shift its focus to holding a participatory and credible national election from any other issue.

A press release demanding a healthy environment for student politics was signed by its publicity secretary Abdullah Al Mamun Saki, a philosophy student.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will be taken to London first and then to another country for advanced treatment very soon, if her condition allows, her personal physician Prof AZM Zahid Hossain said yesterday.

Stating that the government should not make any hasty decisions regarding constitutional matters, BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman yesterday called upon all to maintain national unity at any cost to resist any plot by the evil quarters.

Law adviser says the party has killed and maimed thousands of people

Hundreds died in the student-led revolution that toppled Bangladesh's autocratic leader Sheikh Hasina, but those impacted in the violent aftermath fear the new authorities' promise of justice will exclude them.

BNP is considering rallies next month to push for a roadmap to election while keeping a close watch on the issue of the president’s probable removal.

Sarjis Alam, a coordinator of the Anti-Discrimina-tion Student Movement, said yesterday that he did not favour mass arrest of Dhaka University students solely because of their affiliation with recently banned Bangladesh Chhatra League.

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi yesterday expressed concern that deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina is once again trying to incite violence and bloodshed in Bangladesh from India.

Three leaders of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement yesterday filed a writ petition with the High Court, seeking rules to ban all political activities of the Awami League and 10 other parties, and debar them from all future elections.

Two political parties yesterday suggested seeking the Supreme Court’s opinion for removal of President Mohammed Shahabuddin from office.

The interim government has so far taken no decision to ban any political party

Sarjis Alam, a coordinator of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement, today clarified that their writ petitions to the High Court did not call for an outright ban on the Awami League or its registration as a political party

He also urges all other democratic parties to unite in order to thwart the nefarious efforts of Hasina's cohorts and the neighbouring country

More political parties have agreed in principle with the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement’s demand for the president’s removal but emphasised that any action has to be based on political consensus.

Environment Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan has said decision will be taken on the basis of political consensus whether the president will remain or not

Police detained Jannatul Ferdous Tamanna Priya, the environment secretary of the banned Chhatra League, while she was appearing for an exam at Rajshahi Government Women's College on Sunday