Lutfozzaman Babar, former state minister for home affairs under the BNP-Jamaat alliance government, walked out of Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj yesterday after spending 17 years in prison.

Says Students Against Discrimination and Jatiya Nagorik Committee

Brahmanbaria district BNP has started making preparations for their biennial conference at the grounds of Bangladesh Gas Fields School and College, a Key Point Installation ((KPI) classified as educational institution, slated for January 18

Say 12-party alliance; CPB and BSD boycott proclamation dialogue

"If another innocent life is lost, hanging from the barbed wire fence like Felani, we will launch a long march through the fence itself," he said.

The statement further said that video footage and Sakib's social media activity provide evidence of his involvement in the attack.

Representatives of BNP, Jamaat, Nagorik Committee, Students Against Discrimination and various political parties in attendance

The meeting, scheduled at the Foreign Service Academy for 4pm, aims to finalise the 'July Declaration' through consensus.

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus yesterday said a new chapter has begun as the reform commissions have charted a course for a Bangladesh long aspired by its people.

The Police Reform Commission has recommended extensive measures to rein in the police and considering the abolishment of Rapid Action Battalion.

Expanding the fundamental rights to include food, clothing, shelter, education, internet, and vote, the Constitution Reform Commission proposes replacing nationalism, socialism, and secularism with equality, human dignity, social justice and pluralism as fundamental principles of state policy.

The Electoral Reform Commission has recommended increasing the Election Commission’s power to postpone national polls and introducing methods to hold election commissioners accountable for failing to do their constitutional duties.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Reform Commission yesterday proposed significant changes to the ACC’s structure and operations, while also recommending some constitutional amendments to stop power abuse by the government of the day.

Environment Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan today said that the interim government could initiate formal discussions with political parties in February to build consensus on reform initiatives

The BNP yesterday demanded that the interim government arrange the next national election by August this year in the country’s best interest.

Media and intellectuals who speak in favour of the fallen fascists will face the same fate as them, said Hasnat Abdullah, the convener of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement, today.

The interim government will sit with political parties and other stakeholders tomorrow to finalise the proclamation of July uprising.

The BNP wants the national election by the middle of this year and local government polls afterwards.

Rubel Mia was arrested from Mymensingh. He is an accused in another case

He claimed India had constructed over 3,000km of fencing along the 4,156-km border from 2010 to 2023, bypassing agreements requiring consultation for any development within 150 yards of the zero line