The armed and bloody attacks on their programme were a reflection of what the AL leaders and police have said since the announcement of the rally, says the BNP leader

BNP standing committee member Abdul Moyeen Khan today said the "cold-blooded' attack on BNP rally was "slyly crafted" by the government in a bid to crush people's aspiration for the restoration of democracy in the country

Downtown Dhaka turned into a battlefield yesterday as BNP activists and police clashed, leading to the death of a policeman and a ward-level BNP leader.

The ruling Awami League yesterday said it would face the BNP politically and resist its hartal throughout the country.

The Jamaat-e-Islami yesterday held a rally in the capital’s Arambagh despite police’s announcement earlier that the Islamist party would not be allowed to organise any gathering.

Information Minister Hasan Mahmud yesterday said any attempt to create chaos in the country in the name of movement will be dealt with iron hands.

The BNP yesterday alleged that the government drew up a “master plan” to attack its rally after witnessing the enormous gathering.

A fire engine of Fire Service and Civil Defence was torched in Dhaka's Shahjahanpur area this evening

Says its embassy in Dhaka condemning the political violence

Another person succumbed to his injuries which he received during today’s clashes between BNP men and police in the city’s Nayapaltan area

A dawn-to-dusk hartal will be observed to protest the attack on the BNP rally and the arrest of its leaders and activists from different parts of the country

The capital witnessed around five hours of clashes today centring the Awami League and BNP rallies

The ruling Awami League announced today that the party will hold "peace rallies" across the country tomorrow.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today categorically said BNP will gain nothing by threatening to oust her government through movements.

BNP has called a countrywide dawn-to-dusk hartal for tomorrow protesting "police action" on the party leaders and activists in Dhaka's Kakrail area

BNP started its grand rally in front of the party's Nayapaltan headquarters this afternoon to press home their one-point demand

The "peace and development rally" of Awami League started around 1:30pm at the southern gate of the Baitul Mukarram mosque in the capital

Leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami have been gathering in the capital's Arambagh area since this morning despite not getting permission from police to hold a rally in the capital

Jamaat-e-Islami has not been given permission to hold any rally and police will take action as per law if their leaders and activists try to gather anywhere, chief of police's Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit said today.

Police intensified search operations at the three entry points of Dhaka – Aminbazar, Ashulia and Birulia – this morning ahead of today's rallies of Awami League and BNP in the capital