The ruling Awami League will bring out processions on July 18-19 as part of its strategy to counter the BNP’s two-day street agitation.

After holding a “mammoth” rally on Wednesday, the top BNP leadership is all charged up and ready to take the movement to the next stage to materialise their demand for election under a non-partisan interim administration.

A day after announcing its one-point demand, BNP yesterday unveiled a 31-point outline aimed at “reforming” the constitution and state system and ensuring economic emancipation.

In absence of BNP, the Dhaka-17 by-polls scheduled for July 17, is shaping up to be a two-horse race between the ruling Awami League candidate, Muhammad A Arafat, and independent candidate Ashraful Hossain alias Hero Alom.

Information Minister Hasan Mahmud yesterday said no discussion is taking place on a non-party caretaker government to oversee the next polls.

A group of suspended Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal leaders brought out a protest rally in Narsingdi town this morning demanding immediate arrest of the district's BNP convener Khairul Kabir Khokon and others accused in the recent murders of two JCD activists

BNP today told Canadian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Dr Lilly Nicholls that there is no scope to hold an "acceptable election" under the current Awami League government

Canadian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Lillly Nicholls is holding a meeting with BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir

Announcing a one-point movement for polls under a non-party interim government, the BNP yesterday asked the government to step down right away and pave the way for conducting the election freely and fairly.

The ruling Awami League has said there will be no election unless it is held under Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader today said no election will be held without Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina

The ruling Awami League's peace rally at the South Gate of Baitul Mukarram National Mosque this afternoon saw incidents of scuffles

Information and Broadcasting Minister Hasan Mahmud today said the BNP had announced a one-point demand before the 2014 elections too, but that had yielded no results.

The party to hold countrywide marches on July 18 and 19 to realise the demand

The ruling Awami League’s peace rally started near the south gate of National Mosque Baitul Mukarram around 2:30pm.

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Dhaka-bound commuters have been suffering immensely on the Dhaka-Aricha highway as police set up check posts in Savar’s Aminbazar area ahead of the Awami League and BNP rallies in the capital, causing severe congestion.

Twelve local leaders and activists of BNP and Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) in Tangail’s Dhanbari upazila were injured in an attack by unidentified criminals early today.

The BNP rally at the party's Nayapaltan headquarters started around 2:00pm

Savar police this morning allegedly blocked 40 microbuses of local BNP leaders and activists who rented the vehicles to join the party's rally in Dhaka’s Nayapaltan in the afternoon.

Braving rain, activists of Awami League have started to gather in front of the south gate of Baitul Mukarram National Mosque to attend the party's peace rally