BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed was shown arrested today in three separate arson cases filed with Paltan and Badda police stations in 2012, 2013 and 2015.

Intra-party feud and selection of “wrong candidate” caused the ruling Awami League to suffer a humiliating defeat in Tuesday’s mayoral polls in Rangpur city, said local politicians and civil society members.

A new political platform called “Jatiyatabadi Samamona Jote”, involving 11 parties of the BNP-led 20-party alliance, was formally launched yesterday.

A new political platform 'Jatiyatabadi Samamona Jote' with 11 parties that were part of the BNP-led 20-party alliance was formally launched today.

With the BNP out of the equation, the competition was supposed to be between the ruling Awami League and main opposition Jatiya Party.

Jatiya Party’s Mostafizar Rahman Mostafa was reelected  Rangpur mayor while the ruling Awami League candidate, in the fourth position, managed to bag only 8 percent of the vote in the city corporation polls yesterday.

BNP today denounced the fare structure of the Dhaka metro rail, saying it is much higher than that of metro rails in neighbouring countries, including India and Pakistan.

Both the ruling Awami League and opposition Jatiya Party said they would win the Rangpur City Corporation election today.

Mashrafe Bin Mortaza was elected the youth and sports secretary of Awami League yesterday.

“People of the country have been saying the autocratic government will not be in office anymore. We believe that time is running out for the government. People of the country will oust the government through mass upsurge and will restore democracy in the country."

The BNP today alleged that when a government is desperate to stay in power, it reaches a stage where it forgets about the people of the country.

The BNP has formed a seven-member liaison committee for coordination with like-minded parties to wage simultaneous movement.

The government that will solve the internal issues of the country and the foreign diplomats have to abide by the rules of Geneva Convention in this regard, said Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today.

The Awami League will start distributing nomination forms from Wednesday for the party's nomination in elections to five parliamentary seats, left vacant after the resignation of BNP lawmakers.

Among the ruling Awami League rank and file, confusion reigned about who actually tops the list of joint general secretaries.

Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina yesterday said she accepted the leadership of the party this time considering the volatile global economic situation.

As election campaigns for Rangpur City Corporation ended at midnight, the Election Commission said there were concerns over violence at almost one-third of the 229 polling centres.

Awami League has chosen experienced leadership through democratic process to face the upcoming challenges, said party General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday.

The goal of BNP’s 10-point demand is to protect the country’s people from the incumbent government’s misrule, said party leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain yesterday.

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