Hearing of bail petitions submitted for BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, its standing committee member Mirza Abbas and 151 other party leaders and activists will be held at a Dhaka court this afternoon.

Police arrested a total of 1,223 BNP leaders and activists from different parts of the capital and produced them before the court in nine days just before the party's December 10 rally.

Five out of the seven BNP MPs submitted their resignations in person to Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury yesterday as part of their party’s anti-government movement.

After holding a series of rallies over the past two and half months, the BNP believes it has been able to change the perception that the party is not strong or organised enough to mobilise people.

The Awami League seems unruffled by the BNP’s 10-point demand announced at Saturday’s rally.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, standing committee member Mirza Abbas and five other party leaders sought bail yesterday in a case filed over the December 7 clash between law enforcers and BNP men in Dhaka’s Nayapaltan area.

The Parliament Secretariat this afternoon issued a gazette notification declaring the seats of six BNP MPs vacant.

BNP's Nayapaltan office has opened after four days, as all the barricades were removed from the road in front of the office a day after the party's Dhaka rally.

The seats of five BNP lawmakers in parliament are now vacant as they have submitted their resignation letters in person, Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury said today.

Five of the seven BNP lawmakers have submitted their resignation letters to the Speaker today.

Allaying public fears of violence, the BNP yesterday held its Dhaka rally peacefully and unveiled a 10-point demand to “restore democracy”.

The BNP at its Dhaka rally yesterday announced all its seven MPs will resign from parliament.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said it would be a blunder for the BNP if seven of its lawmakers resigned from parliament.

A Dhaka court today sent 12 BNP leaders and activists to jail in a case filed over the crude bomb blast in front of the party's Nayapaltan central office on December 3.

BNP's much talked about Dhaka rally took place today at the Golapbagh field in the capital's Dhalpur area today. Thousands of supporters thronged the venue for the massive rally, which ended with BNP making a 10-point demand and announcing further programmes this month.

The Jatiya Party today rejected the BNP's call for its MPs to resign from parliament.

After seven of its MPs announced their decision to resign from the Jatiya Sangsad at today's Dhaka rally, the BNP has now urged the Jatiya Party lawmakers to follow suit. .Ahmed Aazam Khan, BNP vice-chairman, said, “Seven of our MPs have resigned from parliament. Here's what I will tell t

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader today said the seven BNP lawmakers will regret announcing their resignation from parliament.

At least 35 people were detained while entering the capital through the city's Abdullahpur and Savar's Aminbazar entry points today.

Awami League's rally began in Radio Colony ground adjacent to the Dhaka-Aricha highway in Savar this afternoon.