Rab is ready to tackle any situation that may arise from the BNP's December-10 rally in Dhaka, Commander Khandaker Al Moin, director of the elite force's Legal and Media Wing, said today.

The triennial conference of Noakhali District Awami League began at Shaheed Bhulu Stadium in Noakhali town this afternoon.

The BNP is no longer hell bent on holding its December 10 rally at Nayapaltan and it wants to avoid confrontation with the government over the venue.

The age limit for the activists aspiring to get top positions in Bangladesh Chhatra League central committee is likely to be relaxed once again ahead of the biannual council of the pro-Awami League student body.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday alleged that the BNP wanted someone to put it in power without an election because it knows well that the people will not vote for murderers.

A sub-inspector took a 71-year-old man to a police station in the capital allegedly at gunpoint because officers received an image on WhatsApp that showed the elderly man’s photo on a BNP poster for the party’s December 10 rally.

Chhatra League activists of Dhaka College blocked the streets in front of their campus tonight demanding a BCL committee at the college.

Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud today said the people of the country will force BNP to surrender in Dhaka like Pakistanis on December 10..“Pakistani occupation forces had surrendered at Suhrawardy Udyan on December 16 in 1971. The countrymen will compel BNP and arsoni

BNP leader Ishraque Hossain was attacked allegedly by activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League near Jagannath University (JnU) when he was distributing leaflets this afternoon.

Softening its stance on holding their rally at Nayapaltan, BNP today said they would consider other venues if the government offers them a suitable alternative for the rally on December 10.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the ruling party has been working towards development of the country while BNP goes about murdering people.

Awami League Leaders are addressing the party's grand rally at the historic Polo Ground in Chattogram city.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir is going to hold an emergency press conference this afternoon.

Leaders and activists of the Awami League and its front organisations started thronging the Polo Ground in Chattogram since early morning to attend a party rally today.

A massive reshuffle in the bureaucracy is awaiting the government’s nod in a year considered crucial in the lead-up to the next election.

Police arrested 21 leaders and activists of BNP and its associate bodies in Narayanganj in connection with sabotage cases filed in the last two days.

The BNP yesterday said the government was in constant “fear” of the party’s December 10 rally in the capital and that it was having sleepless nights.

The BNP wants to hold their December 10 rally at Nayapaltan as they have ill intentions centring the event, said Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said,  “Seventy-one mobile phones have been stolen from BNP’s Cumilla rally.  There have been 71 cases for this. It’s BNP against BNP. They stole  those just the way they steal votes.”

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal yesterday said it is the DMP commissioner’s responsibility to make Dhaka liveable for the two crore residents, as BNP has threatened to bring down the government by making the city come to a standstill on December 10.