The schedule for by-elections to parliamentary seats that are now vacant following the resignation of BNP MPs will be announced soon, Election Commissioner Md Alamgir said yesterday.

The Supreme Court today is to deliver an order on a petition that challenged a High Court order clearing the way for Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader to perform the responsibilities of his post.

Police filed a case against 18 BNP leaders and activists including Ishraque Hossain, the party’s foreign affairs committee member and some other unidentified people on charge of assaulting police, blasting crude bombs and vandalism at Jatrabari  during the party’s December 10 rally.

The schedule for by-elections to parliamentary seats that are now vacant following resignation of BNP MPs will be announced soon, Election Commissioner Md Alamgir said today.

Ganatantra Mancha, an alliance of seven parties, is scheduled to go to BNP's Nayapaltan office in Dhaka tomorrow to discuss the formation of a liaison committee to wage simultaneous movement with BNP. .They are scheduled to go there at 2:00pm tomorrow. .A liaison committee will be f

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader today said that it is not possible for BNP to come to power by "burning people to death".

The Supreme Court will deliver its order tomorrow on a petition that challenged a High Court order clearing the way for Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader to perform the responsibilities of his post.

Six leaders and activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) were injured in a clash between two factions of district Awami League during its triennial council in Chuadanga today.

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.