BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday alleged that the government is trying to push the country towards instability by creating chaos over BNP’s rally in Dhaka on December 10.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said the government is committed to ensuring people’s safety and security and their properties in any circumstances.

The announcement of names of the members of the new Chattogram Zilla South Jubo League committee has caused frustration among many leaders.

"Sylhet will turn into a 'city of rally'. During our publicity for the rally, we have received immense response from the public. We believe that the rally will be a success,” BNP’s Sylhet district unit President Abdul Quiyum Choudhury said today.

Amid transport strikes and arrests of party men, the BNP is taking all-out preparations to make its divisional rally in Sylhet a success on Saturday.

The Election Commission and the government have picked up similar tones against statements by foreign diplomats on Bangladesh’s domestic issues, such as elections.

A Dhaka court yesterday said the injunction barring Jatiya Party chief GM Quader from making any political decision of the party would remain in force.

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has called upon media to play objective role in all spheres and sought media support in taking the country ahead.

The 30th national council of Bangladesh Chhatra League, which has remained pending for the last two years, will be held on December 8.

BNP yesterday claimed that the people are now eager like a “rumbling volcano” to oust the current government.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said BNP will not be allowed anymore to “play with fire” as the country’s people would surely resist them.

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has called upon media to play objective role in all spheres and sought media support in taking the country ahead.

Bangladesh will miss out on an opportunity to hold a free and fair election if it cannot ensure the opposition’s participation, Turkish Ambassador Mustafa Osman Turan said yesterday.

At least 30 BNP men were injured in an attack allegedly by police during a BNP meeting in Habiganj's Lakhai upazila this evening.

A Dhaka court today said the injunction order barring Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader from taking any political decision regarding its party was in force.

The BNP has no plan to oust the government from the December 10 rally in Dhaka, although some of its leaders at different times had threatened to unseat it.

The classes of two government schools in Natore’s Gurudaspur were suspended yesterday on account of the Awami League’s triennial council held in the upazila.

The ruling Awami League will hold its advisory council meeting on November 19.

The motorcade of Tahsina Rusdir Luna, wife of missing BNP leader M Ilias Ali, was reportedly attacked during a campaign ahead of the party’s rally in Sylhet slated for November 19.

BNP’s executive committee members Khandakar Abu Ashfaq and Nipun Roy Chowdhury were made president and general secretary of the Dhaka district unit of BNP.