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.

The BNP today announced mass processions and demonstrations in protest of the attack on and arrest of party leaders and activists. 

BNP today placed a 10-point demand including resignation of ruling Awami League government and dissolving of parliament.

Activists of BNP and its associate organisations who joined today's rally in Dhaka expressed fear that they might face backlash from the ruling party men after returning home.

BNP top leaders today said the government did everything to foil their rally, but could not stop people's movement.

It has been an eventful day so far. The day began with Dhaka residents waking up to empty roads, almost no public transports and increased police surveillance all around the city, due to BNP’s rally at Golapbagh. There was also presence of Awami League and BCL activists, taking positions in many

Activists of Awami League have started to gather at the radio colony field in Savar to attend the party’s rally..They were seen entering the venue in processions, reports our Savar correspondent. .AL General Secretary Obaidul Quader, also road transport and bridges minister, will add

Activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) have beaten up five youths suspecting their link with Chhatra Dal while checking cell phones of people blocking the entrance of Dhaka University campus.

Leaders and activists of Awami League and its associate bodies have taken position in several wards in Dhaka. According to them, they have taken a cautious stand to prevent any untoward situation.

A helicopter of Rapid Action Battalion is patrolling over the Golapbagh field in the capital where the BNP's mass rally is underway.

While ruling Awami League's central office on the Bangabandhu Avenue is filled with party men, the situation at BNP headquarters in the capital's Nayapaltan area is completely different as it remains padlocked.

Around 20,000 members of law enforcement agencies have been deployed so that BNP can hold its rally at Golapbagh field in a peaceful manner, Additional Commissioner (DB) of DMP Harun or Rashid said today. ."It’s the fundamental right of BNP to hold rallies. We have given permission as it i

While BNP is holding its rally at Golapbagh field, activists and leaders of Awami League and its associate bodies have started gathering at its central office on Bangabandhu Avenue and other key points with slogans against BNP.

Seven BNP lawmakers have announced their resignation from parliament from the Golapbagh rally today.

Amid speculations, political tension, arrest of a huge number of party leaders and activists and protracted negotiations, BNP's last divisional rally finally started in the capital's at Golapbagh field this morning.

The White House on Friday called on the government of Bangladesh to fully investigate reports of violence against journalists and human rights activists ahead of a major political protest, and urged all parties to refrain from violence..Local media in Bangladesh this week reported police k

Commuters in the capital are facing trouble getting public transport ahead of the BNP rally, scheduled to be held around 11:00am today at Goalpbagh field, as fewer buses are plying the city roads.

BNP's Dhaka divisional rally will be held today at 11:00am at Golapbagh ground in the capital.