Rafat Chowdhury, son of Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman, is the Sylhet regional coordinator of Al-Qaeda-inspired militant outfit Ansar Al Islam and has been inspiring youths to leave their homes for so-called jihad, claimed police yesterday.

The council of Chattogram city unit of Awami League will be held on December 18.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday alleged that Awami League, not BNP, is the mastermind of “arson violence”.

Education Minister Dipu Moni yesterday said Pakistan must offer a formal apology to the people of Bangladesh for the genocide committed by its military in 1971 and arrange compensation for the atrocities.

Election Commissioner Md Alamgir today (November 9, 2022) said that if the proposal to buy another two lakh Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) is not approved by January 15, the commission will not be able to use the machines in the way they planned.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal yesterday (November 8, 2022) warned that the law enforcers will take necessary measures if programmes organised by political parties cause public sufferings.

Despite the possibility of a road transport strike in Faridpur, both the ruling Awami League and BNP have begun chalking out plans for rallies that will take place on Friday and Saturday.

Some 90 BNP men have been sued over the clash between police and BNP activists in Kishoreganj town’s Station Road area on Monday.

Ambassadors of Sweden and Norway to Bangladesh today held a meeting with BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.

The UN has expressed concerns over the political violence that has injured and killed people over the last few months in Bangladesh, said UN Resident Coordinator Gwyn Lewis today

The Representation of the People Order clearly states that no student organisation can be an associate body of a political party, but Chhatra League and Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal are still being run as the associate bodies of the Awami League and the BNP.

The ruling Awami League spoke against caretaker government while the BNP said it won’t join polls under incumbent government at a meeting with US Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Afreen Akhter.

Elections to Rangpur City Corporation will be held on December 27 with electronic voting machines, Election Commission Secretary Jahangir Alam yesterday said while announcing the polls schedule.

BNP yesterday urged its leaders and activists to get ready to sacrifice more to restore democracy in the country.

BNP has got permission from the Faridpur administration to hold their mass rally scheduled for November 12 at Komorpur Abdul Aziz Institution ground adjacent to the Dhaka-Khulna highway, six kilometres away from Faridpur town.

Faridpur District Awami League has called for a protest programme and a procession on the afternoon of November 11, 2022, coinciding with BNP’s divisional rally in Faridpur, set to be held the next day.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today (November 7, 2022) urged his party leaders and activists to prepare for "more sacrifice" for making the current pro-democracy movement a success by ousting the Awami League government.

Issuing a warning, Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Monday said a game will be played in December against the misrule of BNP, vote thieves and arsonists.

A Dhaka court today (November 7, 2022) granted bail to eight leaders and activists of Chhatra Odhikar Parishad, including its President Akhter Hossain, in two cases filed against them by two BCL leaders and activists on charges of allegedly launching an attack on them at Dhaka University campus on October 7.

Thirty-one people including 11 policemen were injured during a clash between BNP men and law enforcers in Kishoreganj today (November 7, 2022).