Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said the main goal of BNP is to bring down the government so that it (BNP) can bring back “Hawa Bhaban” in the country through militancy.

BNP yesterday accused the government of trying to give legitimacy to all the human rights violators by including the inspector general of police in Bangladesh’s delegation to join the United Nations Chiefs of Police Summit in New York.

Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader yesterday said corruption has spread to every sector in the country.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal yesterday said the US has imposed sanctions on some Bangladeshi law enforcement officials without having any proper information.

At least 30 people, including four policemen, were injured in two separate clashes between Awami League and BNP activists in Sonaimuri upazila of Noakhali this afternoon (August 27, 2022).

Expelled Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat staged a showdown in the capital yesterday, a day after he was released from a hospital in the city. 

A student of Rajshahi University (RU) left the campus after allegedly being beaten by Chhatra League leaders.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said the fall of the Awami League government is now the only goal of BNP.

Election Commissioner Md Alamgir yesterday said the next general election would be conducted in line with the constitution even if some political parties choose not to participate.

The countrywide half-day hartal enforced by leftist parties to protest the recent price hike of fuel, fertiliser and essentials was observed peacefully yesterday.

A parliamentary body today (August 25, 2022) came down heavily on Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun and State Minister Kamal Ahmed Mojumder for hike in price of sugar.

Leaders and activists of nine left-leaning parties under the Left Democratic Alliance are observing a half-day hartal today across the country, protesting increase in prices of fuel, urea fertilizer and essential commodities.

Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal yesterday said political parties’ stance was not the main consideration for the Election Commission when it decided to use EVMs in up to 150 parliamentary constituencies during the next general election.

The Election Commission has decided to use EVMs in up to 150 parliamentary seats in the next general elections.

The Left Democratic Alliance is enforcing a half-day hartal across the country today protesting the recent hike in prices of fuel, urea fertiliser and daily essentials.

At least 50 people were injured in a clash between police and BNP men in Gobindaganj upazila of Gaibandha this evening (August 24, 2022).

Prime Minister's son and ICT Advisor Sajeeb Wazed Joy has said BNP leader Tarique Rahman had a meeting with the planners and enforcers at Hawa Bhaban prior to August 21 grenade attack in 2004.

Elections at 61 zila parishads will be held using electronic voting machines on October 17, around four months after the parishads were dissolved by the government.

The Election Commission has decided to use EVMs in up to 150 parliamentary seats in the next general election though major opposition political parties still have no confidence in the voting machine.

Stating that their party has initiated a fresh movement across the country, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said BNP will not let the sacrifices of its slain leaders and the tears of their families go in vain.