Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader terms BNP’s election manifesto as a colourful balloon saying the party came up with some unrealistic pledges intending to come to power.

BNP has promised to investigate any corruption involved in the ongoing mega projects although it will not stop any work in progress.

BNP is offering plenty of benefits to the Freedom Fighters, promising them to be upheld as ‘honorary citizens’ of the state in its manifesto.

Another candidate of the BNP, Tahsin Rushdir Luna, had her hopes of running in the elections dashed at the Supreme Court.

The motorcade of Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan, BNP candidate for Narsingdi-2 constituency, reportedly comes under attack during electioneering in Narsingdi’s Palash upazila.

A BNP supporter died after he jumped off a four-storey building to avoid police arrest inside the Chattogram Export Processing Zone, party sources claim.

BNP reiterates its allegation that the government is plotting with the administration and law enforcers to reclaim power through a lopsided election.

Two Jubo League and Awami League leaders were killed in Noakhali and Faridpur as violence broke out yesterday, the second day of election campaign.

Three BNP candidates claim that their motorcades were attacked when they were electioneering in Bogura, Chuadanga and Manikganj for the upcoming general elections.

The High Court turns down the appeal of BNP’s Abdul Wadud Bhuiyan seeking legality to run for elections from Khagrachhari constituency.

The High Court clears the way for BNP leaders Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku and Ruhul Quddus Talukder Dulu to contest in the election.

Supporters of the BNP leaders, who were not nominated, resume their demonstration for the second consecutive day in front of the party Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s Gulshan office in Dhaka.

Supporters of the Awami League and BNP leaders who were not nominated have demonstrated in the capital and several other districts, and demanded party tickets be given to their favourites.

The BNP has left 53 seats for its partners in the 20-party alliance and the Jatiya Oikyafront for the December 30 polls.

Former BNP state minister Ahsanul Haque Milon's supporters have kept the party’s Nayapaltan central office under lock and key protesting the party's decision not to give him ticket for contesting the general election.

BNP candidates

Thirty-seven BNP candidates yesterday won appeals at the Election Commission, helping the party recover partially from the damage done by rejection of the nomination papers of its 141 parliamentary aspirants.

BNP candidate Mirza Abbas gets a chance to have his nomination freshly scrutinised as the Supreme Court rejects a government petition against his candidature.

BNP has got back three of the six seats which fell void of its candidate for the upcoming general elections. The only seats remaining to receive a ruling are Rangpur-5, Manikganj- 2 and Shariatpur-1 constituencies.

The nomination papers of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and many of her party's leaders were rejected by returning officers during scrutiny yesterday, dealing a fresh blow to the party.