Awami League (AL) presidium member Lt Col (retd) Faruk Khan has said there is no constitutional or legal mandate requiring the participation of the BNP in elections.  He was responding to questions from journalists, after exchanging views with the Election Commission on Saturday.

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has called a dawn-to-dusk hartal in Chattogram for tomorrow (November 5) to protest the arrest and remand of BNP Standing Committee Member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury. Ambulances, fire trucks and vehicles carrying newspapers and journalists will

A group of 67 prominent citizens in the country have issued a statement on Friday (November 3) demanding the immediate release of BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir. In the statement, they said that the release of the BNP secretary general would play an important role in

A Dhaka court today placed BNP standing committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury and convener of BNP media cell Jahir Uddin Swapan on six-day remand each in a case lodged over murder of police constable Amirul Islam Pervej on October 28. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Jaki Al

The Detective Branch (DB) of police has arrested BNP Standing Committee Member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury from a house in Gulshan of the capital on Friday (November 3) night.  Additional Police Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Mohammad Harun Or Rashid confirmed

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has announced a 48-hour blockade program across the country from Sunday (November 5). BNP’s Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi made the announcement on Thursday (November 2) afternoon.  The blockade will be held on all

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday (November 2) sought bail before a Dhaka court in a case filed over the attack on the residence of the chief justice in Kakrail on October 28. Fakhrul's lawyer, Syed Zainul Abedin Mejbah filed the petition on Thursday in

At least 1900 leaders and activists of BNP were sued in three cases in connection with a clash with police in Kishoreganj’s Kuliarchar during the nationwide blockade called by the party. Kuliarchar police station's officer-in-charge (OC) Md Golam Mostafa confirmed the

A Dhaka court on Wednesday (November 01) placed BNP joint secretary general Syed Moazzem Hossain Alal on a five-day remand in a case filed with Paltan police station. Metropolitan magistrate Shafi Uddin passed the order after Paltan thana police produced him before the court with a

Lieutenant General (retd) Chowdhury Hasan Sarwardi has been placed on 8-day remand. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) court of Dhaka passed the order on Wednesday. After the hearing, the court granted 8-day remand. Police arrested Lieutenant General Chowdhury Hasan Sarwardy

A Dhaka court today (November 1) placed BNP standing committee member Mirza Abbas on five-day remand in a case filed under sabotage and explosives substances act with the capital's Shahjahanpur Police Station. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Shafi Uddin passed the order as police

Police arrested BNP standing committee member Mirza Abbas and joint secretary general Syed Moazzem Hossain Alal on Tuesday (October 31) night. They were arrested from Shahid Bagh area under Shahjahanpur police station of the capital. Detective Branch (DB) chief Harun-or-Rashid

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) claimed at least two died during a clash with Kishoreganj's Kuliarchar on Tuesday (October 31) morning as police opened fire on the BNP activists.  The victims were identified as Refayat Ullah, 20, vice-president of Chhaysuti union

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has sent a letter to foreign embassies in Dhaka, blaming the government and police force for the incidents of violence surrounding its Nayapaltan grand rally on October 28. The letter was sent to the embassies on Monday (October 30), BNP source

Bangladesh Nationalist Party, its partners in an ongoing anti-government simultaneous movement, and Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami started observing a nationwide three-day blockade today (October 31) protesting “the killings of opposition activists during Saturday's grand rally and

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has been sent to Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj in a case filed over the vandalism of the chief justice's residence during Saturday's BNP-police clash in the capital. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Rashidul Alam came up with

A case has been filed today (October 29) against some 800 people of BNP, including party standing committee member Mirza Abbas, on charges of exploding cocktails to kill police and snatching weapons from law enforcers at the BNP's mass rally in Nayapaltan on Saturday. 

The Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has been conducting searches at the homes of multiple senior BNP leaders since Sunday (October 29) dawn. Earlier, DB picked up BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir from his Gulshan residence in Dhaka around

The central office of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) at Naya Paltan in the capital has been locked while police cordoned off the office with yellow tape treating it as a crime scene. There are no leaders or activists in the office. This place is being examined by a team of the

A murder case was filed against Bangladesh National Party (BNP) men over the killing of a police constable during the clash between law enforcers and BNP men in Fakirapool area at Dhaka.  Paltan Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Salahuddin Mia said that a case has been filed