Issues one-week ultimatum for 'unconditional apology'
Demands visible progress into the trial of the July killings by next July
"It's being said that we will rehabilitate Awami League or stand in favour of them. What's the point of this nonsense? Is this even possible?" asks BNP leader Nazrul
He also said the four divisional BKSP offices will be made fully operational
The current political atmosphere is not yet suitable for a free and fair national election, Syed Abdullah Md Taher, nayeb-e-ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami, said yesterday.
Supporters of BNP leader Ishraque Hossain kept all gates of Nagar Bhaban -- the headquarters of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) -- padlocked for the second consecutive day yesterday, halting all service-related activities.
Demonstrators blocked key intersection, sought arrest and trial of accused
BNP Standing Committee Member Salahuddin Ahmed yesterday urged the interim government to remove two of its advisers, whom he claimed are members of the National Citizen Party, for the sake of neutrality.
In Dhaka, the party's student wing held a protest rally in front of Primeasia University, where BNP's Dhaka South unit leader Ishraque Hossain issued a 48-hour ultimatum to arrest those responsible
The National Citizen Party has urged the Election Commission to hold the next general election only after the final recommendations made by the National Consensus Commission on electoral reforms are implemented.
The BNP has rejected the Constitution Reform Commission’s proposal that would bar any individual from serving more than two terms as prime minister, calling it “undemocratic and unjustified”.
Jamaat-e-Islami, Islami Andolan Bangladesh, and Hefajat-e Islam yesterday demanded that the government immediately scrap the “unacceptable and controversial” recommendations of the Women’s Affairs Reform Commission.
Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman yesterday said no national election should be held without necessary reforms and the trial of fascists.
National Citizen Party leaders Sarjis Alam and Hasnat Abdullah came under intense scrutiny at a key party meeting on Friday over allegations of breaching party discipline, said sources.
BNP does not see the need to launch a movement against the Prof Yunus-led administration, for now, to compel it to hold the next national election in December, said BNP senior leader Nazrul Islam Khan.
Stating that political parties have embedded their own ideologies as fundamental principles in the Constitution of Bangladesh, the National Citizen Party has questioned whether there should be any fundamental principles in the charter at all.
Mahdi Amin, adviser to BNP acting chairperson Tarique Rahman, speaks to The Daily Star
Police arrested a local Jamaat leader yesterday night for allegedly attacking a BNP leader in Ullapara upazila of Sirajganj. .A case has also been filed against 15 Jamaat men in connection with the incident, though police have withheld the names of the accused citing the ongoing investigat
