Legal proceedings against them underway

Many members of the National Citizen Party (NCP) are reluctant to contest the upcoming national election as part of a BNP- or Jamaat-e-Islami-led alliance, as the party seeks to emerge as a distinct third political force.

BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman is expected to return to Bangladesh after 17 years in exile in the first week of December.

Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman yesterday said Bangladesh is an independent and sovereign country, and it will not run on anyone’s directives.

BNP bins Jamaat’s call for dialogue, says it’ll respond only to chief adviser's invite

BNP’s Salahuddin Ahmed slams government over 7-day ultimatum on referendum consensus

BNP chairperson’s defence coordinator Fazle Elahi says the party leader will campaign across the country

Interviews show she remains unencumbered by even a touch of introspection or self-doubt

He says any referendum must first be passed in parliament with people’s mandate

Say political, legal analysts, and civil society leaders

BNP leaders have forgotten the ideology of its founder Ziaur Rahman, the proponent of multi-party democracy in the country, Syed Abdullah Mohammad Taher, nayeb-e-ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami, said yesterday.

The interim government has created a situation over the implementation of the July charter to delay the national election, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said yesterday.

NCP started selling nomination forms for the upcoming polls from Thursday

Those suspended are Kamal Kader, Md Morsalin, and Korban Ali Sahed

Election Commission promises corrections ahead of December 22 polls

Asif Mahmud says political participation a privilege for those with black money or powerful backers

Shops vandalised, motorbikes set on fire, 23 injured

Both events created due to the failure of governance, he says

All those who took part in July Uprising should be represented in the next parliament, he says

Referendum must be held on election day, he reiterates