National Citizen Party (NCP) Convener Nahid Islam yesterday came down heavily on BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami, accusing the parties of obstructing state reform initiatives and plotting to delay the national polls.

Jamaat leader Taher calls on BNP to join talks to resolve political crisis

The BNP would take responsibility only for the sections of the July charter it signed and would not endorse any provision it did not agree to. 

The BNP has lashed out at the National Consensus Commission’s proposals for implementing the July charter, dismissing them as “meaningless”, “one-sided”, and “a mockery of the people”.

Fakhrul terms commission proposals as one-sided

The parties remain deeply divided over when the referendum should be held

The BNP is considering to have multiple candidates selected in each constituency for the upcoming polls as part of the party’s strategy.

BNP will take strict action against grassroots leaders who refuse to support the candidates selected for the election, Tarique Rahman said yesterday

Party will ask EC not to pick people from certain organisations known to be close to a right-wing party

Around 100 remained "problematic" due to internal rivalries and multiple nomination seekers

The BNP yesterday asked the interim government to assume the role of a non-partisan caretaker administration to ensure that the upcoming national election is neutral and acceptable to all.

Remarks come amid criticism from NCP chief, Jamaat ameer’s post

BNP policymakers say; party to meet CA, CEC to warn them

Nearly half of the NCP’s central leaders favour forging an alliance with the BNP ahead of the 13th national election in February.

Races to finalise one candidate per seat by month-end as delay fuels frustration

The BNP will not agree to a referendum before the general election.

Alliance partners complain that many BNP leaders continue campaigning in constituencies where allies are also in the field

Senior leaders and others involved in the nomination process cited several reasons for the shortfall

Improving law and order has overtaken price control as the top public expectation from the next government, according to the latest round of the People’s Election Pulse Survey.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday dismissed as “fake and fabricated” an interview published by Kolkata-based Indian news outlet Ei Samay, which attributed remarks to him.