New Social Welfare Minister Rashed Khan Menon says the next parliamentary elections will be different and difficult than the previous ones as “all political parties including BNP are likely to join it”.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday categorically said her party would contest the national elections, but the polls must be held under an interim non-partisan administration.

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says their party still has no confidence in the Election Commission though the Rangpur city election was more or less acceptable.

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Rizvi Ahmed blames the Election Commission for its “failure” in holding the Rangpur City Corporation (RCC) election in a free, fair and credible manner.

The BNP yesterday asked Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to apologise for making “false and defamatory remarks” about its Chairperson Khaleda Zia.

Following the death of Annisul Huq, the Awami League and its archrival BNP are having intra-party informal discussions to pick their best contender for the post of the Dhaka north mayor.

BNP Standing Committee Member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury says the country is being run by the rulers’ law not by the rule of law.

BNP announces to stage demonstration across the country protesting arrest warrant against the party Chairperson Khaleda Zia in connection with Zia Orphanage and Zia Charitable graft cases.

A Dhaka court cancels the ad interim bail of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and issues arrest warrant against her as she fails to appear before it in two graft cases.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir underscores the need for finding out facts behind the intelligence failure to detect the impending BDR mutiny in 2009.

With the ruling Awami League and its archrival BNP trading blame over the attack on Khaleda Zia's motorcade in Feni, a district AL leader yesterday accused local lawmaker Nizam Uddin Hazari of playing a key role in the October 28 incident.

A local Awami League leader accuses his party’s lawmaker Nizam Uddin Hazari of masterminding the attack on the convoy of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in Feni last month.

With the next national polls a year away, the ruling Awami League is scaling up its organisational activities while the BNP is focused on drumming up support for a non-partisan election-time government.

The ruling Awami League thinks Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha has stepped down considering his health while its archrival BNP has alleged that he was forced to resign.

The BNP yesterday said it received a conditional permission from the authorities concerned to hold a public rally in the capital's Suhrawardy Udyan today.

Opposition BNP plans to stage a huge showdown tomorrow by organising a rally but did not get the formal permission to that end from the authorities concerned as of last night.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday said she would not indulge in politics of vengeance despite her political arch rival Prime

Visiting Malaysian parliamentary delegation tells BNP that Malaysia wants to see an inclusive parliamentary election in Bangladesh, claims party Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.

BNP senior leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain says the test of the current Election Commission will begin with the upcoming elections to Rangpur and other city corporations.

The Awami League and its archrival BNP look to summon all their strength to ensure victory in the upcoming mayoral polls to six important city corporations as the elections will be a crucial test of their popularity ahead of the parliamentary polls.