One can argue that BNP does not have the organisational wisdom or the cunning to wage a crippling street campaign

Absence of main opposition remains the biggest challenge

The absence of strong candidates running against ruling party contenders in the upcoming elections to the five city corporations raises concerns about the credibility and acceptability of the polls, said discussants at a programme yesterday.

It must be recognised that the election is not a one-day phenomenon – it is a process involving multiple interrelated steps

The problem in Bangladesh is that politicians consider compromise as a weakness and a sign of defeat

The BNP’s grassroots leaders have suggested the top leadership that the party should not take part in any polls under the incumbent government.

The main purpose of various ministers’ conflicting statements about whether BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia could engage in politics was to divert attention from BNP’s ongoing movement, the party’s Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said today.

Opposition parties must be allowed to hold peaceful political activities.

The BNP wants to make a final push to realise its demand for holding the next general election under a neutral caretaker administration only after the top brass finds the party’s Dhaka city units fully prepared for an all-out movement.

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today said the government is misleading people, saying that the Electronic Voting Machine will be used in the next polls.

Ahead of the general election next year, it is likely that there will be political unrest, social instability and turmoil.

BNP today (October 22, 2022) said if the national election is held under a caretaker government, the ruling Awami League will not get even 10 seats.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today questioned how Tarique Rahman can lead BNP when “he can’t dare to return home”.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia calls upon Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to step down from power paving the path for holding a free, fair and inclusive general election under a nonparty caretaker government.

The Daily Star Editor and Publisher Mahfuz Anam secures bail in a Tk 10 crore defamation case in Khagrachhari.

BNP leader Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir alleges that the government is creating obstruction on the way to returning home of the party’s Senior Vice Chairman Tarique Rahman.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader says the masterminds of the 1/11 political changeover would not have dared the move if they did not have support from politicians.

The Daily Star editor's recent comment revealed that the mass media was forced to publish lies and distorted and partial information during the tenure of the 2007-2008 caretaker government, Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu said yesterday.

Journalists should face consequences for their mistakes, says health minister and presidium member of the ruling Awami League Mohammad Nasim.

Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu says that The Daily Star Editor Mahfuz Anam’s recent comment reveals that the mass media was forced to publish lies, distorted and partial information during the 2007-2008 caretaker government regime.