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Main opposition BNP is set to hold a joint meeting on Sunday morning.
Veteran lawyer Barrister Rafiq-Ul Haq on Saturday categorically said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and opposition leader Khaleda should change their mentality to resolve ongoing political crisis.
Detective Branch (DB) of Police held 27 BNP leaders and activists, including Swechhasebak Dal President Habib-un-Nabi Sohel on release from jail after over two month of their arrest.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) imposed a ban on any kind of political programme in front of the National Press Club.
Some 17 people including district Jamaat Ameer Minhazul Islam were held from Kolabagan area under Panchhari upazila of the district Saturday noon.
District Jamaat-e-Islam called a half-day hartal in the district for Sunday in protest against the arrest of District Jamaat unit Senior Nayeb-e-Ameer and others.
Ruling Awami League has taken firm position to hold election under interim government as per the constitution.
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has called on a meeting of the standing committee of the party at her Gulshan political office in the city which would be held on Saturday.
Opposition BNP standing committee member Barrister Rafiqul Islam Mia alleged the government is dilly-dallying over dialogue as it is afraid of to be defeated in next election.
Rejecting bail and remand pleas, a Dhaka court sent opposition BNP joint general secretary Salahuddin Ahmed to jail.
Information Minister Hasanul Haque Inu categorically said Bangladesh is no more backward now as it has joined Information Technology Revolution.
Police in a drive held a Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer of Muradpur Union under Sitakundo of the district on Friday noon.
The 32nd Homecoming Day of Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina is being celebrated across the country on Friday in a festive mood.
Ruling out any possibility of dialogue at Bangabandhu Avenue or Nayapaltan, State Minister for Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Jahangir Kabir Nanak said dialogue would be held only in the parliament as per constitution.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will visit Padma Bridge Construction Project area in Mawa-Kawrakandi river route in Louhajong of the district on next May 28.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, also ruling Awami League president, on Thursday criticized the non-partisan caretaker government.
A Dhaka court placed Hefajat-e-Islam Secretary General Junaid Babunagari on 22-day fresh remand for police interrogation in three separate cases.
A Dhaka court on Thursday sent BNP joint secretary general Barkat Ullah Bulu to jail rejecting bail and remand pleas.
The prosecution submitted formal charge against Mir Kashem Ali, central leader of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and chairman of Diganta Media Corporation, before International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 on Thursday.
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 will started hearing the deposition against former Jamaat, also expelled Awami League leader, Mobarak Hossain in war crimes cases from Monday.
The High Court on Thursday granted bail for six months to top three leaders, including joint general secretary Aman Ullah Aman, of opposition BNP in an explosive case filed with Paltan Thana.
Opposition BNP standing committee member Tariqul Islam alleged that there is no sign of political dialogue though the government is saying indifferent comments over the talks.
Opposition BNP-led 18-party has called off its Sunday’s hartal hours after the alliance had called the daylong shutdown on the day.
The visiting US Ambassador-at-Large for war crimes issues Stephen J Rapp expressed satisfaction over the four judgments delivered by the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) of Bangladesh.