BNP plans to observe protest programmes like hartal or lay siege to the parliament building on the first day of the parliamentary session of the new government as part of the movement for its one-point demand.
BNP will not go for any hartal and blockade-like programmes over the next few days even though the party outright rejected the poll results.
The BNP does not want to take the responsibility for violence over tomorrow’s election even though the party called a countrywide two-day strike that includes the election day.
The BNP has called for a 48-hour nationwide hartal from tomorrow morning, which includes the voting day, in protest of the January 7 national election.
A bus was set on fire and another was vandalised during yesterday’s countrywide hartal enforced by BNP and its allies.
The BNP has deferred the countrywide hartal it had called for today to tomorrow.
Bangladesh Nationalist Party has sought permission from Dhaka Metropolitan Police to hold a rally on December 16, marking Victory Day.
The BNP wants to hold a rally in Dhaka on Victory Day.
A murder case was filed against BNP men over the killing of a police constable during the clash between law enforcers and BNP men in the capital's Fakirapool area.
Detective Branch of police picked up BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir from his Gulshan residence in Dhaka this morning
A bus was torched at the south gate of Baitul Mukarram in Dhaka this morning
The helper of a bus was killed and its driver was injured after unidentified arsonists set fire to a bus of Achim Paribahan in Dhaka's Demra area early today
Those who will try to harm people's lives or property in the name of hartal would face the maximum force of law, said the DMP chief
The armed and bloody attacks on their programme were a reflection of what the AL leaders and police have said since the announcement of the rally, says the BNP leader
BNP standing committee member Abdul Moyeen Khan today said the "cold-blooded' attack on BNP rally was "slyly crafted" by the government in a bid to crush people's aspiration for the restoration of democracy in the country
The BNP yesterday alleged that the government drew up a “master plan” to attack its rally after witnessing the enormous gathering.
Downtown Dhaka turned into a battlefield yesterday as BNP activists and police clashed, leading to the death of a policeman and a ward-level BNP leader.
At least 17 journalists were injured during clashes in the capital yesterday and several of them were reportedly attacked by BNP men.
