In this December 5 Focus Bangla photo, BNP leader Sadeque Hossain Khoka waves to party activists while being taken to a Dhaka court.
MA Aziz usually buys five kilograms of onion at a time. But yesterday, he could afford to buy just two kg of onion at the capital's Karwan Bazar, thanks to the rocketing prices of essentials.
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Police in action as BNP, Jamaat, Shibir men (not in picture) hurl cocktails targeting them during a clash in Rajshahi this afternoon. Photo: STAR
Black smoke cloud comes out from a market after BNP-led 18-party activists set fire to an office of the ruling party in Noakhali Sadar upazila during a clash with the law enforcers on Friday. Photo: Banglar Chokh
This April 24 file photo shows the rear view of collapsed Rana Plaza.
The main opposition BNP did not do proper homework before its Chairperson Khaleda Zia proposed forming a polls-time administration by picking 10 advisers from the 1996 and 2001 caretaker governments.
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International credit rating agency Moody's Investors Service warns that the escalating political turmoil in the run up to the national elections may weigh on Bangladesh's sovereign rating and eventually hurt its economy.
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Shah Ahmed Shafi. Star file photo
Dr AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury. Star file photo