The 30-hour countrywide general strike ended on Monday noon without any untoward incidents occurring in the capital or elsewhere in the country. The shutdown was enforced by 12 Islami parties and some kindred organizations supported by Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and Jammat-e-Islami. The parties warned of tougher movements if their demands were not met [...]
The BNP has dropped the call for snap polls and is now focussed on the one-point demand to push the government from power instead, according to acting secretary-general. Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir announced the shift in the stance at a council of a Dhaka metropolitan unit of the largest opposition in parliament on Friday. [...]
Jatiya Party chairman Hussein Muhammad Ershad will be made the leader of the opposition if BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia quits, Sheikh Fazlul Karim MP has told parliament. “You (Khaleda) have threatened to step down, if necessary, when you were abroad. I welcome you,” Selim said on Saturday. “We know you. You won’t reject the [...]