Dhaka November 17, 2025, 1:20 am
The party high command is now considering revising contentious nominations to ease grassroots anger
The NCP also reiterated its demand that the results of the referendum be made binding, ensuring no political actor can deviate from them
Her trial in absentia was a "farce" orchestrated by a "kangaroo court" controlled by political opponents, she says
“If dissent arises due to the referendum, the process would be blocked. The government’s action takes practical considerations into account,” says political analyst Prof Sabbir Ahmed
The party welcomes the decision at a press conference after a three-hour Standing Committee meeting
Yunus’s address to the nation does not address people’s aspirations to be free
The elected parliament can discuss all unresolved issues of the people and chart a clear path forward, he says
The party says the four proposed referendum questions have turned the process into “a subject of ridicule”
The GCGD underscores “arbitrary arrests and inhumane detention conditions” of former MPs
BNP's highest policymaking body is to meet in the evening to respond to Yunus's speech
Police, however, denied that there was any attack at the office
Immediately following Yunus’s address to the nation on Thursday, these parties expressed opposition to the plans outlined in the July Charter, which included holding a referendum and the next parliamentary polls on the same d
Secretary General Mia Golam Porwar gave the instant reaction at 3:30pm on Thursday at its central offices in Moghbazar following Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus’s address to the nation at 2:30pm
The Order requires the government to hold a referendum on the provisions of the July National Charter relating to reforms in the Constitution
Yunus announces 100-member upper house will be formed through proportional representation, based on each party's share of votes in the national polls
The incident occurred around 1pm on Thursday
Two other accused in the case are former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal and former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun —now a state witness
The CEC made the remarks during a dialogue with political parties at the Election Bhaban conference room in Agargaon in the morning
Protesters had created panic by throwing petrol bombs and setting fire to buses, trucks, trains, CNG, railway lines, important government establishments and a Grameen Bank branch, as well as exploding cocktails and burning ti
BNP Standing Committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury made the remarks while talking to reporters after newly appointed French Ambassador Jean-Marc Séré-Charlet, met BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir
