Grassroots leaders and activists of the opposition BNP became sharply divided in most of the party’s district units over holding council sessions to establish factional stronghold. With just 21 days left before the party’s national council session, no committee could be formed of any district unit and the first two attempts to hold council sessions at district levels were marred by in-party violence.
The Khulna Medical College academic council in an emergency meeting on Tuesday imposed a ban on student politics on the college campus and decided to open the college on November 21. The council also decided to open all the dormitories on November 19 (Thursday) and formed a probe committee to investigate Monday's clash between two groups of Bangladesh Chhatra League activists after which the college was closed for an indefinite period.
Kushtia Polytechnic Institute was closed after a bomb attack that severely injured Bangladesh Chhatra League's joint secretary of the institute unit on Tuesday. The polytechnic authorities at an urgent meeting of teacher’s council decided to close the institute to avoid further untoward incident.
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) secretary general Khondkar Delwar Hossain yesterday alleged that the government was plotting to turn the country into a terrorist one in a bid to loot its national resources and destroy democracy.
BNP's Chittagong metropolitan unit conference, organised after long 20 years, ended in a pandemonium on Monday when the rival groups locked into clashes injuring at least 50 workers.
The Awami League high command yesterday instructed the leaders of all its units and associate bodies to stay in their respective party offices on the day of the verdict in the appeal hearing in Bangabandhu Murder Case on November 19.
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has submitted a petition with the High Court, stating that she will not get even-handed justice from an HC bench if the case regarding her birthday celebration is heard and disposed of by this bench.
The BNP has selected Paltan Maidan as the venue of inaugural gathering of its much-awaited national council. The business sessions will be held at Bangabandhu Friendship Convocation Centre at Sher-e-Banglanagar, party sources said. Top leaders of all political parties, including Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, will be invited to attend the inaugural session of the council, said a joint secretary general of BNP.
Khulna Medical College was closed for indefinite period on Monday as a sequence of sporadic clashes between two factional units of the Bangladesh Chhatra League. The medical college academic council took the decision at an emergency meeting around 4:00pm and also asked the students to vacate its two halls--one for male and another for female--by 6:00 in this evening.
The opposition BNP's sub-committee on the amendment to the party constitution and the manifesto on Sunday night submitted a 40-point amendment proposal to the standing committee consolidating the authority of the party chairperson.
