Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr. Shafiqur Rahman called on young voters to be prepared to take to the streets as “July fighters” if necessary to protect voting rights and ensure a decisive victory in the next national election.
A mural commemorating Bir Sreshtho Flight Lieutenant Matiur Rahman, removed temporarily for the Dhaka–Sylhet Highway expansion, is being reconstructed on a significantly larger scale in Narsingdi.
At least 30 people were injured in a clash between leaders and activists of the BNP and Jubodal over internal party disputes during an election rally in Austagram upazila of Kishoreganj.
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said that the country would not survive if those who opposed Bangladesh’s independence were allowed to assume power.
Interim government Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam has said he will remain in the country after the election. “Like Hasina, I have not done anything that would require me to take a safe exit. I am a son of this country and will stay here. Whether I do journalism or take a job will be seen later. I will work wherever Allah has provided my livelihood,” he said.
Police in Bagerhat recovered the bodies of a local Chhatra League leader’s wife and child. Family members claim the mother killed her infant child by drowning before committing suicide.