A chase and counter-chase took place between police and BNP leaders and activists in front of City College the capital's Dhanmondi area on Tuesday (May 23, 2023). Witnesses said leaders and activists of BNP staged a prescheduled march programme in the Dhanmondi area in the afternoon to press home their 10-point demand, including holding the next general election under a non-party caretaker government.. After the end of the march, they brought out a procession that ended at the Science Lab intersection. When they were marching towards City College, a chase and counter-chase took place with police around 4 pm, triggering a clash. Read more: Law enforcers cordon off Rajshahi BNP office, March programme cancelled Later, police lobbed tear gas shells and charged batons to disperse the BNP men. The BNP activists also hurled brick chips targeting police, said Deputy Commissioner of Ramna division of DMP Md Ashraf Hossain. Several vehicles were vandalized and one was set on fire during the clash. “Police took the situation under control and arrested some people from the spot,” said DC Ashraf. Read more: Mirza Fakhrul, Rajshahi BNP leader sued for 'death threat against PM' Ashraf said a group of BNP leaders and workers attacked the police and obstructed the movement of vehicles, forcing the law enforcers to go into action. He said 8/9 police personnel were injured in the attack. "We have arrested 15 people in this connection.” Dhaka South City unit BNP convener Abdus Salam said they ended their road march peacefully near LabAid and asked their leaders and workers to go to their respective destinations. “But police attacked our leaders and activists when they were returning home, leaving many of the injured. They also attacked our some leaders and activists, including Dhanmondi unit president Robiul Islam Robi,” he said. Read more: AL files two cases against 450 BNP men over a clash in Patuakhali Salam strongly condemned this incident and demanded the release of the arrested leaders and activists immediately.

Police filed five cases against 81 named and around 2,000 unnamed people over a clash with BNP activists in Panchagarh on Saturday that left one BNP activist dead and at least 50 including policemen injured. The cases were filed by five sub-inspectors of Panchagarh sadar police station on Sunday, said SM Sirajul Huda, superintendent of Panchagarh police. Police detained eight BNP and Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami activists on Saturday night during a drive over the incident, he said. The cases were filed on allegation of obstructing government activities, beating government officials, creating anarchy and under the Explosive Substances Act, said Abdul Latif Mia, officer-in-charge of Panchagarh sadar police station. Read more: Govt selectively killing opposition leaders, activists: BNP Meanwhile the body of deceased Moyna Dighi Union BNP convener Abdur Rashid Arefin, 50, has been handed over to his family after an autopsy on Sunday, he said. District BNP member secretary Farhad Hossain Azad said, “Our brother has died. We will decide our next step after discussing with family and the party following Arefin’s burial.” On Saturday noon, as part of BNP’s movement for pressing home the 10-point demand it unveiled at its Dhaka divisional rally on December 10, the party's Panchagarh-based leaders and activists gathered at the local party office. Before they could bring out any procession though, the law enforcers released tear shells and fired rubber bullets to disperse the gathering, according to witnesses. Those who protested the police's actions were baton-charged. Read more: Another BNP activist killed during clash with police The BNP activists eventually dispersed, and then a series of chase-counter chase ensued, that continued for nearly 90 minutes. The BNP activists at this stage resorted to throwing brick chips at police. It was only after additional backup forces arrived in the evening, that the police were able to finally take control of the situation well after 6pm. Panchagarh SP SM Sirajul Huda, however, denied the allegation and claimed Arefin died of a heart attack.. He also claimed there were no signs of injury on Arefin’s body.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Faklhrul Islam Alamgir was barred from going into BNP’s Nayapaltan Central Office this morning (December 08, 2022). Police stopped Fakhrul when he reached Bijoynagar intersection around 10:50 am, after appearing before a Dhaka court in the morning. Police officers told the senior BNP leader that they will not allow anyone to go into the BNP office until their necessary work is done for security reasons, as they “recovered bombs” from there. BNP central office remained vacant since last night (December 07, 2022) after the police raid, but a large number of law enforcers remained deployed in the area since this morning. Read more: Traffic movement halted in front of BNP’s Nayapaltan office A tense situation is prevailing in the area in Dhaka where traffic movement remained disrupted since Wednesday night following the clash between BNP activists and police. No one is being allowed to enter the area without ID, as police have set up barricades at the Nightingale intersection in Bijoynagar and Fakirapool. No vehicles were seen in front of the BNP office. No BNP leaders and activists have been seen at the party office since this morning, after the clash. Most offices, shopping malls and shops in the area were closed till 10 am this morning. Read more: 1 killed in police-BNP clash at Nayapaltan; Over 150 leaders, activists held Locals said that they are panicked as a huge number of policemen are taking position in the area. They were also facing difficulties in going to their respective destinations. BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday claimed that two leaders of their party’s student wing Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal were killed and over 100 others were injured in an attack by police when bullets were fired in front of their party’s Nayapaltan central office. Besides, he said, around 600 BNP leaders and activists, including party's senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, Dhaka south city unit convener Abdus Salam and north city unit convener Amanullah Aman, were arrested from the party office. The DMP commissioner, meanwhile, said BNP men exploded cocktails from their party office and for that the drive was carried out. Read More: BNP to hold press conference this afternoon “We beefed up security by increasing the number of police. It was an official day, and they (BNP) didn’t take prior permission to hold the rally”, he said.

Police fired teargas and used batons during a clash with BNP activists at Nayapalton on Wednesday, leaving  a man dead and several others injured. The man, identified as Md Mokbul, was declared dead when he was brought to Dhaka Medical College Hospital at 3:40 pm from the scene of the clash in front of BNP’s Nayapaltan central office, said Bacchu Mia, in-charge of the police outpost at the hospital. Makbul’s political identity was not immediately known. Police arrested over 150  BNP leaders and activists including BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, its south city unit convenor Abdus Salam, joint secretary general Khairul Kabir Khokon,  north city unit convener Amanullah Aman after conducting  a drive in the BNP office. The clash broke out around 3 pm when slogan-chanting BNP leaders and activists took position outside the party office and defied police order to leave the place, witnesses said. Also read: Police–BNP clash in Kishoreganj: 29 including 11 cops hurt   At one stage of the altercation over the issue, police lobbed tear gas shells and charged batons to disperse them. BNP activists responded by pelting brick chips at police, triggering the clash. Police arrested BNP`s publicity secretary Shaheed Uddin Chowdhury Annie, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's special assistant Shamsur Rahman Shimul Biswas  and general secretary of Sammilito Peshajibi Parishad Kader Goni Chowdhury from the spot after the clash. Also read: BNP rally at Nayapaltan if govt can’t give alternative venue: Abbas

Police have filed a case against 75 BNP leaders and activists, including Metropolitan BNP convener Dr Shahadat Hossain and member secretary Abul Hashem Bakkar, in connection with a clash between police and BNP men in Chattogram on Wednesday. The case was filed at Kotwali police station around 2am on Thursday, said Mohammad Nezam Uddin, Officer-in-Charge of Kotwali Police Station. Read: BNP men clash with police in Ctg, 44 held OC Nezam Uddin said the case was filed on charge of  obstructing police from performing duties, destruction of property and assault on police. Besides, several hundred unnamed people have been made accused in the case. On Wednesday, leaders and activists of BNP clashed with police in front of Press Club at Jamalkhan in Chattogram city as police allegedly obstructed them during their bid to form a human chain.