Having gone underground following the fall of the Awami League government, a number of party leaders – admitting to "some lapses" in governance and politics – now hope to return to the Bangladesh political front.
Speaking to The Indian Express, former liberation affairs minister Mojammel Haq, 78, said, "Thousands of Awami League workers have been forced out of their homes, they are in hiding, moving from place to place with no money even for food… still, the morale of the rank and file is high and we look to India to mobilise international opinion in the party favour," he said.
He said that there is a thought among senior leaders that "we should all go back on 26 March which is Bangladesh Independence Day".
Nahim Razzaq, a 44-year-old former MP, said almost all bail petitions of Awami League leaders were being rejected.
He said the situation was "dire" and that the Awami League leadership was "helpless" while they remained in hiding.
Bangladesh has signed a non-binding agreement with a US firm, Argent LNG, to purchase up to 5 million metric tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) annually.
Argent LNG is developing a 25 million metric tonnes per annum (MTPA) LNG facility in Louisiana.
This is the first major US LNG supply deal since President Donald Trump took office on Monday, according to a statement issued by Argent LNG.
A total of 1,200 birds, trapped by poachers, have been rescued and freed at Rajpath village in Mollahat Upazila of Bagerhat.
Many traps and bird-hunting equipment were seized during the drive led by Mollahat Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Harekrishna Adhikari.
Tipped off, the drive was conducted in a temporary shelter built by the poachers in the beel and the captured birds were rescued before they could be sold.
The birds, identified as Jhut Shalik, were released back into their natural habitat in a beel (lake-like wetland).
The poachers managed to flee.
BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia went to her son and party acting chairman Tarique Rahman home after undergoing treatment at London Clinic, UK for 17 days.
As her health condition improved considerably, doctors have advised her to receive treatment staying at home for the time being.
Her son Tarique Rahman took Khaleda Zia to his house at 9:30 pm London local time on Friday (3:30 am Bangladesh time).
Earlier, Tarique Rahman participated in the doa mahfil at the Bricklane Mosque on the death anniversary of his younger brother Arafat Rahman.