The then ruling BNP in 2004 hurriedly concluded the investigation on August 21 grenade attack claiming it as orchestrated by Awami League men. Later, the party claimed that there was actually no political involvement in the attack and picked a hapless Joj Mia from his Senbagh house in Noakhali on June 10, 2005, saying he was responsible for the attack.
Differences of opinion on the use of electronic voting machines (EVMs) in the next national polls are widening among political parties with almost half of the registered ones opposed to electronic voting.
Nearly half of the 39 registered political parties are in favour of a polls-time government under interim, caretaker or all-party system for ensuring a participatory and credible parliamentary election.
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