Five lawyers, including two from the Supreme Court, were assaulted and looted on Bangabandhu Avenue before being forcibly taken to Paltan Police Station by a mob.
Lawyer ABM Ataul Majid Touhid files a public interest writ seeking the cancellation of the referendum results, with a hearing expected before Justice Fatema Najib.
The Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) has rejected the 13th parliamentary election, calling for a neutral administration to hold new, inclusive polls in Bangladesh.
Shamme Akhter, wife of Barrister Syedul Haque Suman, issues an emotional plea for his release, stating her children have been deprived of their father for 16 months.
Mahfuz Alam, the "brain" of the July Revolution, has sparked a firestorm by calling the recent polls a "pre-arranged" arrangement that betrays student sacrifices.