Khaleda Zia verdict: BNP announces fresh protest programme

BNP is to launch a mass signature campaign on February 17 demanding the release of its Chairperson Khaleda Zia, who is jailed for five years in a corruption case.
15 February 2018, 07:22 AM

BNP to sit with pro-opposition professionals tomorrow

BNP will hold a meeting with pro-opposition professionals tomorrow to discuss the country’s latest political development following the arrest of the party Chairperson Khaleda Zia.
14 February 2018, 15:56 PM

Khaleda’s imprisonment makes no reaction among people: Quader

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader says the imprisonment of Begum Khaleda Zia in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case has made no reaction among the people that is why the party is now complaining over the issues to foreigners.
14 February 2018, 12:00 PM

Plea seeks Khaleda shown arrested in another case

A petition is filed seeking BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, who is already in jail, be shown arrested in a lawsuit filed for demeaning Bangladesh’s national flag.
14 February 2018, 07:00 AM

Israeli police recommend bribery charges against Netanyahu

Israeli police recommends indicting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for bribery, opening the way for what could be the biggest challenge yet to the right-wing leader’s political survival.
14 February 2018, 04:45 AM

BNP men end hunger strike on police request

Upon request from police, BNP leaders, activists and supporters end their hunger strike one and a half hours after they began it in Dhaka demanding release of their chief Khaleda Zia
14 February 2018, 04:41 AM

Tarique enough to intensify crisis in BNP: Quader

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader says graft case convict BNP senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman is more than enough to intensify crisis in the party.
13 February 2018, 12:31 PM

Govt violates rights keeping Khaleda in abandoned prison: BNP

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir blames the government for violating human rights by keeping the party chief Khaleda Zia in an abandoned prison in a “fake and politically motivated case”.
13 February 2018, 11:49 AM

Khaleda was not shown arrested in any case: Home minister

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal says that Khaleda Zia landed in jail following the verdict in Zia Orphanage Trust Graft case and “she has not been shown arrested” in any other case.
13 February 2018, 08:27 AM

ANC decides to remove Zuma as South African president

South Africa's ruling party decided to sack Jacob Zuma as the country's president, a senior official says, after a marathon meeting over the fate of a leader whose scandal-plagued years in power darkened and divided Nelson Mandela's post-apartheid 'Rainbow Nation'.
13 February 2018, 07:32 AM

BNP holds sit-in, demands Khaleda’s release

BNP is holding a sit-in programme across the country demanding the release of its Chairperson Khaleda Zia, who was sentenced to five years in jail in a corruption case on Thursday.
13 February 2018, 05:16 AM

Tarique involved in attack on Bangladesh mission office in London: Obaidul

The road, transport and bridges minister claims that BNP senior vice chairman Tarique Rahman, who is now in England, was involved in Wednesday’s attack on Bangladesh High Commission office in London.
12 February 2018, 08:53 AM

Mohila Dal president, secretary general get HC bail

BNP’s women wing Jatiyatabadi Mohila Dal President Afroza Abbas and its Secretary General Sultana Ahmed secure eight-week anticipatory bail from the High Court (HC) in three violence cases.
12 February 2018, 07:25 AM

Shamsuzzaman Dudu arrested: Police

BNP Vice-chairman Shamsuzzaman Dudu is arrested from MatsyaBhaban area in Dhaka, police say.
12 February 2018, 06:58 AM

No election keeping Khaleda in jail: Fakhrul

No election will take place in the country keeping Khaleda Zia in the jail, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says.
12 February 2018, 05:23 AM

Jail not for leading a luxurious life: Quader

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader says jail is not a place for leading a luxurious life or for spending leisure time.
11 February 2018, 13:43 PM

Reactionary group creating confusion: Taposh

A reactionary quarter including BNP has been creating confusion and instability in the country centering the conviction of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh says.
11 February 2018, 12:56 PM

4300 BNP men held so far: Rizvi

Lawmen have arrested 4,300 BNP leaders and activists from the country centering the graft case verdict of their Chairperson Khaleda Zia, the party claims.
11 February 2018, 10:36 AM

Khaleda given division in jail: Prisons chief

Erasing doubts as to how BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is being treated at jail, Bangladesh’s prisons’ chief says that the former prime minister has been given division facilities.
11 February 2018, 10:00 AM

JS polls: SC, EC to decide Khaleda’s fate

Law Minister Anisul Huq says the Supreme Court and the Election Commission (EC) will decide whether BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia can contest the next general election.
11 February 2018, 09:10 AM