BNP senior leader Nazrul Islam Khan says the current senior Vice Chairman of BNP, Tarique Rahman will run the party in absence of Khaleda Zia.

Now that Khaleda Zia has been convicted what will happen next? As an immediate effect, she will have to stay in jail for at least three days.

After BNP chief Khaleda Zia is jailed for five years, Law Minister Anisul Huq says it depends on the Supreme Court decision whether she can contest the next national election slated for December this year.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia enters the premises of the old Central Jail in Nazimuddin Road after she was handed a five-year imprisonment in a graft case.

A scuffle ensues between police and BNP activists near the party’s Chittagong city headquarters, ahead of the verdict of Zia Orphanage Trust graft case against Khaleda Zia.

Police use tear gas shells to douse tension that ensued for some time near Khaleda Zia’s motorcade in Dhaka as the BNP chairperson was on her way to a graft trial verdict.

Wearing an off-white sari, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, offered her prayers and comforted her relatives, most of whom, were in tears, as she boarded her motorcade from her Gulshan residence on way to the court set for delivering verdict in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case.

Virtually nothing is entering Dhaka city in a complete change of the usual scenario as law enforcers tightens security measures in a bid to prevent BNP men from gathering in Dhaka ahead of the politically significant graft verdict of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia.

Dhaka hunkers down in anticipation of violence as a lower court is expected to deliver a verdict in the Zia Orphanage Graft case.

Former prime minister BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has been jailed for five years after she was found guilty in the Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case. Her elder son Tarique and four others have been given 10 years in prison.

Ignoring the DMP ban on processions, the Ruling Awami League is seen bringing out processions at various spots in Dhaka city.

As the whole country waits with bated breath for the verdict in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to be delivered today, two accused in the case have been brought to the special court.

Bangladesh should stop the arbitrary arrests and detention of opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) supporters and others, Human Rights Watch says.

Ruling Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader accuses BNP of indulging in dirty politics centring the verdict of the Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case against Khaleda Zia.

Claiming her innocent, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia says she is ready to face any situation to uphold the country's democracy and people's rights.

A deep sense of uncertainty prevails among public as the government is taking stern measures to block BNP activists from gathering in Dhaka ahead of the verdict of a graft case against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says Bangladesh does not want any war with any country as it works for peace.

Abdul Hamid is elected the country's president for a second consecutive term as no one else is running in the upcoming presidential election.

BNP denounces the ban imposed by Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on holding any public gathering in the capital on Thursday, calling it an unfair act in the name of law.

Law enforcers beef up security measures across the country including the capital Dhaka centring the verdict of Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia.