Arrest warrants for Bulu, 22 other BNP men

A Dhaka court issues arrest warrants against 23 leaders and activists of BNP-led 20-party alliance including Barkatullah Bulu, Shamsur Rahman Shimul Biswas and Maruf Kamal Khan in an arson case.
23 November 2015, 08:39 AM

Khulna city BNP president sent to jail

A Khulna court sends metropolitan unit BNP President Nazrul Islam Manju to jail, turning down his bail petition in a sabotage case.
23 November 2015, 07:46 AM

Mojaheed, SQ Chy buried

Top war criminals Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed and Salauddin Quader Chowdhury have been buried after execution at the gallows of Dhaka jail.
22 November 2015, 04:05 AM

SQ Chy, Mojaheed hanged

SQ Chowdhury and Mojaheed, who tried their best – carrying out genocide and assassinating intellectuals and professionals – to stop birth of Bangladesh 44 years ago, meet their end inside Dhaka jail.
21 November 2015, 14:53 PM

Khaleda returns, airport under tight security

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia arrives in Dhaka after spending over two months in London because of medical treatments.
21 November 2015, 11:40 AM

President rejects mercy petitions of Mojaheed, SQ Chy

Death row Mojaheed and SQ Chowdhury sought clemency from the president days after the Supreme Court rejected their petitions to review their decision upholding death penalty awarded to them by a special tribunal.
21 November 2015, 05:47 AM

Jamaat calls nationwide protest tomorrow

Jamaat-e-Islami will stage a countrywide “peaceful” protest tomorrow demanding the release of its secretary general Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed, a death row war criminal.
20 November 2015, 15:12 PM

BNP seeks security boost for Khaleda

BNP urges the government to intensify the party chief Khaleda Zia’s security measures for her return home tomorrow afternoon.
20 November 2015, 12:46 PM

Mojaheed’s lawyers seek permission to meet him

Five lawyers of death row war criminal Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed seeks permission from the jail authorities to meet him in jail tomorrow.
19 November 2015, 14:15 PM

SQ Chy trial: BNP disappointed over SC decision

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) alleges that its senior leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury was denied justice in the Supreme Court that rejected his plea to review his death penalty in war crimes trial.
19 November 2015, 12:09 PM

Families meet Mojaheed, SQ Chy at Dhaka jail

Death row war crimes convicts Salauddin Quader Chowdhury and Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed met their families at Dhaka jail. The meetings took place a day after the Supreme Court turned down their pleas for review against death penalty for war crimes during 1971 Liberation War.
19 November 2015, 08:03 AM

Family meets SQ Chy, avoids media on way out

Family meets top BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury for an hour and leaves without facing the media. The meeting takes place a day after the Supreme Court rejected SQ Chowdhury’s plea for review against his death penalty for war crimes committed during 1971.
19 November 2015, 04:49 AM

Jamaat calls hartal for Thursday

Jamaat-e-Islami calls a countrywide dawn-to-dusk hartal (shutdown) for tomorrow protesting Supreme Court’s rejection of party secretary general Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed’s plea to review its ruling upholding his death penalty for war crimes.
18 November 2015, 08:39 AM

No legal bar for execution now: Attorney General

Now that Supreme Court has disposed of the review petitions of war criminals Salauddin Quader Chowdhury and Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed, there is no legal barrier now for execution of the verdict awarding them death penalty, the attorney general says.
18 November 2015, 06:27 AM

Autocratic ruler is in power: Khaleda

BNP Chairperson Khaled Zia says that a new autocratic force is running the country ignoring the people’s democratic, fundamental and human rights.
16 November 2015, 13:51 PM

HC bench refuses to hear plea of Salauddin’s wife

The High Court refuses to hear a writ petition filed by the wife of war criminal Salauddin Quader Chowdhury challenging the constitutional provision that allows the trial of an individual for committing crimes against humanity during the Liberation War.
16 November 2015, 10:27 AM

Verdict on Fakhrul’s bail now Nov 22

The High Court defers till Nov 22 its verdict on three petitions filed by BNP leader Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir seeking bail in three arson and vandalism cases.
16 November 2015, 07:25 AM

Shahriar Rumi quits BNP

Shahriar Rumi, a central executive committee member of BNP and vice president of its Faridpur unit, resigns from all posts of the party intending to return to the ruling Awami League.
15 November 2015, 12:07 PM

Gayeshwar gets HC bail, free to come out of jail

High Court grants bail to BNP leader Gayeshwar Chandra Roy in a criminal case clearing his way to walk out of jail.
15 November 2015, 07:30 AM

Govt to blame for rise of militancy: Moudud

BNP blames the government of Sheikh Hasina for “giving militants and terrorists a chance to raise their heads by weakening democratic forces.”
14 November 2015, 14:16 PM