Despite two arrest warrants against her, Khaleda Zia will not surrender before court today to seek bail in two graft cases, BNP sources and one of her lawyers said yesterday.

Some foreign diplomats, including the US and EU ambassadors in Dhaka, yesterday stressed the need for building confidence among political parties to de-escalate the country's political conflict.

The arrest of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia could seriously escalate the ongoing political crisis, says International Crisis Group.

Deeply worried by the escalation of political violence in Bangladesh, 16 foreign envoys have urged Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to hold talks for a peaceful resolution of the crisis.

Defence lawyer Khandker Mahbub says Khaleda Zia will surrender if her security to and from the court is ensured.

Incidents of vandalism and arson increased in the last few days across the country, with attackers in groups pouncing on vehicles in broad daylight and disappearing fast.

Although there is a warrant out for her arrest from a Dhaka court, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is unlikely to appear before it tomorrow to seek bail in Zia orphanage and Zia charitable trust fund graft cases.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has sent a letter to his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina expressing his willingness to visit Bangladesh.

A Dhaka court yesterday issued a warrant allowing police to search Khaleda Zia's Gulshan office for communication devices allegedly being used for carrying out subversive activities across the country.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s counsel places two petitions before High Court expressing no-confidence in the judge of a trial court, who is dealing with Zia Orphanage and Zia Charitable Trust graft cases

“Two parties [AL and BNP] have gone blind for power.”

Pragatishil Chhatra Jote, a combine of leftist student organisations, has called a strike at Dhaka University campus on March 2 to realise its three-point demand including immediate arrest and punishment for the killers of secular writer Avijit Roy.

Gonoforum President Dr Kamal Hossain yesterday said that to be told now in 2015 that a sedition charge would be brought against him is a matter of shame not only for him but also for the nation as well as the person who said this.

Both the ruling Awami League and the BNP have replied to the letter of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon calling for a dialogue to resolve the current political crisis and an end to violence that already claimed about a hundred lives.

Dhaka court grants a fresh four-day remand for BNP Joint Secretary General Rizvi Ahmed in an arson case filed with Mohammadpur Police Station.

United States hopes due process to be followed after an anti-corruption court in Bangladesh issued arrest warrants for former prime minister and opposition leader Khaleda Zia

Gonoforum President Dr Kamal Hossain calls for a fair probe into the leaked conversations of Nagorik Oikya Convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna

“Time is coming for you [Khaleda Zia]when you’ll have to spend the rest of your life in jail."

A Dhaka court yesterday issued arrest warrants against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia for skipping court hearings on four consecutive dates in two graft cases against her and eight others.

Nagorik Oikya convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna has been placed on a 10-day remand in a case filed against him allegedly for trying to instigate revolt by the armed forces