DHAKA: BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is biased towards the people who had been convicted but somehow are in charge of the state offices. He also claimed that ACC is a personal institution of the Prime Minister Sheikh

DHAKA: British lawyer Lord Carlile of Berriew QC was added to the lawyers’ panel of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, who is now behind the bars after being convicted in a corruption case. “House of Lords member Lord Carlile was appointed necessarily and to extent the range of case

DHAKA: BNP has announced to stage demonstration in Dhaka and every district towns across the country demanding unconditional release of its chairperson Khaleda Zia who is currently in jail. Moreover, the party will also hold a rally at Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka on March 29.  BNP

DHAKA: BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has come up with four conditions for contesting in the next parliamentary elections. The conditions are: 1. Khaleda Zia will lead BNP, 2. the election must be free, fair and participatory, 3. Sheikh Hasina will have to resign,

DHAKA: The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court fixed Monday (March 19) to pass necessary order on the petitions against the bail granted by the High Court to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case.  The petitions were filed by the state and the

MANIKGANJ: BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said the Election Commission is deliberately working with the Awami League government to ensure ‘one party rule’ in the country. He made the claim at a Doa-mahfil program at Pachuria village in Ghior upazila of Manikganj

DHAKA: BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Rizvi Ahmed alleged that government is using the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) as a tool to delay Khaleda Zia’s bail and to accomplish political goals. The BNP leader was addressing a press conference in its party central office in

DHAKA: The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on Wednesday (March 15) has filed a leave-to-appeal petition with the Supreme Court against the High Court order that granted bail to BNP Chief Khaleda Zia in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case. The ACC in the petition on Thursday sought

COMILLA: A Comilla court has rejected BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s bail petition in a case filed over the killing of 8 bus passengers by petrol bombs in Chauddagram upazila of Comilla in 2015.  Chief Judicial Magistrate Mustki Billah passed the order on Wednesday (March 14) after

DHAKA: Expressing disappointment on the Supreme Court order that stayed BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s High court bail order, party secretary general Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said courts are simply reflecting government’s wishes. Fakhrul made the remarks at a pres briefing in party’s

JAGANNATH UNIVERSITY: Jagannath University (JnU) unit of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal staged demonstrations demanding justice for the alleged killings of three of their party leaders recently. As part of the demonstrations, they brought out a rally from in front of the Chief Metropolitan

DHAKA: The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court stayed till Sunday (March 18) the order of the High Court that granted bail to BNP Chief Khaleda Zia in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case.  A four-member Appellate Division bench led by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain passed the order

DHAKA: A Dhaka court has asked BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia to appear before it from prison on March 28 in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case. Judge Dr. Akhteruzzaman of Dhaka Special Judge’s Court-5 passed the order on Tuesday (March 13). The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) lawyer

DHAKA: The government and Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed petitions with the Supreme Court seeking stay on the High Court order that granted four months interim bail to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in Zia Orphanage trust graft case. ACC lawyer Advocate Khurshid Alam Khan and

DHAKA: Law minister Anisul Huq said BNP chief Khaleda Zia’s bail order in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case proves that the government does not interfere in the judiciary. The minister expressed his reaction to reporters after the High Court granted 4 months interim bail to Khaleda Zia

DHAKA: The High Court on Monday (March 12) granted 4-month bail for BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, who was serving jail in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case since early February. The HC bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Shahidul Karim passed the order, at noon. Senior lawyer

DHAKA: BNP deferred its Monday’s rally in Suhrawardy Udyan to March 19, after being denied of holding the gathering. BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir came up with the announcement at the central party office in Nayapaltan Monday (March 12).  We hope the

DHAKA: Citing ‘security reasons’, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) did not give permission to BNP for holding a rally in Suhrawardy Udyan of Dhaka on Monday (March 12).  Earlier, the party sought permission to DMP for rally demanding the unconditional release of BNP chairperson

RANGAMATI: A collector of United People's Democratic Front (UPDF) was stabbed to death allegedly by the assistant collector of UPDF in Baghaichhari upazila of Rangamati. Police recovered the body from Balu Khali area under Bongoltoli union of the upazila early Sunday (March 11).

COMILLA: Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader said the government will not be held responsible if BNP boycotts polls like they did in previous January 5-election and their decision will not affect the country’s democracy.  He also said, “BNP needs not try to save