Crimes against humanity charges filed against Hasina, 15 others
Tight security at Dhaka airport for Khaleda Zia's London trip
Home minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Friday (October 13) said that BNP’s publicity secretary Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Anee was not tortured in police custody and he made false allegation in the court. Earlier, Anee at the court alleged that he was tortured in police custody and the
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Thursday (October 12) said we already had talks with Peter Haas' superiors. Quader also Minister at Ministry of road transport and Bridges remarked this during speaking at a "peace and development rally" in front of the AL
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir held a meeting with US Ambassador to Dhaka Peter Haas on Thursday (October 12). They met each other at the American club in Gulshan this afternoon, said BNP source. According to BNP source, the meeting started at 1:15pm and continued
A court in Dhaka today (October 12) deferred the charge framing hearing on the 11 cases, including a sedition case, against Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson Khaleda Zia. Then Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Md Asaduzzaman set November 13 for the next hearing after
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday (October 12) sentenced Dinajpur Municipality mayor Syed Jahangir Alam to one month in jail for making derogatory remarks about one of its judges. A four-member bench of the Appellate Division, headed by Chief Justice Obaidul Hasan
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia today (October 11) filed a petition with the High Court challenging a lower court order that gave permission to three foreigners to testify against her and seven others in the Niko graft case. "Allowing foreigners to come and testify in the case
BNP’s Publicity Secretary Shahiduddin Chowdhury Anee was picked up by police from his Dhanmondi residence in Dhaka early Wednesday (October 11). Police arrived at the house of Anee around 2 am and asked the BNP leader to go with them to the police station, according to the
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia was shifted to the CCU (Coronary Care Unit) of the Evercare Hospital, where she has been undergoing treatment, on Tuesday evening as her health condition worsened. She was shifted to CCU from the cabin at 6:30 p.m. as her condition deteriorated further, BNP
Jamaat-e-Islami leaders visited BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia at Evercare Hospital on Tuesday (October 10). Khaleda Zia has been undergoing treatment in the hospital since August 9. Jamaat's central committee member Dr Sayed Abdullah Mohammad Taher along with some other
A Dhaka metropolitan magistrate court today (October 9) sentenced 15 leaders and activists of the BNP including the party chairperson’s adviser Habibur Rahman Habib and party vice-chairman and former lawmaker Md Shahjahan in a sabotage case filed with Bhatara police station in the
The joint International Republican Institute (IRI) and National Democratic Institute (NDI) pre-polls assessment mission of the United States held a meeting with a delegation of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Monday morning. The meeting started at 10:30am at the BNP
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's medical board on Monday (October 9) said treatment is no longer possible in the country and there is nothing more they can do to treat her. Doctors said, 'Khaleda Zia's physical condition is deteriorating and she needs to be taken
The main opposition party BNP will hold a rally in the capital today (October 9) demanding unconditional release of the party’s chairperson Khaleda Zia and her better treatment in abroad. The rally will be held in front of the BNP’s Nayapaltan office at 2 pm. BNP
Doctors of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Sunday (October 8) have arranged a press conference to inform about her health condition. The press conference will be held at the auditorium on the 10th floor of Evercare Hospital in the capital at 9:00am on Monday (tomorrow). BNP Media
A meeting of Awami League's (AL) Parliamentary Nomination Board will be held at 6.30pm today (October 8) at Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's official Ganabhaban residence. AL Parliamentary Nomination Board President Sheikh Hasina will chair the meeting, a press release said on
BNP has announced a six-day fresh programme, including a mass rally in Dhaka, to mount pressure on the government to accept the opposition's one-point demand. The programmes will begin on October 7 and end with the public rally on October 18 in the capital. BNP Secretary
BNP would not go to the national election under the Awami League government, reiterated BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday (October 5). BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir also said, "It is loud and clear that BNP will not go to the
The opposition BNP is set to organize a road march from Cumilla to Chattogram this morning (October 5), as part of its one-point movement to topple the government. Leaders and activists of neighbouring Chandpur, Noakhali, and Feni districts will also join the road march.
Law minister Anisul Huq said there is only one way for BNP chairman Khaleda Zia to go abroad for treatment. In this regard, she (Khaleda Zia) must seek presidential clemency acknowledging her crimes and request pardon from the president, the minister also said. He was addressing a
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina warned of showing no mercy in case of the happening of 2013-14 like arson terrorism prior to the next national election in the name of movement. She said: "There will be no scope left to spare if arson terrorism or likewise incidents or attacks