Detectives detain Ahsan Ullah Chowdhury, acting chief of Jamaat-e-Islami, from the Chittagong city unit in Halishahar area on charge of planning sabotage during the ongoing blockade and hartal enforced by the BNP-led 20-party alliance.

Muhammad Kamaruzzaman has sought a four-week adjournment of hearing on his review petition against his death penalty upheld by the Supreme Court.

High Court defers date of delivery verdict to March 15, on a plea filed by BNP chief Khaleda for quashing proceedings of Barapukuria coalmine graft case

Another spell of 72-hour countrywide hartal starts this morning and it is likely to inflict further misery on people, cause more damage

“Of your two sons, one died from heroin addiction and the other is a fugitive. Begum Khaleda Zia, don't you feel ashamed?”

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia wants to be in jail to avoid the public wrath following the recent violence and to get coverage in international media and sympathy from foreigners, said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in parliament yesterday.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has lost her right to defend herself in the two corruption cases for now, as a Dhaka court has declared her a fugitive in the cases.

“Launch a combing operation at that house [Khaleda Zia's Gulshan office]. All the terrorists and militants are staying there.”

A Dhaka court upholds the arrest warrants issued against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in Zia Orphanage Trust and Zia Charitable graft cases

BNP is holding the chehlum of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s younger son Arafat Rahman Koko at her Gulshan office in Dhaka.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will not surrender before a makeshift court to seek bail in two corruption cases on security ground

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.