The health of ailing BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, now undergoing treatment at a city hospital, has deteriorated again.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader’s health condition has improved, doctors said.

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) today announced a nine-day programme -- from December 22 to 30 -- demanding that the party’s Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia be released and allowed to go abroad for better treatment.

BNP Joint Secretary General Syed Moazzem Hossain Alal has withdrawn and apologised for his derogatory remarks on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

BNP has relieved Cumilla City Corporation Mayor Monirul Haque Sakku from its national executive committee for breaching party discipline.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader today said the recent US sanction on seven former and incumbent officers of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) will not impact the next general election.

Bangladesh needs a green, affordable and sustainable agricultural system, which can produce quality crops without hampering biodiversity while keeping the environment safe, speakers said at a roundtable discussion yesterday.

Disgraced state minister for information and broadcasting Murad Hassan was forced to return to the country yesterday.

BNP yesterday expressed outrage and surprise over comments made by the Chinese Ambassador over Bangladesh and the current government.

Disgraced former state minister Murad Hassan on Friday was denied entry to Canada, where he was headed to after stepping down from his post last week.

BNP yesterday described the US sanctions on Rab and its seven current and former top officials as an inevitable consequence of serious violations of human rights.

The government is not interfering in the judiciary at all rather judiciary is working independently, said Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday.

BNP today described the US sanctions on Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) and its seven current and former top officials as an inevitable consequence of serious violations of human rights.

Law Minister Anisul Huq today said BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's jail term was suspended on conditions that she will not be able to go abroad and receive treatment from home.

Nazrul Islam joined the Department of Youth Development under the youth and sports ministry in an entry-level post in 1990. He had topped the list in the recruitment test. After 15 years of “satisfactory” performance, he was regularised in 2005.

Murad Hassan, who resigned on Tuesday as the state minister for information and broadcasting amid severe backlash for his misogynistic remarks, left the country early today.

The BNP has said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s comment that the government has already shown great generosity to party Chairperson Khaleda Zia is “unexpected” as she is fighting for life.

Two cases have been filed against Syed Moazzem Hossain Alal, joint secretary general of BNP, in Shariatpur and Joypurhat for making derogatory comments against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

Leaders and activists of the Bangladesh Chhatra League today burnt the effigy of BNP Joint Secretary General Syed Moazzem Hossain Alal at the Dhaka University campus for making false and derogatory remarks on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s remark on the treatment of critically ill Khaleda Zia is “unexpected”.