The BNP alleged that a quarter with a vested interest has been spreading rumours regarding its Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s health condition.

Seven local leaders of Awami League, including younger brother of the social welfare minister, were expelled from the party in Lalmonirhat.

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) today announced an eight-day programme from tomorrow -- demanding that the party Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia be allowed to go abroad for better treatment.

A case has been filed with Rajbari court against Gazipur City Corporation Mayor Mohammad Zahangir Alam over recent comments on Bangabandhu and martyred freedom fighters at a programme.

The health condition of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is still critical and her body is not responding to treatments as per expectations, said physicians and the party leaders.

Jubo League (JL) leader Faisal Mahbub Shuvo who died after receiving bullets in a clash between supporters of two rival chairman candidates in Shankarpara Union Parishad (UP) elections in Sadar upazila of Pirojpur had a close shave earlier.

Communist Party of Bangladesh leader Sajedul Huq Rubel was released 18 hours after police detained him allegedly for his involvement in organising a labour movement.

Unidentified criminals shot a local Awami League activist dead in Rowangchhari upazila of Bandarban this evening.

Chittagong Medical College (CMC), which was closed following a clash between two factions of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), will reopen on November 27.

Law Minister Anisul Huq today said that the government does not lack humanity or compassion when it comes to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s medical treatment.

A 15-member delegation of BNP’s senior lawyers will meet with Law Minister Anisul Huq today to discuss the medical treatment of party Chairperson Khaleda Zia.

He became the vice chairman of an upazila parishad, general secretary of Gazipur city Awami League, and mayor of Gazipur -- all before he was 40.

At least 50 people were injured in clashes between BNP leaders and activists and law enforcers in Natore and Khulna yesterday during demonstrations demanding the government allow party Chairperson Khaleda Zia to go abroad for advanced treatment.

The International Crimes Tribunal-1 will deliver verdict tomorrow in a case filed against former BNP lawmaker from Bogura, Abdul Momin Talukder alias Khoka (69), over his alleged involvement in crimes committed during the Liberation War in 1971.

BNP will submit memorandums to all the Deputy Commissioner (DC) offices across the country on Wednesday (November 24), demanding that its Chairperson Khaleda Zia be allowed to go abroad for advanced medical treatment.

At least 20 people, including law enforcers and journalists, were injured as police and BNP activists clashed in Natore this morning.

The health condition of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, now admitted to Evercare Hospital in the capital, remained unchanged yesterday, said physicians.

MPs from Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) today formed a human chain demanding that the party Chairperson Khaleda Zia be released immediately and sent abroad for better treatment.

Ousted from the Awami League, Gazipur Mayor Mohammad Zahangir Alam is now set to face legal action by the ruling party and is on the verge of losing his mayorship for making controversial remarks on Bangabandhu and the Liberation War.

Amid repeated appeals for allowing the BNP chairperson to go abroad for better treatment, Law Minister Anisul Huq yesterday said the party could bring in expert doctors from abroad if it wanted.