Khaleda Zia

Khaleda out on killing mission: Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina alleges that Khaleda Zia was out on a killing mission assassinating Awami League leaders, activists, writers, publishers and foreigners in her bid to tarnish the country’s image abroad.
2 November 2015, 12:15 PM

Mobin quit politics for govt pressure: Nazrul Islam

BNP Vice-Chairman Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury quit politics due to “government pressure”, a BNP senior leader claims.
31 October 2015, 09:05 AM

Positive changes in JS, but effectiveness under question: TIB

TIB's parliament watch study reports positive changes but says expected effectiveness was under question most of the time. The positive changes include average meeting duration, time spent while passing a law, and increase in the average attendance of parliament members on workdays and decline in quorum crisis on average.
25 October 2015, 09:22 AM

Raise voice to protect democracy: Khaleda

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia calls the countrymen to join her anti-government movement in the spirit of Ashura.
23 October 2015, 13:19 PM

Stay alert about plot against country’s religious harmony: Khaleda

BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia urges people regardless of their creed and colour to remain alert so that no one can carry out any evil act against the country’s religious harmony.
18 October 2015, 09:45 AM

PM vows intolerance to terrorism, blames BNP for foreigner killings

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expresses her firm determination to not tolerate any militancy and terrorism in the country.
15 October 2015, 13:18 PM

BNP leader ‘assaulted inside party office’

A BNP leader is allegedly assaulted inside the party’s Naya Paltan headquarters in Dhaka today.
13 October 2015, 13:10 PM

Aman free to walk out of jail

The Supreme Court upholds the High Court order that had granted bail to BNP leader Amanullah Aman in 27 vandalism and arson cases.
6 October 2015, 08:58 AM

2 remanded over Japanese citizen murder

A Rangpur court today placed Rashed-un-Nabi Khan Biplob,a local BNP activist, and Humayun Kabir Hira on a 10-day remand in Japanese national Hoshi Kunio murder case.
6 October 2015, 07:59 AM

Khaleda graft cases: Court adjourns hearing till Oct 15

A Dhaka court adjourns the hearing of trial proceedings in the Zia Charitable Trust and Zia Orphanage Trust graft cases filed against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and eight others till October 15.
17 September 2015, 07:30 AM

Court adjourns Khaleda’s graft hearing till Sept 17

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia appears before a Dhaka court in connection with both Zia charitable trust and Zia orphanage trust graft cases.
10 September 2015, 04:05 AM

Huda’s acquittal scrapped, Khoka’s graft trial to continue

The Supreme Court scraps High Court verdicts that had acquitted former BNP minister Nazmul Huda and former Mayor of Dhaka City Corporation Sadeque Hossain Khoka in separate corruption cases.
7 September 2015, 09:25 AM

No politics of vengeance: Khaleda

Urging national unity, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia today said she would do fair politics for the greater interest of the people forsaking politics of revenge.
1 September 2015, 15:55 PM

Govt unstable, may soon announce polls: Moudud

Claiming that the government is in an unstable situation, senior BNP leader Moudud Ahmed says it might soon announce the general election.
1 September 2015, 08:54 AM

Khaleda urges UN to probe enforced disappearance incidents

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia calls upon the United Nations to carry out an investigation into the enforced disappearance of Bangladeshi people that took place between 2009 and 2015.
30 August 2015, 16:00 PM

Barapukuria scam: Verdict on Khaleda’s plea any day

The High Court will deliver its verdict any day on a petition filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia challenging the trial proceedings of Barapukuria coalmine corruption case against her.
30 August 2015, 10:34 AM

Graft cases: Khaleda skips hearing again

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia skips the trial proceedings of Zia Charitable and Zia Orphanage Trust corruption cases due to her illness.
27 August 2015, 07:03 AM

Arrest order for 14 BNP leaders

A Dhaka court issues arrest warrant against BNP Vice Chairman Selima Rahman and 13 others in an arson case filed with Khilgaon Police Station in January.
25 August 2015, 11:32 AM

August 21: The day that changed politics, forever

That humid August afternoon changed Bangladesh politics, perhaps forever. An Awami League rally was in progress at the Bangabandhu Avenue and it was around 5.15pm at the fag end of the rally when Sheikh Hasina, then the opposition leader, started her speech from the top of an open truck.
20 August 2015, 11:41 AM

Khaleda’s passport scans are fake!

Two curious images of what appears to be BNP chief Khaleda Zia’s passport have been recently floating around facebook.
13 August 2015, 08:38 AM