Khaleda Zia

Claim of IS presence ploy to taint Bangladesh's image: PM

PM Hasina says a vested quarter is cooking a plot behind the scene to taint Bangladesh’s image to create a situation like in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Libya, Iraq and Syria by saying that there is the presence of Islamic State (IS) in the country.
8 November 2015

BNP’s Gayeshwar sent to jail in arson case

A day after issuing arrest warrant against BNP standing committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy, a Dhaka court sends the BNP leader to jail after he surrendered before it in an arson case.
4 November 2015

PM’s accusation may hinder fair probe: BNP

BNP spokesperson Ashaduzzaman Ripon criticises Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for accusing the party’s leaders and activists of carrying out secret killings in the country.
2 November 2015

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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