Khaleda Zia
Democracy in Bangladesh on solid ground: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that democracy in Bangladesh now stands on a solid foundation having been practiced for the last two decades.
19 May 2015, 14:21 PM
Khaleda charged with Jatrabari arson attack
Detectives press charges against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and 37 others for the January 23 arson attack at Jatrabari that left one killed and 31 burnt.
19 May 2015, 13:30 PM
Fakhrul shown arrested in 3 cases
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has been shown arrested in three arson attack cases filed with Paltan Police Station this year.
19 May 2015, 11:40 AM
Salahuddin’s wife flies to India
Hasina Ahmed leaves Dhaka for the Indian state of Meghalaya to visit her husband BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed at a Shillong hospital.
17 May 2015, 13:45 PM
Restore political coexistence: Khaleda
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia calls upon the government to restore political coexistence in the country and demanded quick release of her party’s sick and senior leaders from jail.
13 May 2015, 14:41 PM
Indian cops arrest Salahuddin for intrusion
Indian police arrests BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed, who was missing for the last two months, in Shillong district of Meghalaya on charge of entering the country without travel documents.
12 May 2015, 08:10 AM
Opinion: Salauddin becomes another forgotten case?
It seems we do not care that a man just disappeared into the blues amidst allegation that the law enforcing agency was behind the Houdini act. He seems to have gone down the annals of disappearance of the likes of Ilias Ali, Chowdhury Alam and labour leader Aminul Islam.
10 May 2015, 08:08 AM
Salahuddin in Rab custody: Khaleda
Alleging that the missing BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed is “in the hands” of Rapid Action Battalion, Khaleda Zia warns of dire consequences if the elite force do not return back her party’s joint secretary general safe.
9 May 2015, 16:44 PM
Khaleda asked to appear before court May 25
A Dhaka court asks BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to appear before it on May 25 in connection with Zia Orphanage Trust and Zia Charitable Trust graft cases.
5 May 2015, 07:03 AM
Khaleda blames govt for Pintu’s death
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia alleges that the government shifted former BNP lawmaker Nasir Uddin Pintu to Rajshahi jail from Dhaka “in a bid to kill him”.
3 May 2015, 16:14 PM
US-Bangladesh partnership talks begin
The fourth US-Bangladesh Partnership Dialogue begins in Dhaka with the meeting of its working group.
30 April 2015, 05:07 AM
Saved by the grace of Allah: Khaleda
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia says the pro-government people raised several attacks to kill her during city corporation electioneering, but she was “saved by the grace of Allah”.
26 April 2015, 08:16 AM
Letter sent to Khaleda for ‘violating electoral code’
The returning officer of Dhaka North City Corporation sends letter to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia accusing her of violating the electoral code of conduct.
25 April 2015, 07:53 AM
Khaleda blasts EC over army deployment strategy
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia lambasts the Election Commission for its changed course of action regarding deployment of army during the city corporation elections.
24 April 2015, 11:31 AM
Khaleda skips campaign for today
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia skips electioneering for today in favour of her party-backed mayoral candidates in two Dhaka city corporations as repairing to her damaged SUV is underway.
23 April 2015, 11:42 AM
Khaleda’s Niko plea hearing adjourned
The High Court adjourns a hearing on a seven-year-old writ petition challenging the legality of Niko corruption case filed against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia.
23 April 2015, 11:36 AM
2 cases over Bangla Motor attack on Khaleda
BNP and the ruling party’s youth front Bangladesh Chhatra League files separate cases over the Bangla Motor attack on BNP chief Khaleda Zia.
23 April 2015, 08:42 AM
‘Projonmo League men’ attack Jasas rally
Bangladesh Muktijoddha Projonmo League, allegedly attacks a rally formed by Jasas protesting attacks on BNP chief Khaleda Zia’s during election campaign in Dhaka.
23 April 2015, 07:19 AM
Don't mar the mayoral elections
ONE'S first reac-tion to the announcement of the three mayoral elections was to ascribe all sorts of motives on the part of the government, and motives there may still be on its part.
22 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Pro-BNP professionals to meet CEC tonight
A delegation of Adorsho Dhaka Andolan will meet the chief election commissioner and lodge a complaint about recent incidents of hurling brick chips at the motorcade of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia during electioneering.
22 April 2015, 15:14 PM