Khaleda Zia

Interpol issues red notice on Tarique

Interpol issues red notice upon BNP senior vice chairman Tarique Rahman in connection with August 21, 2004 grenade attack on Awami League rally that left 24 people dead.The name and details including photograph of Tarique, now staying in London, are posted as a wanted person on the Interpol website.
14 April 2015

Publish ad asking Khaleda to face court May 17: Court

A Dhaka court ask state-owned Sonali Bank to publish an advertisement asking BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and three of her members to appear before it by May 17 in Dandy Dyeing loan default case.
12 April 2015

HC extends stay on Barapukuria case against Khaleda

High Court extends its stay by six months on the proceedings of Barapukuria coalmine graft case against BNP chief Khaleda Zia.
9 April 2015

CJ assigns new HC bench to hear Khaleda pleas

A High Court bench is assigned to dispose of four petitions filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia challenging legality of the proceedings of three graft cases.
8 April 2015

Khaleda returns with failure: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has returned to her residence embracing failure and defeat after staying 92 days in her office aiming to topple the government.
7 April 2015

A return to sanity, hopefully?

KHALEDA Zia's bail and the opening of the BNP's central office in Nayapaltan by law enforcers have brought in a sense of relief for the people of this country.
6 April 2015

Cops redeployed at Khaleda’s Gulshan house

A day after BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia returned to her Gulshan residence, the government Monday evening redeploys police personnel in front of it to ensure her security.
6 April 2015

Khaleda Zia prays at Koko’s grave

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia offers prayers at the grave of her younger son Arafat Rahman Koko at Dhaka’s Banani Graveyard this evening.
6 April 2015

HC stays Rizvi’s remand in vandalism case

The High Court stayed for a month, a three-day remand of BNP joint Secretary General Rizvi Ahmed under police custody in a vandalism case.
5 April 2015

Minister’s parade cripples city

Thousands of people suffer on Dhaka city streets this afternoon for the mass parade of Shipping Minster Shahjahan Khan that crippled vehicular movements through key streets.
5 April 2015

Khaleda returns to her residence after 92 days

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia returns to her Gulshan residence in Dhaka today after a 92-day stay at her political office.
5 April 2015

Khaleda gets bail in graft cases

A Dhaka court grants bail to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in Zia Orphanage Trust and Zia Charitable Trust graft cases in her presence at the courtroom. The court passed the order after counsel for Khaleda, submitted separate bail petitions in the cases.
5 April 2015

‘Khaleda returning home tomorrow’

BNP chief Khaleda Zia will return to her house tomorrow after 91-day stay at her Gulshan office. Before that she will go to court at 9:30am, a media wing staff says.
4 April 2015

Graft cases: Khaleda to appear before court Sunday

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will appear before a Dhaka court on Sunday to seek bail in Zia Charitable Trust and Zia Orphanage Trust corruption cases, her counsel Sanaullah Miah says.
4 April 2015

Khaleda’s no-confidence in HC bench

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has expressed no-confidence in a High Court bench, which is set to give its verdict on April 5 on a petition for scraping the proceedings of Barapukuria coalmine corruption case against her.
2 April 2015

PM for partisan local govt elections

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said local government elections should be held in partisan manner and the related laws should be amended to do so.
1 April 2015

Prof Emajuddin warns EC of dire consequences in failure to hold fair Dhaka, Ctg polls

Pro-BNP academic Prof Emajuddin Ahmed has warned the Election Commission of dire consequences if it fails to hold the upcoming Dhaka and Chittagong city corporation polls in a free and fair manner.
31 March 2015

An unacceptable move from a leader

IN her most recent press conference, Khaleda Zia, leader of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), read her prepared statement by stating the significance of March in Bangladesh's history.
30 March 2015

Blockade on, demo new element in 20-party programme

Shortly after announcing fresh agitation programmes for tomorrow, the BNP-led opposition alliance realizes that it had forgot to include blockade. So, it revised the programme and sent out fresh news release
28 March 2015

President invites Khaleda on Independence Day

President Abdul Hamid invites BNP Chief Khaleda at his official residence Bangabhaban in Dhaka to attend programme marking the Independence Day tomorrow
25 March 2015