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BNP submits memo to DCs seeking Khaleda’s release

-- 2018-06-14 17:31:18

BNP submitted memorandums to deputy commissioners (DCs) across the country, including Dhaka, on Thursday, demanding its chairperson Khaleda Zia's proper medical treatment and her release from jail bef...

BNP demands Khaleda’s unconditional release before Eid

-- 2018-06-14 16:07:41

BNP on Thursday demanded the 'unconditional' release of its chairperson Khaleda Zia, not that of on parole, from jail before Eid-ul-Fitr. "I don't know what her lawyers have said...I on behalf of par...

Khaleda Zia to be taken to CMH if BNP wants: Home Minister

-- 2018-06-12 17:22:41

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said on Tuesday said they will take BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia to the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) Dhaka for conducting necessary wellness check if the party...

BNP senses ‘change in India’s view’

-- 2018-06-12 11:40:36

Two leaders of the BNP say they saw ‘a change in the outlook of the Indians’ about Bangladesh during a recent visit there. BNP National Standing Committee Member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdh...

BNP seeks Khaleda’s release before Eid, to submit memo to DCs

-- 2018-06-11 20:32:39

BNP leaders and activists will submit memorandums to deputy commissioners (DCs) across the country on Thursday demanding its chairperson Khaleda Zia's proper medical treatment and her release from jai...

BNP against party chief's treatment at BSMMU

-- 2018-06-11 00:32:10

BNP on Sunday opposed the government's decision to send their chairperson Khaleda Zia to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) as it thinks her proper treatment is not possible there, re...

Fakhrul in London to meet Tarique

-- 2018-06-10 21:45:39

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has gone to London to meet Tarique Rahman, the party’s acting chairperson. The development comes amid Khaleda Zia's imprisonment in a number of...

Khaleda’s physicians lying to gain court’s sympathy: Attorney General

-- 2018-06-10 20:19:52

Attorney General Mahbubey Alam today said BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia’s physicians are lying about the health of the client to gain court’s sympathy. “They claimed that she ha...

Khaleda to be taken to BSMMU today: Minister

-- 2018-06-10 13:57:38

Law Minister Anisul Huq says BNP chief Khaleda Zia will be taken to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University for medical tests on Sunday after her personal doctors claimed she had suffered a &lsquo...

Tests will check Khaleda’s condition: Kamal

-- 2018-06-10 11:21:34

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan says medical tests will be conducted on BNP chief Khaleda Zia to determine the condition of her health after her personal doctors expressed their concern that she may ha...

Police arrest AL leader for hitting sub-inspector in Mymensingh

-- 2018-06-09 20:19:03

An Awami League leader has been detained over allegations of hitting a police sub-inspector in Mymensingh’s Gauripur. The detainee, Rokunuzzaman Pallab, is the general secretary of the Gauripur...

Physicians fear Khaleda suffered mild stroke  

-- 2018-06-09 19:48:28

The four personal physicians who met BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia at the Old Central Jail on Saturday feared that she might have suffered a mild stroke. "BNP Chairperson Khalade Zia collapsed on the g...

'Govt proposes new budget considering public interest'

-- 2018-06-08 19:21:06

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has said the government has proposed the new budget for the 2018-19 fiscal considering the interest of the people and the development of the country....

BNP rejects budget, calls it polls-oriented

-- 2018-06-08 10:16:37

BNP has rejected the proposed national budget for the fiscal 2018-19, describing it as an anti-people one. Two BNP senior leaders -- Khandakar Mosharraf Hossain and Barrister Moudud Ahmed -- came up...

Next budget not to be pro-people: Rizvi

-- 2018-06-05 21:15:05

BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has said the upcoming national budget will not be public welfare-oriented one. "No one can expect a public-oriented budget from an anti-people gov...

‘People won’t respond to BNP’s call for movement’

-- 2018-06-04 20:21:04

Claiming that the country's people are now living in peace, Health Minister Mohammed Nasim on Monday said they will not respond to BNP's call for any movement to get their chairperson Khaleda Zia free...

AL candidate wins Bagerhat by-election unopposed

-- 2018-06-04 17:20:40

Awami League candidate Habibun Nahar Bina, the wife of newly-elected Khulna Mayor Talukder Abdul Khalek, has been declared the new lawmaker from Bagerhat-3 constituency. She ran unopposed in the Bage...

Nazrul warns of strong movement to free Khaleda if legal battle fails

-- 2018-06-04 17:14:28

BNP senior leader Nazrul Islam Khan on Monday warned that their party will be forced to wage a strong street movement if it fails to have Khaleda Zia freed from jail through a legal battle. He issued...

Court extends Khaleda's bail in Zia Charitable case

-- 2018-06-04 13:20:47

A Dhaka court has extended the bail for BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia until June 28 in Zia Charitable Trust graft case. Judge Md Akhteruzzaman of the Special Judge Court-5 passed the order and fixed th...

HC grants bail to Giasuddin Quader Chowdhury

-- 2018-06-03 16:09:56

The High Court (HC) has granted a three-month bail to BNP leader Giasuddin Quader Chowdhury, younger brother of executed war criminal Salauddin Quader Chowdhury, in two separate cases. A HC bench of...

Mistakes can occur in anti-narcotics drive: Obaidul Quader

-- 2018-06-02 17:08:30

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has said that one or two mistakes may occur during the ongoing anti-narcotics drive. "It's a huge drive, one or two mistake can occur during it" the...

Youth dies in B’baria pre-voting violence

-- 2018-06-01 11:29:34

A young man was killed in a clash over domination ahead of Union Parishad election between two rival groups at Doulatpur village in Nasirnagar upazila of Brahmanbaria on Thursday. The deceased was id...

Giasuddin Quader Chy faces arrest warrant

-- 2018-05-31 16:36:30

BNP leader Giasuddin Quader Chowdhury, younger brother of executed war criminal Salauddin Quader Chowdhury, has got an arrest warrant in a defamation case. A court in Chattogram on Thursday issued an...

70 BNP men face defamation case in Chattogram

-- 2018-05-31 10:39:11

Defamation suit filed against 70 activists and leaders of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) over defamation speech on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday evening. Md Jamal Uddin, Chhatra Leagu...

AL secretariat meeting Thursday

-- 2018-05-30 18:26:13

A meeting of Awami League (AL) secretariat will be held at 3:00pm on Thursday at the party president’s political office at Dhanmondi in the city. AL General Secretary and Road Transport and Bri...

Mashrafe, Shakib could contest in upcoming election: Planning Minister

FE Online Report 2018-05-29 19:23:24

Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal Tuesday in Dhaka hinted that Bangladesh’s one-day national cricket team skipper Mashrafe Bin Mortaza and the test and T20 captain Shakib Al Hasan could contes...

Rohingya crisis: AL seeks role of Russia, China, India

-- 2018-05-28 19:56:32

The Awami League has requested Russia, China and India to play an even more robust role in ensuring a swift solution to the Rohingya crisis. The ruling party also sought cooperation to ensure safe an...

HC grants bail for Khaleda in two cases, denies in one

-- 2018-05-28 12:24:43

The High Court has granted bail for six months to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in two cases of Cumilla and rejected the bail petition in a defamation case of Narail. A bench of Justice AKM Asaduzzaman...

No innocent person killed in anti-drug drive: Obaidul

-- 2018-05-27 21:54:44

Road Transport and Bridges Minister and general secretary of ruling Awami LeagueObaidul Quader on Sunday said no innocent people has been killed in the recent incidents of gunfight so far. The minist...

AL secretariat meeting Wednesday

-- 2018-05-27 18:19:06

A meeting of Awami League (AL) secretariat will be held at 10:30am on Wednesday at the party president's political office in Dhanmondi. AL General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Ob...