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BNP slams Quader for accusing Tarique of London attack

BNP slams Quader for accusing Tarique of London attack

-- 2018-02-13 21:35:49

BNP on Tuesday heavily come down on Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader for his remark regarding involvement of Tarique Rahman in the recent attack on Bangladesh High Commission office in Lo...

BNP ponders intensified movement to free Khaleda

BNP ponders intensified movement to free Khaleda

-- 2018-02-13 17:09:54

The BNP secretary general has said that they will intensify their current movement to force the government to release their chairperson from jail. Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday said, "Our cu...

BNP stages sit-in protesting Khaleda's jail

BNP stages sit-in protesting Khaleda's jail

-- 2018-02-13 12:33:13

BNP leaders and activists are staging a sit-in programme in front of its Nayapaltan central office in Dhaka on Tuesday protesting the jailing of the party chairperson Khaleda Zia in a graft case. As...

BCL hartal in Rangamati protesting ‘assualt’ on leader

BCL hartal in Rangamati protesting ‘assualt’ on leader

-- 2018-02-13 11:47:15

The dawn-to-dusk hartal enforced by Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) Rangamati district unit protesting attack on Supayan Chakma, general secretary of Sadar upazila unit of BCL, is underway. Due to th...

Quader blames Tarique for London embassy attack

Quader blames Tarique for London embassy attack

-- 2018-02-12 19:53:27

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader put the blame of February 7’s attack on Bangladesh High Commission in London on BNP senior Vice-Chairman Tarique Rahman.   "Staying in London,...

BNP forms human chain over Khaleda’s jailing

BNP forms human chain over Khaleda’s jailing

-- 2018-02-12 11:37:27

As part of its countrywide scheduled programme, BNP leaders and activists formed a human chain in Dhaka on Monday protesting against the jailing of its Chairperson Khaleda Zia in a graft case. Severa...

Police arrest six BNP, Jamaat men

Police arrest six BNP, Jamaat men

-- 2018-02-12 11:04:17

Police in special drives arrested six leaders and activists of BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami from different upazilas of Comilla district. Police conducted the drives from Sunday night to Monday morning and...

BNP says peaceful movement a strategy, not weakness

BNP says peaceful movement a strategy, not weakness

-- 2018-02-11 21:56:28

Senior leaders of BNP have defended their current strategy to gain public sympathy while not losing the party's strength. About maintaining a soft line of action after the court verdict against Khale...

BNP, allies meet this evening

BNP, allies meet this evening

-- 2018-02-11 15:40:03

Senior leaders of the BNP-led alliance will sit in a meeting on Sunday evening to discuss the evolving situation following the jailing of Khaleda Zia, and work out its next course of action. BNP secr...

Quader terms Khaleda verdict warning for corrupt politicians

Quader terms Khaleda verdict warning for corrupt politicians

-- 2018-02-10 21:05:54

Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader has said the verdict against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia is a warning message for the country’s corrupt politicians. "The judgment that the court...

Khaleda at old jail: Oli sees government-JP nexus

Khaleda at old jail: Oli sees government-JP nexus

-- 2018-02-10 20:12:56

The Awami League government along with its ally Jatiya Party has orchestrated the plan to keep BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia at the abandoned Dhaka central jail.  Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Pr...

BCL activists bash journalist for misspelling organisation’s name

BCL activists bash journalist for misspelling organisation’s name

-- 2018-02-10 19:10:35

Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists allegedly bashed two journalists in Sylhet on Saturday over the spelling of the organisation's name in a Facebook post. The victims are Gopal Bardhan, distri...

BNP to mount pressure on government for releasing Khaleda

BNP to mount pressure on government for releasing Khaleda

-- 2018-02-10 19:00:26

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) decided to further mount pressure on the government to release the party’ chief Khaleda Zia from jail.   To this end, BNP on Saturday announced anoth...

BNP throws fresh programmes amid police action against demo

BNP throws fresh programmes amid police action against demo

FE Online Report 2018-02-10 17:43:26

The BNP announced on Saturday new three-day programmes, including sit-in protests and a hunger strike, to protest the conviction of party chief Khaleda Zia. The new programmes were announced at the p...

BNP promises peaceful movement demanding Khaleda’s release

BNP promises peaceful movement demanding Khaleda’s release

-- 2018-02-09 22:55:33

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday said their party will carry out a peaceful and non-violent movement demanding the release of their Chairperson Khaleda Zia. He also said th...

Court puts Khaleda’s assistant Shimul on five-day remand  

Court puts Khaleda’s assistant Shimul on five-day remand  

-- 2018-02-09 22:15:10

A Dhaka court on Friday granted a five-day remand to BNP chief Khaleda Zia's special assistant Samsur Rahman alias Shimul Biswas in a case filed under Special Power Act with Shahbagh Police Station....

Khaleda's verdict to intensify BNP's internal feud: Obaidul Quader

Khaleda's verdict to intensify BNP's internal feud: Obaidul Quader

-- 2018-02-09 20:12:51

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has claimed the verdict against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia would intensify the party's internal feuds. The road transport and bridges minister made the...

Police sue 300 BNP men in Khulna, Sylhet

Police sue 300 BNP men in Khulna, Sylhet

-- 2018-02-09 19:54:21

Police filed two cases against around 300 leaders and activists of BNP, including its Khulna unit chief, in Khulna and Sylhet. The cases were filed on Friday in connection with violence following Thu...

Family members meet Khaleda in prison

Family members meet Khaleda in prison

-- 2018-02-09 17:07:36

Four family members of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia met her at the old central jail on Nazimuddin Road in Old Dhaka on Friday. Khaleda's brother Shamim Iskander along with the three other family membe...

BNP brings out procession in city after Juma prayers

BNP brings out procession in city after Juma prayers

-- 2018-02-09 16:33:17

BNP leaders and activists brought out a procession from Baitul Mukarram national mosque after Juma prayers protesting their party chief Khaleda Zia’s conviction in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case...

Govt treating  Khaleda as ordinary prisoner: BNP

Govt treating Khaleda as ordinary prisoner: BNP

-- 2018-02-09 15:11:20

BNP on Friday expressed concern over the media reports that its chairperson has been kept in jail like an ordinary prisoner. He came up with the allegation while briefing at BNP’s Nayapaltan ce...

BNP to demonstrate after Jum'a prayers

BNP to demonstrate after Jum'a prayers

-- 2018-02-09 11:55:09

BNP will stage demonstrations across the country on Friday protesting its chief Khaleda Zia's verdict in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case. As part of their two-day demonastration programme, party leade...

Tarique to run BNP as acting chief from London

Tarique to run BNP as acting chief from London

-- 2018-02-08 23:52:53

Senior vice-chairman of BNP Tarique Rahman will run the party as its acting chairman in absence of Chairperson Khaleda Zia. Party leaders said this on Thursday after the BNP chief was sent to jail fo...

Khaleda gets fruits, juice as first meal in jail

Khaleda gets fruits, juice as first meal in jail

-- 2018-02-08 23:38:16

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia was served papaya juice and assorted fruits after she was taken to old central jail on Nazimuddin Road in Bakshi Bazar on Thursday. As per UNB, the BNP chief was taken to...

Lawyers plan appeal against Khaleda’s verdict Sunday

Lawyers plan appeal against Khaleda’s verdict Sunday

-- 2018-02-08 18:40:57

Bangladesh National Party (BNP) chief Khaleda Zia will file an appeal against Thursday’s verdict on Sunday if her lawyers can manage a certified copy of the judgment. BNP standing committee mem...

BNP calls protest on Friday, Saturday

BNP calls protest on Friday, Saturday

-- 2018-02-08 16:50:43

BNP has announced a two-day countrywide demonstration programme for Friday and Saturday in protest of jailing their Chairperson Khaleda Zia in connection to a graft case BNP secretary general Mirza F...

Political revenge behind verdict: Rizvi

Political revenge behind verdict: Rizvi

FE online Desk 2018-02-08 16:14:28

Expressing reaction over the verdict in BNP Chief Khaleda Zia in Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case, the BNP said the judgment was nothing but a political vengeance of one certain leader. BNP Senior...

BNP men clash with police in city

BNP men clash with police in city

-- 2018-02-08 15:11:45

Agitated BNP men clashed with police at Chankharpul when the latter were heading towards Bakshibazar special court accompanying the motorcade of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia ahead of the verdict set to...

Khaleda gets five years in jail

Khaleda gets five years in jail

-- 2018-02-08 14:56:44

A special court in Dhaka city has sentenced BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to five years in jail in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case. Judge Md Akhtaruzzaman of Special Court-5 pronounced the verdict o...

BNP men attack BD High Commission in London

BNP men attack BD High Commission in London

-- 2018-02-08 14:29:09

Leaders and activists of BNP attacked the High Commission on Wednesday afternoon over the verdict in the graft case against Khaleda Zia after staging a protest programme on the premises of Bangladesh...