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Khaleda reaches court

Khaleda reaches court

FE online Desk 2018-02-08 13:56:06

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has entered the Bakshibazar special court in the city as the verdict of Zia Orphanage Trust graft case against her and her son Tarique Rahman is set to be delivered on Thur...

Khaleda turns emotional, recalls loss of near and dear ones

Khaleda turns emotional, recalls loss of near and dear ones

-- 2018-02-07 23:22:41

The BNP chairperson turned emotional on Wednesday while talking about the loss of her husband, mother and younger son, and said that people are now her relatives. In a choked voice at her press confe...

Quader says BNP at war against court

Quader says BNP at war against court

-- 2018-02-07 23:15:44

The Awami League general secretary has claimed that BNP has declared a 'war' against the court after having failed to launch a movement. Obaidul Quader on Wednesday said, "BNP doesn't obey the law an...

Dr Kamal decries politicisation, lobbying

Dr Kamal decries politicisation, lobbying

-- 2018-02-07 23:08:39

President of Gono Forum Dr Kamal Hossain has criticised public university teachers who become desperate to get promoted as professors on political consideration and through lobbying instead of the bas...

Police detain 222 BNP-Jamaat men in separate drives

Police detain 222 BNP-Jamaat men in separate drives

-- 2018-02-07 14:17:39

Police in separate drives arrested at least 222 leaders and activists of BNP-Jamaat from seven districts. The arrests were made in Gazipur, Chittagong, Naogaon, Lakshmipur, Chuadanga, Meherpur, and S...

Khaleda Zia calls press meet on Wednesday

Khaleda Zia calls press meet on Wednesday

-- 2018-02-07 11:26:29

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has called a press conference on Wednesday afternoon, a day ahead of the verdict on a corruption case against her. The news conference will be held at 5pm at the BNP chief...

Cops detain 25 BNP men in Sunamganj

Cops detain 25 BNP men in Sunamganj

-- 2018-02-07 11:14:07

Police arrested at least 25 leaders and activists of BNP from different areas of the district since Tuesday afternoon. The BNP men were nabbed on charge of planning to carry out subversive activities...

BCL activists ransack RESI principal’s office

BCL activists ransack RESI principal’s office

-- 2018-02-06 22:48:17

Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists on Tuesday allegedly vandalised the Rajshahi Engineering Survey Institute (RESI) principal's office and ransacked papers over a trifling matter on Tuesday. T...

Badruddoza terms prevailing crisis ‘acid test’ for government

Badruddoza terms prevailing crisis ‘acid test’ for government

-- 2018-02-06 00:00:00

President of Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury said the existing political crisis in the country is the government’s 'acid test'. The former president said it while addres...

Police detain BNP leader Habib-un-Nabi Sohel in city

Police detain BNP leader Habib-un-Nabi Sohel in city

-- 2018-02-06 00:00:00

BNP on Tuesday claimed that its Joint Secretary General Habib-un-Nabi Khan Sohel has been picked up from an apartment in Malibagh area. BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi told that...

Khaleda chooses road trip to create chaos: Obaidul

Khaleda chooses road trip to create chaos: Obaidul

-- 2018-02-05 21:09:00

BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia has taken the road trip in her Sylhet visit to create chaos ahead of the delivery of a verdict in a graft case against her. Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader c...

Khaleda reaches Sylhet Circuit House

Khaleda reaches Sylhet Circuit House

-- 2018-02-05 18:44:33

BNP Chairperson Khaleda reached the Circuit House in Sylhet on Monday afternoon after a seven-hour journey. Khaleda started her journey for Sylhet in the morning from her Gulshan residence by road...

Khaleda en route to Sylhet

Khaleda en route to Sylhet

-- 2018-02-05 00:00:00

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is on her way to Sylhet to offer prayers at the shrines of Hazrat Shahjalal (R) and Hazrat Shah Paran (R) ahead of the verdict in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case. Accom...

Khaleda heads back home after visiting Sylhet shrines

Khaleda heads back home after visiting Sylhet shrines

-- 2018-02-05 00:00:00

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has started for Dhaka after packing up her Sylhet tour. Earlier, she offered prayers at the shrines of Hazrat Shahjalal (R) and Hazrat Shah Paran (RA) in Sylhet on Monday...

Law minister contests Khaleda’s judiciary comment, terms it ‘untrue’

Law minister contests Khaleda’s judiciary comment, terms it ‘untrue’

-- 2018-02-04 22:17:04

Law Minister Anisul Huq has dismissed BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's allegation that the judiciary is not independent. On Sunday, he also said all should talk about the judiciary with respect. "Her a...

Khaleda calls standing committee meeting tonight

Khaleda calls standing committee meeting tonight

-- 2018-02-04 14:38:33

A day after meeting with her party's national executive committee, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is going to sit with the party's standing committee members tonight (Sunday night) to work out its future...

Cops detain 12 BNP leaders in Narayanganj, Narail

Cops detain 12 BNP leaders in Narayanganj, Narail

-- 2018-02-04 00:00:00

Police in separate drives arrested 12 leaders and activists of BNP  in two districts: 11 in Narayanganj and one in the south-western district of Narail. Zulfiqur Ali, senior vice-president of Na...

Quader says BNP to lose registration if boycotts polls

Quader says BNP to lose registration if boycotts polls

-- 2018-02-03 22:41:12

The Awami League general secretary has said that BNP will lose party registration if it does not take part in the next general election. While talking to reporters after visiting work on a rail overp...

Ershad says no trust in caretaker government

Ershad says no trust in caretaker government

-- 2018-02-03 22:33:01

Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad on Saturday said they do not trust any caretaker government. Mentioning that the next general election will be held as per the constitution, he noted, "The caretaker g...

Khaleda urges party men to be united to face upcoming danger

Khaleda urges party men to be united to face upcoming danger

-- 2018-02-03 16:00:07

Pointing at the verdict in her graft case to be delivered on Thursday,BNP Chief Khaleda Zia on Saturday called upon her party leaders and activists to stay united and face together any upcoming danger...

Lower courts under govt control: Khaleda

Lower courts under govt control: Khaleda

-- 2018-02-03 00:00:00

BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia has alleged the country’s lower courts are just following the government orders as they do not have the power to pronounce a proper judgment. BNP Chairperson Khaleda...

BNP’s executive committee meeting begins

BNP’s executive committee meeting begins

-- 2018-02-03 00:00:00

BNP’s National Executive Committee’s daylong meeting has begun at Hotel Le Meridien in Dhaka on Saturday with the party chairperson Khaleda Zia in the chair. The inaugural session of meet...

BNP's demand for caretaker govt illogical: Hanif

BNP's demand for caretaker govt illogical: Hanif

-- 2018-02-02 19:01:42

Awami League (AL) Joint General Secretary Mahbub-ul-Alam Hanif has said the BNP's demand for caretaker government is illogical. "Election Commission (EC) was able to hold several elections in a free,...

BNP killing time in indecision to skip next polls: Quader

BNP killing time in indecision to skip next polls: Quader

-- 2018-02-02 00:00:00

Awami League General Secretary on Friday said BNP is dilly-dallying to skip the upcoming parliament elections. He came up with the allegation while inaugurating the foot overbridge at Shonir Akhra in...

BNP wants huge gathering in Dhaka on February 8

BNP wants huge gathering in Dhaka on February 8

-- 2018-02-02 00:00:00

BNP wants huge presence of its leaders and activists in the capital on February 8 before the announcement of the verdict in a graft case against Khaleda Zia. The party is already taking all-out prepa...

Attackers are infiltrators, BNP says

Attackers are infiltrators, BNP says

-- 2018-01-31 23:33:12

The BNP does not recognise those who attacked on police outside the High Court on Tuesday, saying they were infiltrators not its activists. BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir came up w...

BNP says cops deployed in front of Khaleda’s residence

BNP says cops deployed in front of Khaleda’s residence

-- 2018-01-31 23:26:03

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has alleged that a huge number of police, including plainclothes ones, have been deployed in front of its chairperson's Gulshan residence. Senior joint secretary ge...

BNP chooses violence, starts ‘militant-style’ attack: Quader

BNP chooses violence, starts ‘militant-style’ attack: Quader

-- 2018-01-31 19:32:11

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has alleged that the BNP has given a clear sign of choosing violent path through launching an attack on police in a militant style. “They have atta...

Govt wants to create unstable situation in politics: BNP

Govt wants to create unstable situation in politics: BNP

-- 2018-01-31 17:16:23

BNP on Wednesday alleged that the government is making a chaotic situation in the country ahead of verdict on a graft case of its chairperson Khaleda Zia. “The government's main target is now t...

Police detain BNP leader Gayeshwar in Dhaka

Police detain BNP leader Gayeshwar in Dhaka

-- 2018-01-31 00:00:00

Police have detained BNP leader Gayeshwar Chandra Roy in Dhaka’s Gulshan. Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said the member of the party’s policymaking body National Standi...