DHAKA: A team of Jukta Front led by Bikalpa Dhara President AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury is scheduled to hold talks with Prime Minister also Awami League President Sheikh Hasina at Ganabhaban, at 7:30pm Friday (Nov 2). The Jukta Front team will be of 14 members. Bikalpa Dhara Secretary

DHAKA: Jatiya Oikyafront leader and Gono Forum President Dr Kamal Hossain said no particular solution was found in the talks with Awami League led 14-party alliance at Ganabhaban. Dr Kamal was briefing the reporters at his residence at Bailey Road, as the dialogue ended Thursday (Nov

DHAKA: BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said dialogue or election neither will be fruitful keeping Khaleda Zia in jail.  Extending her (Khaleda) jail term does not reflect any activities of democracy. We are unfortunate that our judiciary is not independence, he

DHAKA: Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has agreed to sit for dialogue with other political parties apart from Jatiya Oikyafront and Bikalpadhara Bangladesh.  Quader, also the Road Transport and Bridges Minister, claimed that “World

DHAKA: Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad on Wednesday (Oct 31) sent a letter to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to sit with her ahead of the upcoming national polls. Ershad, as per letter, also wants leaders of United National Alliance to join the talks with the PM. His political and

DHAKA: A 16-member delegation from Jatiya Oikyafront led by Gono Forum president Dr Kamal Hossain will sit for talks with the ruling party at Ganabhaban on November 1. However, the names of the delegation member were not disclosed due to strategic reasons.  Oikyafront leaders held

DHAKA: BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said he and his party men are stunned by the High Court verdict extending the jail term to 10 years from five years for BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case. Terming the verdict as politically motivated,

DHAKA: The leaders of Jatiya Oikyafront are expected to hold a meeting Tuesday (Oct 30) evening to finalize their team for participating in the talks with the ruling Awami League.   The meeting will be held at the chamber of Oikyafront leader also Gono Forum President Dr Kamal

DHAKA: The High Court on Tuesday (Oct 30) enhanced the jail term to 10 years from five years for BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case. Judgment for the other five accused in the same case, who were handed over 10-year imprisonment each, will remain unchanged.

DHAKA: Prime Minister also Awami League President Sheikh Hasina has invited the leaders of Jatiya Oikyo Front for holding a dialogue at Ganabhaban on Thursday (Nov 1). A team of Awami League went to Oikyo Front frontman also Gono Forum President Dr Kamal Hossain’s residence at Bailey

DHAKA:  The High Court fixed Tuesday (October 30) for delivering its order on an appeal petition filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia challenging the lower court verdict that had awarded her five years’ imprisonment in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case. The HC will pronounce its

DHAKA: BNP has formally rejected the verdict against its chairperson Khaleda Zia in Zia Charitable Trust graft case terming the verdict as prescribed by the ruling party. The party will also stage demonstrations in metropolitan and district towns across the country on Tuesday (October

DHAKA: BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said party chairperson Khaleda Zia is being punished in fabricated cases while Prime Minister Shiekh Hasina is holding rallies using helicopters. The senior BNP leader made the reaction in party’s Naya Paltan party office on

DHAKA:  The Jatiya Oikyafront, the newly-formed political alliance, is willing to hold a rally either at Suhrawardy Udyan or in front of BNP’s Nayapaltan party office on Friday (November 2). The scheduled time is from 2 pm to evening. BNP senior joint secretary General Ruhul

DHAKA: A Dhaka special court on Monday (Oct 29) sentenced BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and 3 others to 7 years jail each, in much-hyped Zia Charitable Trust graft case. Moreover, all the four convicts have been fined Tk10 lakh each. They have to serve more 6 months in jail each, in case

DHAKA:  BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will not appear in the trial court during the verdict in Zia Charitable Trust graft case as her ‘physical conditions are not well enough’, said Professor Dr. Abdul Jalil Chowdhury, head of medical board formed for her treatment.  Judge Md

DHAKA: The appellate division of the Supreme Court cleared way for the lower court concerned to continue the trial in Zia Charitable Trust Corruption case in Khaleda Zia’s absence. The appellate division on Monday (Oct 29) rejected a petition of Khaleda Zia challenging a High Court

DHAKA: The makeshift court installed in Old Central Jail is all set to pronounce verdict in Zia Charitable Trust graft case against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia. The same court on Oct 16 set the date of verdict.     ACC (Anti-Corruption Commission) filed the graft case against

DHAKA:   The Appellate Division fixed Monday (October 29) for delivering its order on a petition filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia challenging the High Court verdict that cleared the way for the lower court concerned to continue the trial of Zia Charitable Trust Corruption case in

DHAKA: BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said the Election Commission (EC) is busy with forgery in name of Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) ahead of upcoming election. The senior BNP leader made the remarks at a press briefing in party’s Naya Paltan office on Sunday