DHAKA: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia filed a petition with the High Court seeking bail in her Cumilla arson case filed under the Special Powers Act.  Khaleda Zia’s lawyer Kaisar Kamal filed the petition on Tuesday (October 2). Earlier, Judge KM Shamsul Alam of District and Sessions

DHAKA: BNP alleges that the government (Awami League) is a drafting a roadmap in advance for the next parliamentary election. BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi also said that police filed cases against 55 bigwig BNP leaders including Secretary General and standing

DHAKA: High Court granted anticipatory bail to BNP standing committee member Moudud Ahmed in a case filed with Hatirjheel Police Station. The HC bench of Justice Muhammad Abdul Hafiz and Justice Kashefa Hossain granted bail on Tuesday (October 2) until police report is submitted.

DHAKA: Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader said the 7-point demand of BNP is totally illogical, irrelevant and some even unconstitutional. There is only a month left for the announcement of polls schedule. Even BNP knows that there are no time and scope to realize the

DHAKA: The appellate division of the Supreme Court rejected a plea of the state challenging High Court bail granted to BNP standing committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury in 2 cases filed on charge of provoking atrocity.   A three-member appellate bench headed by Chief Justice

DHAKA: The appellate division of the Supreme Court rejected petition of the state seeking cancellation bail of BNP chief Khaleda Zia in two cases filed against her on defamation charges. An appellate division bench comprised of three justices and headed by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud

FROM SUHRAWARDY UDYAN: Criticizing the recently passed Digital Security Act, BNP standing committee member Barrister Moudud Ahmed said the law will be scrapped within 7 days if the party comes to power in the next election.  The senior BNP leader made the remarks while addressing the

CUMILLA: A district court on Sunday (Sept 30) deferred the hearing on a bail petition filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in a murder case filed over death of 8 people following an arson attack on a moving bus in Cumilla. Acting judge Muhammad Jalaluddin of Cumilla Senior Judicial

DHAKA: Demanding the release of its jailed chairperson Khaleda Zia and forming ‘polls-time neutral government’, BNP has started its rally at Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital.  The programs of the rally formally begin by reciting from the Holy Quran at 2:00pm on Sunday (Sep 30).

DHAKA: A Dhaka court, setup in old central jail, directed lawyers of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to explain why her bail order in Zia Charitable trust graft case will not be cancelled. Judge Dr. Md. Akhteruzzaman of Special Judge’s Court-5 passed the order on Sunday (September 30)

SUHRAWARDY UDYAN: BNP activists started reaching the rally at Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital on Sunday (September 30). Though the program was supposed to begin at 11 am with musics, leaders and activists began gathering at the venue from 9 am onwards with banners, festoons, placards

DHAKA: Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) permitted BNP to hold a rally on Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka, on 22 terms of condition.  BNP Assistant Secretary General Abdus Salam Azad confirmed the matter to media Saturday (Sept 29). “We have met the DMP Commissioner. He has given us

DHAKA: Two pro- Awami League platforms rallied in front of National Press Club marking the 72nd birthday of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Bangladesh Awami League Procahrleague and Bangabandhu Sangskritik Jote staged rallies separately to celebrate birthday of the president of the

DHAKA: Confirming BNP’s rally on September 30, BNP standing committee member Moudud Ahmed said people are prepared to respond to wrongdoings. Moudud Ahmed made the remarks in a program marking the 2nd death anniversary of BNP standing committee member Brigadier General (retd)

DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Thursday (Sep 27) filed a revision petition with the High Court challenging the lower court’s decision to continue the trial of Zia Charitable Trust corruption case in her absence. Khaleda’s lawyer Barrister Kaisar Kamal told reporters that in

TANGAIL: Rangpur district unit Jubo League President Rashedunnabi Jewel was killed as a cement-laden truck collided with a Pajero on Dhaka-Tangail-Bangabandhu Bridge Highway in Bhuapur Link Road. Four others sustained injuries and were undergoing treatment at Tangail General Hospital.

DHAKA: Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad congratulated Bangladesh Cricket Team for their win over Pakistan to seal third final berth at the Asia Cup. The roaring Tigers defeated Pakistan in the Super Four encounter at Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi Wednesday. The former

DHAKA: BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said future plans and programmes will be announced from the party rally to be held in Suhrawardy Udyan on Saturday (Sep 29). “We will deliver policymaking speeches, future work plan and program directly from the rally,” he

DHAKA: The High Court adjourned until October 1 to hear a writ petition filed seeking its directive to the authorities concerned for arranging treatment of imprisoned BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia at a specialized hospital. A bench of Justice Sheikh Hasan Arif and Justice Ahmed Sohel

DHAKA: BNP has declared to stage a rally at Suhrawardy Udyan at 2 pm on the coming Saturday (September 29). BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi briefed media at party’s central party office in city’s Nayapaltan on Tuesday (September 25). Ruhul Kabir Rizvi urged