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BNP leaders not allowed to meet Khaleda
BNP leaders were “denied permission” to meet party Chairperson Khaleda Zia in jail yesterday.
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'Apparently healthy'
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia was taken to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University yesterday from the city's old central jail.
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Continue peaceful movement, Khaleda says from jail
Behind bars for two months in charges graft, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has instructed her party to "continue peaceful movement for restoration of democracy".
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Does the squeaky wheel get the oil?
As BNP's leadership keeps moving the higher courts to get bail for Khaleda Zia, an accused in the Zia Orphanage case, and trundles along the corridors of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) for permission to hold a public rally, the ruling party keeps a stoic distance.
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BNP yet to get nod to March 12 rally
The BNP is yet to get the permission to hold a rally on March 12 at Suhrawardy Udyan demanding release of its Chairperson Khaleda Zia.
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Khaleda confessed abuse of power, says court
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in her defence statement confessed that she had abused her power, said the court in the verdict of Zia Orphanage Trust graft case.
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UN hopes for free, fair polls in Bangladesh
United Nations secretary general’s office has expressed its hope that “a climate could be created where free and fair elections could take place,” in Bangladesh.
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It’s not easy typing a 632-page verdict: Law minister
The government will not interfere in preparing the certified copy of the graft verdict against Khaleda Zia, Law Minister Anisul Huq says reflecting on allegations of dillydally in preparing it.
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Khaleda was not shown arrested: Home minister
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal says that Khaleda Zia landed in jail following the verdict in Zia Orphanage Trust Graft case and “she has not been shown arrested” in any other case.
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Khaleda given division in jail: Prisons chief
Erasing doubts as to how BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is being treated at jail, Bangladesh’s prisons’ chief says that the former prime minister has been given division facilities.
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JS polls: SC, EC to decide Khaleda’s fate
Law Minister Anisul Huq says the Supreme Court and the Election Commission (EC) will decide whether BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia can contest the next general election.
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BNP self-proclaimed corrupt party: Obaidul
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader says BNP is a “self-proclaimed corrupt party.”
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BNP to hold first meeting today after Khaleda’s verdict
Two days after BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia lands in jail, the party leaders are going to hold its first meeting in her absence.
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Dhaka to be delinked
Law enforcers have taken a series of measures to prevent BNP supporters from entering the capital so they cannot gather on the streets centring on tomorrow's expected verdict in a corruption case against Khaleda Zia.
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Khaleda goes Sylhet by road to create pressure on court: Quader
Awami League General Secretary and Roads Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader says BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia went to Sylhet by road to create pressure on court about the verdict of her corruption case.
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Don't fall into any trap before polls
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has asked her party leaders and activists to remain united ahead of the next parliamentary elections and not to make any imprudent decision or walk into any trap.
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No untoward incident on Feb 8: Home minister
No untoward occurrence will take place in Bangladesh over the graft case verdict of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on February 8, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan says.
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'Govt out to have Khaleda convicted'
The BNP has planned to inform the foreign diplomats about the “weaknesses” in the graft case against party chief Khaleda Zia and convey its concern about the “government's eagerness” to convict the former premier to keep her away from elections and politics.
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DNCC Mayor Polls: Khaleda plans to join campaign
Khaleda Zia is planning to take part in the campaign for BNP-led 20-party alliance's mayor candidate in the Dhaka North City Corporation by-polls on February 26.
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Graft case: Lawyers seek acquittal of Khaleda
The lawyers for BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia seek “honorable acquittal” of the party chief in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case.
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Ruling quarter snatched people's democratic, human rights
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday alleged that the Awami League-led government has “indulged in a repressive and undemocratic rule”.
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Probe Khaleda’s money laundering allegation, Quader to ACC
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader calls upon the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to investigate the matter of laundering huge sums to Saudi Arabia by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia.
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Remarks on Khaleda: BNP says PM should apologise
The BNP yesterday asked Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to apologise for making “false and defamatory remarks” about its Chairperson Khaleda Zia.
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Khaleda gets bail in graft cases
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia gets bail in the Zia Orphanage Trust and Zia Charitable Trust graft cases after she surrendered before a makeshift court in Bakhshibazar of Dhaka.
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Graft Cases: Arrest order for Khaleda
A Dhaka court yesterday issued an arrest warrant for BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia after cancelling her ad-interim bail in the Zia Orphanage and Zia Charitable Trust graft cases.
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Graft: Khaleda pleads not guilty, next hearing Nov 30
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia pleads not guilty and demanded justice while delivering her self-defence in Zia Charitable Trust corruption case.
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Non-partisan govt a must
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday demanded the next parliamentary polls be held under a non-partisan government, claiming that no fair election would be possible with Sheikh Hasina in power.
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'No revenge on Hasina'
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday said she would not indulge in politics of vengeance despite her political arch rival Prime
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Orphanage Graft Case: SC clears way for trial of Khaleda Zia
The Supreme Court yesterday upheld a High Court order that cleared the way for the Senior Special Judge's Court-5 of Dhaka to continue trial proceedings of Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia.
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Graft case: Khaleda’s appeal to change court rejected
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court rejects a petition filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to change the court to hold hearing of Zia Orphanage Trust graft case against her.
