Chittagong, Feb 12 – The lawyers’ panel, backed by BNP, has swept the Chittagong Bar Association election bagging 12 out of 19 posts, including that of the secretary.
Category: Governance
Bill passed with stern penalty for law order disruption
Dhaka, Feb 11 – The Jatiya Sangsad (Parliament) on Sunday passed a bill raising imprisonment term for disrupting law and order to a maximum of seven years from five years through the Speedy Trial Tribunal.
Khaleda gets division facilities in prison
Dhaka – The Special Judge Court-5 of Dhaka yesterday directed the jail authorities to provide division for BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia according to the provision of the jail code.
Star cricketer Shakib made ACC goodwill ambassador against graft
All-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has become an Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) goodwill ambassador to campaign against corruption.
Jail is not for leading luxurious life: Quadeer
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Sunday said jail is not a place for leading a luxurious life or for spending leisure time.
Arbitration results in Keraniganj man’s death over 2nd marriage
Dhaka -A young man was beaten to death allegedly by a mob at Bottoli area of the upazila on Saturday.
Khaleda verdict warning for corrupt politicians: Quader
Narayanganj, Feb 10 (UNB) – Awami League general secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Saturday said the court’s verdict against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia is a warning message for corrupt politicians in the country.
Khaleda in solitary confinement, alleges BNP
Dhaka, Feb 10 – Accusing the government of keeping its chairperson Khaleda Zia in solitary confinement at the abandoned old Dhaka central jail, BNP on Saturday demanded that she be given division immediately.
BNP brings out procession in capital; Several held
Dhaka, Feb 10 -BNP leaders and activists brought out a procession from Purana Paltan area in the city on Saturday in protest against the imprisonment of their Chairperson Khaleda Zia in a graft case.
Security beefed up at Judge Akhtaruzzaman’s home
Rangpur, Feb -Security has been beefed up at the ancestral home of Judge Md Akhtaruzzaman, who delivered the verdict in a graft case against BNP chief Khaleda Zia sentencing g her to 5 years jail, at Shahbaz village in Kaunia…
Khaleda’s prospect to join polls: Law, court decisions unclear
Dhaka, Feb 10 – It is the question in people’s mind whether BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia will be eligible for the next general election after being jailed for five years. Legal and election experts have no clear answer to it…
Sorensen second Trump aide to quit amid abuse claims
A speechwriter has become the second White House aide this week to resign amid allegations of domestic abuse. David Sorensen denies his former wife’s allegations he was violent and emotionally abusive. His departure comes just days after another Trump official,…
Kurdistan regional govt: Allegations of mass executions
Mass grave located near Bardiya Village Erbil – New evidence suggests that between August 28 and September 3, 2017, the Kurdistan Regional Government’s Asayish security forces from the West of the Tigris branch carried out mass executions of alleged Islamic…
Relatives visit Khaleda in prison
Relatives on Friday visited Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson Khaleda Zia in sub-jail in the Old Central Jail of the capital.
BNP accuses govt of treating Khaleda as ordinary prisoner
BNP on Friday voiced concern over the media reports that its chairperson, convicted in a graft case, has been kept in jail like an ordinary prisoner.
Govt employee held for Facebook comment on PM
Police detained a government employee from Akhura upazila on Thursday for making derogatory remarks about Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on his Facebook status.
BNP men stage demo protesting Khaleda’s imprisonment
Several hundred BNP leaders and activists brought out a procession in the city on Friday protesting imprisonment of party Chairperson Khaleda Zia in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case and demanding her immediate release.
US govt shuts down for second time this year
The US government has officially shut down for the second time this year because Congress failed to meet a deadline to vote on a new budget. Senators struggled with last-minute objections from Republican Rand Paul, but have now passed the…
Bus torched in Satkhira
Dhaka – Miscreants torched a bus at Bankal in the district town in Satkhira on Thursday evening.Merina Akhter, additional superintendent of Satkhira Sadar Circle, said that a gang of miscreants set fire to the stationary bus of ‘ A K…
3 BNP men held in Sylhet
Dhaka – Police arrested three leaders and activists of BNP and Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal from Kanaighat thana area on Thursday.
BNP men, police clash on Khaleda’s drive to court
Dhaka, 08 Feb – Clashes took place between police and BNP activists at different city points when they were heading towards Bakshibazar special court accompanying the motorcade of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia ahead of the verdict despite deployment of BGB,…
3 killed in Gopalganj road crash
Dhaka – At least three people were killed and seven others injured as a bus hit three human-haulers after knocking down two pedestrians at Kathi on Gopalganj-Kotalipara road in Sadar upazila on Thursday noon.
42 crude bombs seized in C’nawabganj
Dhaka – Members of Border Guard Bangladesh recovered 42 crude bombs from Fatehpur border area in Shibganj upazila in Chapainawabganj on Thursday morning.
BGB man hurt in Dinajpur smugglers’ attack
Dhaka – A member of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) was injured as smugglers launched an attack on a BGB team during a drive in Birampur bordering area in the district early Thursday.
Where is she now, Hasina asks about Khaleda
Criticising her arch rival Khaleda Zia for instigating violence in 2013, 2014 and 2015, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said ‘where the BNP chief is now’.
Verdict to deepen political crisis: Fakhrul
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday said the verdict in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case sentencing Khaleda Zia to five years’ imprisonment will deepen the country’s political crisis further.
Fakhrul making false allegation: DMP
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Asaduzzaman Miah on Thursday claimed that BNP secretary general’s allegation of ruling party men’s attacking BNP leaders and workers accompanying Khaleda’s motorcade as false.
Khaleda to appeal to HC against verdict
BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia will appeal to the High Court (HC) against the lower court verdict in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case, said her lawyer and party’s vice-chairman Advocate Khandker Mahbub Hossain.
Khaleda’s deeds exposed her to punishment
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today described BNP chief Khaleda Zia’s punishment as natural consequences of her past deeds particularly her role in burning to death innocent people in the name of political campaign in 2013-2015.
Khaleda sentenced to 5 years in prison
Dhaka, 08 Feb – In a major development, a Dhaka Special Judge’s Court yesterday sentenced BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia for five years imprisonment and her eldest son and BNP’s senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman and four others for 10 years in…