Dhaka, July 11 – Four suspected drug traders and one suspected robber were killed in separate ‘gunfights’ with police and Rab in Kushtia, Natore, Laxmipur districts and Keraniganj on Tuesday night and early Wednesday as the anti-narcotics crackdown continues across…
A court here on Tuesday again extended the bail of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia till July 17 in Zia Charitable Trust graft case.
BNP on Tuesday alleged that Election Commission Secretary Helal Uddin Ahmed who is ‘working in favour of Awami League’ is now running the Commission.
The BNP on Monday warned that holding the next general elections in the country would not be allowed keeping party chairperson Khaleda Zia in the prison and without her participation in the polls.
Rajshahi, July 8 – Tarikul Islam Tarek who was attacked by some BCL leaders and activists on Rajshahi University (RU) campus in Quota reform movement has been transferred to Dhaka for his better treatment.
Dhaka, July 8 – The High Court Sunday deferred till July 9 (today) the hearing on four appeals in connection with Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case in which BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment. Following a…
Dhaka, July 7 – BNP senior leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Saturday said their party will not join the next parliamentary elections without Khaleda Zia.
BNP senior leader Moudud Ahmed on Saturday said the government must reach an understating with their party for holding a participatory general election.
BNP will stage demonstrations in all thanas of the capital on Sunday protesting what the party said the denial of police permission for holding its Saturday’s rescheduled rally in the city.
BNP senior leader Khandaker Mahbub Hossain on Friday said their party is gradually losing confidence in the judiciary as the way courts are passing orders in its chairperson Khaleda Zia’s different cases.
Denied permission to hold its protest rally in front of its Nayapaltan central office at 2pm today (Thursday), BNP rescheduled it for Saturday.
Dhaka, July 5 – Female students from different halls of Dhaka University organized a protest rally and human chain on Thursday morning, in continuation of the agitation that began at female the dorms Tuesday night, demanding a campus safe for…
The Supreme Court will hear on July 9 a review petition filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia against its order that asked the High Court to dispose of her appeal by July 31 challenging the lower court verdict sentencing her…
Dhaka, July 5 – Two separate courts here on Thursday rejected the bail petitions filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in two cases — one for celebrating ‘fake’ birthday and the other for undermining the country’s map, national flag and…
Faridpur, July 5 – Following weeks of harassment by a group of stalkers enjoying the protection of local influentials, a pair of twin sisters submitted their written allegations in letter form to the Charbhadrasan Upazila Nirbahi Officer, after fleeing an…
A medical microbiologist working in developing countries says that a major obstacle in tackling antimicrobial resistance is a lack of access to clean water.
Trashing media reports on the party’s strained relations with alliance partner Jamaat, BNP on Wednesday said all the components of the 20-party combine decided to work together for single mayoral candidates in Rajshahi, Sylhet and Barishal city polls.
BNP senior leader Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury on Tuesday alleged that BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is not getting justice due to political vengeance against her.
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed a vaccine, diluted into drinking water, to treat diarrhoea on piglets being weaned. The vaccine reduces the global resistance problem caused by excessive antibiotic use.
Dhaka – A court here will deliver its order on July 17 on a bail petition filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in a case filed over her derogatory remarks about freedom fighters and Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Denouncing the attacks on anti-quota movement activists, BNP on Monday urged the government to resolve the problem over the quota system peacefully through discussions with the demonstrators.
Dhaka July 1 – The Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court of Dhaka on Sunday deferred to August 5 the next hearing in 11 cases filed against Begum Khaleda Zia. The cases include a sedition case for her remarks about the number…
BNP on Sunday strongly condemned Saturday’s “barbaric” attack on the leaders of anti-quota movement by Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) on Dhaka University campus.
Condemning attacks on the leaders of anti-quota movement, Prof AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury-led Jukta Front on Sunday said the brutality against students is unexpected.
427 women raped, it says Dhaka, June 30 – Some 275 people were killed in incidents of ‘gunfight’ and ‘crossfire’ with law enforcers, and in custody of law enforcement agencies, or being shot by law enforcers from January 1 to…
Dhaka, June 30 – BNP senior leader Mirza Abbas on Saturday said their party did not put up any resistance against the ruling party’s various irregularities in Gazipur and Khulna polls due to a strategic reason.
Dhaka, Jun 30 – Speakers at an event in Geneva on Friday have pleaded for a rights-based protection framework and adaptation-based resilience as the fundamental need for climate displaced people.
BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Friday said the next general election must be held under a non-party neutral administration as the ‘countdown for farewell to the government has begun’.
A gunman opened fire at a local newspaper office in Maryland, killing five people and injuring others in what police said was a “targeted attack”.
Dhaka, June 28 – The Special Judge Court-5 of Dhaka on Thursday extended the bail of BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia till July 10 in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case.