BNP has warned that the government would have to bear the responsibility of any consequence arising out of the current situation unless it accepts their demand to hold a free and fair poll under a non-partisan administration. “The people hope…
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UN HR High Commissioner asks for finding a solution
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has stressed the need to find a solution to the ongoing political impasse in Bangladesh. Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein made the appeal on Wednesday when foreign minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali met him…
Act responsibly: Violence risks spiraling out of control
Bangladesh authorities should investigate and bring to justice in fair trials all those responsible for heinous petrol bomb attacks, Amnesty International said after another 20 people were wounded overnight, the Amnesty International has said in a statement on Thursday. There…
Sc order on Kamaruzzaman’s review plea Sunday
The review petition for Jamaat-e-Islami assistant secretary general Mohammad Kamaruzzaman was filed by his lawyer Shishir Monir filed the petition with the Supreme Court on Thursday. Following a plea by the state to hear the matter, chamber judge Justice Hasan…
HR body chair seeks SC support to stop extrajudicial killings
National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) chairman Dr Mizanur Rahman has said the persons involved with extra-judicial killings must be brought to justice, following a meeting with Chief Justice SK Sinha at the latter’s office on Thursday. “Drawing the attention of…
Fresh hartal from Sunday if demand not met: 20-Party
The BNP-led 20-party opposition alliance may call another spell of hartal from Sunday prolonging the uncertainties on roads and highways and sufferings of ordinary people. “The ongoing blockade programme will continue. Tough action including hartal will be enforced further from…
Khalada prefers jail to protect herself from public wrath: Hasina
Blasting Begum Khaleda Zia for not appearing before the court, Prime Minister and Leader of the House Sheikh Hasina today said the BNP chairperson prefers jail as the safest place to protect herself from the public wrath. . “As Khaleda…
Kamaruzzaman to file review in Appellate Division Thursday
Jamaat leader Mohammad Kamaruzzaman who has been sentenced to death for war crimes would file a review pitition with the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court Thursday. Five defence counsels visited Kamaruzzaman, the Jamaat-e-Islami’s assistant secretary general, at Dhaka Central…
Arrest warrant can’t undo movement, Khaleda for any sacrifice: Bnp
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia is ready to make any sacrifice in the interests of the country and emancipation of masses of the people, BNP joint secretary general Salahuddin Ahmed said on Wednesday. In a press statement issued from an undisclosed…
Court adjourns till 5 April upholding arrest warrant against Khaleda
A Dhaka Court on Wednesday upheld the arrest warrant it issued against BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia on February 25 but filed the petitions for withdrawal of the warrant and granting of bail before adjourning the proceesings till April 5.…
Diplomats see Khaleda reiterate end of violence for stability
A group of Dhaka-based foreign diplomats of nine missions including USA and the EU on Tuesday night reiterated their call for an end to continuing violence, recalling their previous statements on recent events in Bangladesh, and those by the UN.…
‘Khaleda to be in court if security, bail, safe return ensured’
The principal counsel for BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Tuesday said his client is ready to surrender to the trial court subject to ensuring adequate security, bail and safe return to her Gulshan office. ”We’re respectful to law… although we’re…
Khaleda arrest to ‘gravely destabilise’ Bangladesh: ICG
International Crisis Group on Monday warned that Bangladesh’s current political crisis may gravely destabilise Bangladesh if BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia is arrested. A special court has issued an arrest warrant for the leader of the opposition BNP, Khaleda Zia rejecting…
Rajshahi Mayor Bulbul’s house attacked after Liton’s
Homes of the sitting mayor Mosaddeq Hossain Bulbul and and the immediate past mayor Khairuzzaman Liton came under crude bomb attacks on Monday night. Soon after the crude bomb attack on the residence of its former mayor AHM Khairuzzaman Liton,…
Report on Khaleda ‘killing 42 during blockade’ April 16
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka yesterday (Monday) deferred the deadline to April 16 for submitting an investigation report in the case filed against BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and three others on charges of killing 42 people…
Form ‘terrorism’ resistance bodies at all localities: Khaleda
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday asked her alliance leaders and workers to form resistance movement committees against the “state terrorism” under the leadership of 20-party alliance at all the localities across the country. BNP joint secretary general Salahuddin Ahmed said…
Police guard withdrawn from Khaleda’s rented home
Police deputed at the house of the BNP chairperson have been withdrawn reportedly because Khaleda Zia continues to live in her office. No announcement has been made in this regard. The police team deployed to the house at Road No.…
Warrant issued for Khaleda’s office search in explosives case
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Sunday evening ordered police to search the Gulshan office of BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia. Metropolitan Magistrate SM Masud Zaman of the CMM Court issued the order in a case filed…
PM cautions army about militancy-terrorism, to be eliminated
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday called upon the members of the armed forces to always remain prepare to face any threat to country’s sacred constitution and democracy. She also urged the army to remain careful about the surge of…
20-Party for UN-led int’l probe of all violence in Bangladesh
The BNP-led 20-party opposition alliance on Sunday called for carrying out an international probe under United Nations into all acts of sabotage including extra judicial killing, violation of human rights and fire bombings. “Let the perpetrators those involved in acts…
Bnp demands trial of Avijit killers, says, people will face ‘terrorism’
BNP yesterday strongly condemned the killing of blogger Avijit Roy and demanded of the government to bring the killers to justice through fair investigation. “Killing of Avijit Roy in spite of full-proof security belt of police at Bangla Academy and…
Widespread vehicle torching ahead of 20-party’s hartal
Four vehicles, including two of private television channel Desh TV, were torched and three other vehicles vandalised in Dhaka city on Saturday evening ahead of 20-Party Alliance’s 72-hour hartal that begins Sunday. Witnesses said some youths brought out a sudden…
EU stresses need to protect fundamental rights
“Victims of violence deserve proper justice…there was a fruitful discussion on the importance of upholding the rule of law and respecting human rights as fundamental instruments for de-escalating political tensions,” says a media release issued by the EU Delegation to…
US wants Govt provide space for peaceful pol opposition
The United States hopes due process will be followed after an anti-corruption court in Bangladesh issued arrest warrants for former prime minister and opposition leader Khaleda Zia, the top US diplomat for South Asia said, several Bangladesh newspapers have reported…
Bnp’s 72-hour hartal from Sunday, mass procession in dists, Uzs
The BNP-led 20-party alliance yesterday announced another spell of 72-hour countrywide hartal from Sunday morning to press home their demands including holding a dialogue for an inclusive poll under a non-partisan government. The fresh shutdown has been called to protest…
CPB, BSD for national dialogue to end political impasse
The Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) and Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dal (BSD) on Friday called for a national dialogue among all the pro-liberation political parties to resolve the current crisis. Addressing a mass rally, jointly organised by the two left parties…
05 Jan election to blame for the present crisis: Charmonai Pir
The Pir Shaheb of Charmonai, Mufti Syed Muhammad Rezaul Karim on Thursday said that the 05 January 2014 election was at the root of the current political crisis in the country. He said because of that election panic has gripped…
Bnp reiterates demand of election, people counting Govt’s fall, it says
The BNP-led 20-party alliance yesterday said the people are now counting the days of fall of the government. “The people of the country expect that good sense will prevail upon the government and it will come forward to protect the…
Ban ki-moon concerned at arrest warrant against Khaleda
The secretary general of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon is very much concerned at the arrest warrant issued against Bnp chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia on Wednesday and renewed his appeal to the political leaders of Bangladesh to seek peaceful resolution…
Manna put under 10-day police remand
A Dhaka court has pur Nagorik Oikya Convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna on a 10-day police remand in a sedition case of alleged incitement for a possible military takeover in Bangladesh. Metropolitan Magistrate Mahbubur Rahman allowed remand sought by police when…