Dhaka, Feb 10 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina leaves here for Rome on Sunday morning on a four-day official visit to join the upcoming meeting of Rome-based International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) as one of its keynote speakers at…
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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…
Peaceful battle for Khaleda to continue: Fakhrul
Dhaka, Feb 9 – BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday said their party will do a peaceful and non-violent movement demanding the release of their chairperson Khaleda Zia alongside a legal battle at the High Court (HC).
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…
UN calls on all parties to maintain calm over Khaleda verdict
The United Nations has called on all sides to maintain calm over the conviction of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia by a special court.
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.
Khaleda conviction to deepen BNP crisis: Quader
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Friday said Khaleda Zia’s conviction in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case will deepen BNP’s internal crisis not country’s political crisis.
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.
Kim Jong-un’s sister Yo-jong in S Korea for Olympics
Kim Yo-jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, has arrived in South Korea. She is the first immediate member of the North’s ruling family to visit since the 1950-1953 Korean war. She and Kim Yong-nam, North Korea’s ceremonial…
BNP calls rallies Friday across Bangladesh in protest
Dhaka, 08 Feb – The BNP will stage nationwide demonstration across the country including the capital city of Dhaka after Juma prayer Friday and hold rallies tomorrow in protest against jailing the party chairperson Khaleda Zia and senior vice chairman…
Tarique to lead BNP in Khaleda’s absence
Dhaka, 08 Feb – BNP senior vice chairman Tarique Rahman, now in London in self exile, will discharge the responsibilities as party chairman in the absence of chairperson Khaleda Zia, who has been taken to jail in a graft case…
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,…
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…
Ex-PM Khaleda Zia awarded 5 years in prison
GreenWatch News Desk Dhaka, Feb 8 – BNP Chairperson and Bangladesh’s PM for three terms Begum Khaleda Zia has been sentenced to 5 years in prison in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case. Four others accused in the case have…
PM Hasina in Barisal to open cant, address rally
Dhaka, Feb 8 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reached Barisal on Thursday morning on a daylong visit to Patuakhali and Barisal districts to open ‘Sheikh Hasina Cantonment’ and attend a public rally.
Three opportunities for humanitarians in 2018
By Larissa Fast London, Feb 6 (IPS) – As 2018 begins, the challenges of humanitarian crises are momentous. Humanitarians are responding to large-scale emergencies in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Iraq, Syria and Yemen.
Gaza health sector on verge of collapse
By Tharanga Yakupitiyage UN, Feb 7 (IPS) – UN agencies have sounded the alarm on the rapidly deteriorating humanitarian situation in Gaza, pointing to the devastating repercussions of the ongoing fuel shortages.
Myanmar’s place at US military drills in Asia draws ire
Washington, Feb 8 (AP/UNB) — Lawmakers are demanding Myanmar’s exclusion from U.S.-led military exercises in neighboring Thailand next week amid pressure for more American sanctions in response to atrocities against Rohingya Muslims.
Court area goes under high security: Khaleda on way
Dhaka, Feb 8 – Law enforcers have taken unprecedented security measures in Bakshibazar and its surrounding areas in Old Dhaka on Thursday as a makeshift court is set to deliver verdict in a graft case against BNP Chief Khaleda Zia.
3,500 party men arrested, claims BNP
Dhaka, Feb 7 – BNP on Wednesday claimed that police arrested its around 3,500 leaders and activists across the country over the last few days ahead of the court verdict to be delivered on Thursday in a corruption case against…
Zia Orphanage Trust graft case verdict Thursday
Dhaka, 07 Feb – The Special Judge Court-5 of Dhaka is expected to deliver its verdict in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case filed against BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and five others today (Thursday).