DHAKA: BNP is set to start selling the nomination forms on Wednesday (June 20) for the upcoming mayoral polls in Rajshahi, Barishal and Sylhet city corporations. BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi made the announcement at party’s central office in city’s

DHAKA: General Secretary of ruling Awami League Obaidul Quader said BNP leaders cannot meet their Chairperson Khaleda Zia in jail whenever they wish as it is a prison after all. “Relatives are meeting Khaleda Zia whenever they want to. Since it is a penitentiary, BNP leaders can not

CUMILLA: Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said BNP is making an issue out of its Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s illness. Obaidul Quader made the remark after inspecting Padua Market Road of Cumilla on Comilla-Noakhali Highway on Sunday (June 17). “BNP doesn’t

DHAKA: Expressing fear that the jailed BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia might be paralyzed anytime, party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir categorically said she (Khaleda) will not take treatment from Combined Military Hospital or CMH. He made the remarks at a press conference

NOAKHALI: BNP standing committee member Barrister Moudud Ahmed alleged that policemen barred him from leaving his house in Noakhali on Eid day but police on the other hand denied the allegation citing ‘the blockade was for security reasons’. Moudud also indicated that Awami League

DHAKA: Relatives of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has met her in jail, though a batch of senior party leaders were denied permission earlier. A group of 20 people stayed in prison for 2 hours from 2:30 pm on Saturday (June 16). Members of her (Khaleda Zia) family brought with them

DHAKA: BNP senior leaders including party Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir have failed to meet their Chairperson Khaleda Zia in prison on Eid day. The BNP leader reached near the Dhaka central jail around 12:15pm Saturday (June 15) but police blocked them on the road half

DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has greeted the countrymen on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr and wished them 'Eid Mubarak' from jail. BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said it while speaking at a press conference at BNP's Nayapaltan central office. 

FENI: Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader said if necessary, army might be deployed in the upcoming general election as per constitution. Mentioning that the government is not opposed to army deployment, he said if it deemed necessary, the election commission will ask the

DHAKA: Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader questioned BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s no confidence on Combined Military Hospital (CMH). “Khaleda Zia is a member of army family. Why can’t she have faith in CMH?” said Quader. The minister made the remarks to

DHAKA: A Dhaka Court has withdrawn 'Production Warrant' (PW) issued against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in Gatco and Barapukuria Coal Mine corruption cases. Judge Abu Syed Diljar Hossain of Dhaka Special Judge Court-3 in Gatco corruption case and Judge KSM Shah Imran of Dhaka

DHAKA: Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia should not reject Combined Military Hospital (CMH) for having treatment as she earlier expressed reluctance to get that at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU). Obaidul Quader was

DHAKA: BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir returned home Tuesday (June 12), wrapping up his visit to Thailand and United Kingdom.  Leaving London, he landed in Dhaka in the evening, his personal secretary Yunus Ali told Banglanews. “The secretary general arrived in

DHAKA: If BNP wants, its Chairperson Khaleda Zia will be taken to Combined Military Hospital (CMH), said Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal Tuesday (June 12).  “There is no scope to ignore CMH, because it is a resourceful hospital,” he said. The minister made the remark after

DHAKA: If willing, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will be taken to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) hospital on Tuesday (June 12), said Inspector General of Prisons Brig Gen Syed Iftekhar Uddin. “The illness of Khaleda Zia is not a matter of falsehood. BNP, in their

DHAKA:  Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh president and United Front chairman AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury has urged the government for sending BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, who is now in jail, to London for better treatment. He made the call at an iftar party organized by Bangladesh Jana Dal (BJD)

DHAKA: BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said his party chairperson Khaleda Zia, who is now in jail, will not take medical treatment at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) hospital. He made the remarks at a press briefing in party’s Nayapaltan

DHAKA: The High Court adjourned till Monday (June 11) the hearing on the bail petition of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in a sabotage case filed in Cumilla. On Saturday (June 10), The HC bench of Justice Md Shawkat Hossain and Justice Abu Taher Md. Saifur Rahman fixed the date.

DHAKA: BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir is supposed to join an iftar dinner hosted by BNP’s UK unit on Sunday (June 10), in participation of party’s Acting Chairperson Tarique Rahman. Sources said that the iftar dinner will be held at The Royal Regency Hotel in

DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will be taken to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) hospital on Sunday (June 10) for checking up her health condition, said Law Minister Anisul Huq. The minister made the disclosure at a program at the secretariat. “Her personal