BNP accuses the government of putting pressure on the chief justice to change the Supreme Court verdict that declared the 16th amendment to the constitution illegal.

The government will seek a review for expunging some of the remarks of the chief justice in the Supreme Court verdict of 16th amendment case, Law Minister Anisul Huq says.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader says that a group of vested quarter is hatching conspiracy centering verdict over the 16th constitutional amendment to halt the country’s peace and progress.

As the protector of the constitution, the Supreme Court has given a “historic verdict” on the 16th amendment case and by disregarding it, the government has lost its moral legality to stay in the office, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today said.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping urges US President Donald Trump to avoid rhetoric that could inflame tensions with North Korea as an escalating war of words raised global alarm.

Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Khandker Mosharraf Hossain says the chief justice insulted Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in the 16th amendment verdict.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says that the ruling Awami League is furious after release of the full verdict that declared the 16th amendment to the constitution illegal.

The wife of ousted Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will contest a special election for the parliamentary seat her husband was forced to vacate last month after the Supreme Court disqualified him from holding office, party officials say.

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi lambasts Food Minister Qamrul Islam for demanding removal of Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha over verdict on the 16th amendment to the constitution.

Food Minister Qamrul Islam demands removal of Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha.

Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) men chase Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) activists on Dhaka University campus, leaving a JCD man injured.

Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) men chase Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) activists on Dhaka University campus, leaving a JCD man injured.

The reason on which the Supreme Court has scrapped the 16th amendment to the constitution is not acceptable to the government, Law Minister Anisul Huq says. “We have decided to take initiative to expunge the objectionable and irrelevant observations made by the chief justice in the judgement,” Anisul Huq said at a press conference.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir alleges that the government took the judiciary as its opponent following the release of the full verdict in the 16th constitutional amendment case.

The Awami League alleges that the BNP with ill intentions was trying to make it an opponent of the judiciary.

The government is trying to bring all the six fugitive convicted killers of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman back to the country through diplomatic channels for executing their conviction and sentence, says Law Minister Anisul Huq.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir alleges that the government has taken judiciary as its opponent after the release of the full verdict of the 16th amendment.

The High Court grants permanent bail to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in Zia Orphanage Trust case.

Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi says that Article 62(1)(f) of the Constitution may be scrapped with the consultation of all parties.

Despite concerns about his security, former prime minister Nawaz Sharif is adamant that he will leave for Lahore via the historic Grand Trunk (GT) Road.