Khaleda to sit with senior leaders this evening

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will sit with the party’s senior leaders to discuss the country's current situation.
19 April 2016, 04:53 AM

BNP: Govt desperate to make Khaleda ineligible for polls

BNP senior leader Nazrul Islam Khan alleges that the government is desperate to make their chairperson Khaleda Zia ineligible for election by punishing her with ‘false’ cases filed against her.
18 April 2016, 14:30 PM

PM Hasina says those involved in plot to kill her son Joy will face action

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says the government will definitely take action against those who will be found involved in the conspiracy to kill Sajeeb Wazed Joy, her son and IT adviser.
18 April 2016, 13:22 PM

Why no BNP programme on Ilias Ali, Goyeshwar asks

BNP standing committee member Goyeshwar Chandra Roy criticises high-ups of his party for not holding any programme on BNP’s missing leader M Ilias Ali.
18 April 2016, 12:47 PM

BNP announces 21 more names of national executive committee

BNP announces names of 21 leaders including an organising secretary and 20 other assistant organising secretaries of its national executive committee.
18 April 2016, 10:38 AM

Graft case: Khaleda challenges plea rejection orders

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia files two separate petitions with the High Court challenging a lower court order that rejected her two petitions in Zia Charitable Trust graft case on April 17, 2016, Sunday.
18 April 2016, 10:33 AM

'Murder plot' against Joy: DB wants Mahmudur shown arrested

Detectives appeals to a Dhaka court to show Amar Desh Editor Mahmudur Rahman arrested in the case filed for alleged attempts to abduct and murder Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's son Sajeeb Wazed Joy.
18 April 2016, 09:28 AM

Plot to kill Joy: Mahmudur likely to be shown held

Detectives are likely to show daily Amar Desh Editor Mahmudur Rahman arrested in a case filed for alleged attempts to abduct and murder Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy, a top DB official says.
17 April 2016, 17:32 PM

Govt to help trace Ilias Ali, Fakhrul hopes

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir expresses hope that the government would take steps immediately to trace missing BNP leader M Ilias Ali.
17 April 2016, 12:52 PM

Inu-led JSD faction gets ‘torch’ polls-sign

The Election Commission has allocated the ‘torch’ polls-sign to the Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) faction of Hasanul Haq Inu, weeks after a split in the party and tug-war over the symbol.
17 April 2016, 11:04 AM

Rehman’s wife visits UK High Commission, seeks justice

Senior journalist Shafik Rehman’s wife Taleya Rehman meets two officials of British High Commission and sought fair justice for her husband, who was arrested in a case filed for attempting to abduct and kill Sajeeb Wazed Joy.
17 April 2016, 10:06 AM

Fakhrul demands cancellation of Rehman’s remand

Terming the arrest of senior journalist Shafik Rehman “inhuman”, BNP General Secretary Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir demands Rehman’s immediate release after cancelling his remand.
17 April 2016, 08:57 AM

Rehman held on specific charges: Ministers

Senior journalist Shafik Rehman has been arrested on specific allegation, ministers for law and information say. “The matter is now under investigation. If he is found innocent in the investigation, he will be released,” Law Minister Anisul Huq says.
17 April 2016, 07:36 AM

Graft case: Court bins 2 pleas of Khaleda

A Dhaka court rejects two petitions of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia -- one for re-cross examination of the investigation officer of Zia Charitable Trust graft case while another for scrutinising the case dairy.
17 April 2016, 04:18 AM

Shafik Rehman - who is he?

Shafik Rehman became a household name after he launched the weekly Jai Jai Din in the mid-1980s.
16 April 2016, 15:19 PM

Shafik’s arrest shows govt’s willful attitude: Khaleda

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia demands immediate release of journalist Shafik Rehman, who was arrested earlier today in a case filed over alleged attempts to abduct and murder Sajeeb Wazed Joy.
16 April 2016, 10:37 AM

DB men posing as TV crew detain Rehman: Wife

Detectives pose as television crew when they enter the residence of Shafik Rehman in Eskaton to detain him, family claims.
16 April 2016, 08:01 AM

Fakhrul demands Shafik Rehman’s immediate release

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir demands immediate release of Shafik Rehman.
16 April 2016, 07:03 AM

Zia charitable graft: Khaleda to appear before court tomorrow

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will appear before a Dhaka court tomorrow in Zia Charitable Trust graft case.
16 April 2016, 06:40 AM

'Murder attempt' on Joy: Shafik Rehman on 5-day remand

Seven hours into his arrest, Shafik Rehman, a pro-BNP intellectual, is placed on a five-day remand in a case filed for alleged attempts to abduct and murder Sajeeb Wazed Joy.
16 April 2016, 04:28 AM