With Khaleda Zia in jail, top BNP leaders have three things on their mind -- unity, loyalty and preparation for the next election later this year.

BNP leader Barrister Moudud Ahmed says the conviction and sentence against the party chairperson Khaleda Zia in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case will be a turning point for the party.

More than 200 BNP men were arrested during the party's nationwide demonstration yesterday against the conviction of Khaleda Zia in a corruption case.

With the BNP not waging any noticeable street agitations following Khaleda Zia's jail sentence on Thursday, the Awami League camp appears to feel greatly relieved.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia had a quiet start to her second day in prison.

The BNP has decided not to launch tougher programmes like hartal or blockade for now, and the party will instead wage a legal battle to free Khaleda Zia from jail.

In the wake of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia being jailed in a corruption case, the United Nations has called upon all sides in Bangladesh to maintain calm and continue an inclusive democratic process.

Now in prison over charges of graft, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will seek bail from the High Court, if possible by Sunday depending on if she would receive a certified copy of her verdict on that day.

Law enforcers file several cases against 246 BNP men in Sylhet and Chittagong cities in connection with yesterday’s clash following a court verdict that sentenced five years jail to the party chairperson Khaleda Zia in graft case.

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Rizvi Ahmed comes down hard on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina saying that she expressed her self-satisfaction after sending Khaleda Zia to jail in a “politically motivated case”.

Awami League-led ruling alliance lawmakers in parliament hail the verdict that sentenced BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to five years in jail saying that the rule of law has been established in the country through the verdict.

Law enforcers detain BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's Special Assistant Shamsur Rahman Shimul Bishwas and Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) President Rajib Ahsan in Dhaka.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader calls upon his party men not to be overenthusiastic excited over BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's imprisonment.

As Judge Md Aktheruzzaman of the Special Court-5 read out the verdict in the Zia Charitable Trust graft case, a sense of gloom and despair descended upon the BNP leaders and lawyers in the courtroom.

BNP announces nationwide protest programme for on Friday and Saturday in protest of jailing their Chairperson Khaleda Zia in connection to a graft case.

BNP senior leader Nazrul Islam Khan says the current senior Vice Chairman of BNP, Tarique Rahman will run the party in absence of Khaleda Zia.

Now that Khaleda Zia has been convicted what will happen next? As an immediate effect, she will have to stay in jail for at least three days.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says the verdict against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is completely “politically motivated”.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia enters the premises of the old Central Jail in Nazimuddin Road after she was handed a five-year imprisonment in a graft case.

A scuffle ensues between police and BNP activists near the party’s Chittagong city headquarters, ahead of the verdict of Zia Orphanage Trust graft case against Khaleda Zia.