The BNP’s current risk-averse behaviour is not conducive to running a successful campaign

Tarique will hold talks with 256 former and current union parishad chairmen of Rangpur division today over video conference

"There is no condition in her [Khaleda's] release order [saying] that she cannot do politics. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has suspended her jail sentence under section 401 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) on health grounds as her physical condition was poor."

Announcing counter-programmes on the same day as the BNP, and often at a venue close to the BNP’s, raises the possibility of tension at best and outright violence at worst.

Law Minister Anisul Huq today (October 27, 2022) said BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will not be sent to jail before the next parliamentary election though she has been convicted and sentenced to imprisonments in two corruption cases.

Slamming BNP for obstructing the trial in the August 15 massacre, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (October 18, 2022) said it is an irony for the nation that the patrons of the killers are now lecturing on democracy and human rights.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today said BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has temporarily recovered from heart problems after stenting.

If Khaleda Zia wants to go abroad for treatment, it will have to be according to the law, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said today (June 11, 2022).

The High Court has granted permanent bail to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in the Cumilla arson case.

Both BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and Awami League MP Haji Salim are convicts. Both needed treatment abroad. Even though family members of Khaleda Zia have asked the law minister and government repeatedly to take her abroad for medical treatment, they were denied by the authorities. Yet Haji Salim, who's been convicted for 10 years over corruption, has returned home after receiving medical treatment in Bangkok, Thailand. There has been soaring criticism in the national media regarding the treatment by the government in regard to the two convicts.

Awami League lawmaker Haji Mohammad Salim, who was convicted with a 10-year sentence in a corruption case, has left the country for Bangkok.

A Supreme Court (SC) lawyer appeals to the president and prime minister to pardon the jail sentence of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and release her from jail on humanitarian ground ahead of birth centenary celebration of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

Two years after BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia landed in jail, many activists and leaders of the party are losing hope of getting her released through legal and political means.

The High Court grants six-month bail to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in two defamation cases. However, Khaleda cannot get released from jail as she is convicted in two graft cases.

The High Court will pass its orders on two separate petitions filed by BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia seeking bail in two separate defamation cases against her.

The High Court permits the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to become a party in the writ petition filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia challenging the government notification that said Niko corruption case trial against her will be held at a courtroom in Keraniganj Central Jail.

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen yesterday said his ministry has no information about whether Khaleda Zia is going to London.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday alleged that there was a plot to kill the party Chairperson Khaleda Zia in prison by denying her medical care.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir urges people to make a fresh pledge for restoring the country’s democracy and free party chief Khaleda Zia from jail through movement.

Terming Khaleda Zia's release from jail 'legal matter', Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges minister Obaidul Quader says the government has no influence over the issue.