BNP Standing Committee member MK Anwar has been released from jail following a High Court order.

The High Court has granted bail to BNP leader MK Anwar for six months in two vandalism and arson cases, clearing his way to walk out of jail.

A Comilla court sends BNP standing committee member MK Anwar to jail in a case filed for petrol bomb attack on a bus in the district earlier this year.

A Dhaka court sends BNP leader Amanullah Aman to jail after rejecting his bail petitions in four cases filed with Wari Police Station.

The apex court sets July 27 to hear appeals filed by the government against bail orders of four BNP leaders in separate violence cases.

Detectives press charges against seven people and dropped 26 BNP leaders and activists, including MK Anwar and Rizvi Ahmed, in a case filed for an arson attack that killed a policeman near Matsya Bhaban in Dhaka.