- President invites Khaleda, Tarique to Victory Day reception
- Public varsities asked to follow cluster admission system
- 12 districts get new SPs
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- Four more die of dengue
- Constitutional Reform Commission meets Chief Justice
- DMP mulls quick response team to ensure rapid services
- Dozens killed in Israeli aggression across Gaza
- ACC chairman to submit wealth statement in 7 days
- Kabul suicide bombing kills Taliban refugee minister
- Japan provides $3.2M in assistance to Rohingyas
- Dhaka for stronger collaboration with UN
- 11.9% of population undernourished in Bangladesh: GHI
- Names of 2,111 FFs under 12.6 years old to be excluded
- Japan to continue supporting Bangladesh’s reforms
- Govt committed to ensuring cost-effective, high-quality energy: Rizwana Hasan
- Yarn, fabrics and accessories show begins at ICCB
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- ADB approves $600m loan for Bangladesh's economic reforms
- Dhaka Regency signs MoU with Crown Cement
President invites Khaleda, Tarique to Victory Day reception
President Mohammed Shahabuddin has invited BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman to the Victory Day presidential reception on December 16. Shamsuddin Didar, an official from BNP chairpersons press wing, confirmed the matter to reporters on Wednesday. The Presidents...
How long to wait to be freed from cases
The protracted legal battles involving Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman have fueled discontent among party supporters and the public. Despite the interim government assuming power four months ago and dismissing several politically...
Blueprint to vilify Tarique Rahman
A leading national daily is once again accused of reviving the controversial minus two formula, now targeting Tarique Rahman, the acting chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), alongside his mother, Khaleda Zia. First used in 2007 to oust political figures like Khaleda Zia and Sheikh...
Begum Zia and 25 others acquitted of attempt to murder case
On Wednesday, the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court acquitted BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and 25 others in an attempt to murder case. Metropolitan Magistrate of the court Sharifur Rahman relieved all the accused including BNP Chairperson as police submitted final report of the case...
Barapukuria graft: Begum Zia, 2 former ministers discharged
A court here on Wednesday discharged BNP Chairperson and former prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia, former ministers Air Vice Marshal (retd) Altaf Hossain Chowdhury and Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain from Barapukuria coal mine graft case. Judge Md Abu Taher of Dhaka Special Judge Court-3 passed...
Saudi Arabia extends invitation to Khaleda Zia for Umrah pilgrimage
Saudi Arabias Ambassador to Dhaka, Isa Yousuf Isa Al Duhailan, has extended an invitation to BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia to undertake the Umrah pilgrimage. BNP Standing Committee member Dr. AZM Zahid Hossain informed reporters that the Saudi Ambassador extended the invitation to Khaleda...
Saudi Ambassador meets Khaleda Zia
Saudi Ambassador to Bangladesh Issa bin Youssef Al-Duhailan met BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia on Monday night. The Saudi envoy came to the BNP chairpersons Gulshan office around 8 pm to meet her, reports UNB. Khaledas personal physician and BNP Standing Committee member Professor Dr AZM...
Chief Adviser proud bringing Khaleda Zia to Senakunja
Interim Government Chief Adviser Dr. Muhammad Yunus said that he was proud that BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia had attended the Armed Forces Day reception. Speaking at the event on Thursday afternoon at Dhaka Cantonments Senakunja, held to mark Armed Forces Day 2024, he shared his sentiments....
Khaleda Zia makes first public appearance at Senakunja in 12 years
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia made her first appearance at the Armed Forces Day reception at Senakunja in 12 years on Thursday. This marks her first public appearance and participation in a state function in six years, since her imprisonment in February 2018. The last time she attended the Armed...
Khaleda Zia to join Armed Forces Day reception at Senakunja
After nearly 12 years, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is going to attend the reception at Senakunja on Armed Forces Day on Thursday (November 21) afternoon. She is scheduled to leave for Senakunja at 3:00 pm from her Gulshan residence, said her private secretary ABM Abdus Sattar. This will be...
Ex-MP Tipu sent to jail
A Dhaka court on Friday sent to jail former Barishal-3 lawmaker Golam Kibria Tipu in a case lodged for attacking motorcade of BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia in 2018 in the capital, reports BSS. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Sharifur Rahman passed the order as police produced Tipu, also a...
Khaleda Zia's 10-year sentence suspended
In the Zia Orphanage Trust case, the Appellate Division has suspended the 10-year sentence of BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia. The order is issued on Monday by a three-member bench of the Appellate Division, led by Acting Chief Justice Md Ashfaqul Islam. The Appellate Division also granted...
Feni's pride in Khaleda Zia became a curse
The people of Feni used to take immense pride in BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia, whose ancestral home is located in the area. However, that very pride has now become a hindrance, obstructing the districts development and progress. The phrase Fenis daughter Khaleda, our pride is unique became...
All set to take Khaleda Zia abroad for treatment
All preparations have been done for taking Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia abroad for better treatment, reports BSS. Visa processing of all her entourage, including seven physicians of the medical broad formed for her treatment, has also been done, said BNP...
Where is that Khurshid at the moment?
Advocate Khurshid Alam Khan had been a prominent figure in the country for the past 16 years. As a lawyer for the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), he played a key role in handling corruption cases involving high-profile figures such as former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia, BNP Acting Chairman...
Supreme Court to hear Khaleda Zia's petitions on 10 Nov
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has fixed 10 November for hearing two leave to appeal petitions filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia challenging the High Court verdict that doubled her five-year jail term in Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case. Chamber Judge of the Appellate Division...
BNP Faces Obstacles in Case Dispositions
One of the most pressing challenges facing the BNP, a major political party in Bangladesh, is the legal predicament of its members. Over 6 million leaders and activists, including prominent figures like Begum Khaleda Zia and Tarique Rahman, are entangled in a complex web of legal cases. With...
73 cases still unresolved
Following the release of the news report titled 117 Cases Against Khaleda-Tarique in Bangladesh Pratidin, only 44 cases have been dismissed or cancelled in the past 11 days, leaving 73 still unresolved. These fabricated and baseless cases continue to loom over the heads of the two top leaders of...
HC dismisses 11 cases against Khaleda
The High Court has dismissed the sedition case filed against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, along with 10 other cases of sabotage filed at various police stations in Dhaka. On Wednesday, the High Court bench comprising Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and Justice Syed Enayetur Rahman issued this verdict....
Khaleda Zia to be taken to abroad for better treatment soon
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will be taken to London first and then to a third country for advanced treatment very soon. Considering her health condition, we have started preparations to transfer her to a multidisciplinary hospital abroad as quickly as possible, her personal physician, Professor...
42 murder case against Khaleda Zia dismissed
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) court has dismissed the case against BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia for the alleged killing of 42 individuals. The order was issued today by Judge Ziadur Rahman. The murder case was filed against Begum Zia and three others, accusing them of burning...
Case filed over 2014 attack on Khaleda Zia's rally stage
A case has been filed at Gazipurs Bason Police Station regarding an attack and vandalism at a rally stage set up for BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia in 2014, reports the Daily Star. The president of the Bason Thana BNP, Md. Tanvir Siraj lodged the case. According to Rahedul Islam, the...
Khaleda Zia to visit hospital for regular check-ups
BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia will be taken to the hospital for her regular health check-ups. It has been informed that the BNP Chairperson will go to Evercare Hospital in the capital on Monday around 5 PM. Citing Khaleda Zias personal physician, Dr. AZM Zahid Hossain, BNP Media Cell...