The High Court cleared the way for GM Quader to perform his duties as Jatiya Party Chairman. A single HC bench of Justice Muhammad Abdul Hafiz passed the order on Sunday. On January 19, the HC stayed the lower court embargo on GM Quader for eight weeks. The court, at the same time,

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) will hold a march programme in all unions across the country on February 11 to realise their 10-point demand, including the formation of a caretaker government to hold the next national election. BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir made

Ganatantra Mancha, an alliance of seven political parties, will organise a march and mass campaign programme across the country on February 11 to press home their 14-point demand, including the resignation of the Awami League (AL) government. Saiful Haque, general secretary of

As part of the ongoing simultaneous movement against the current government, Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) is set to start its rally in front of its Naya Paltan central office today. Leaders, activists and supporters of the party have thronged at the venue ahead of its

A gazette notification was issued yesterday (Jan 30) asking BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman and his wife Zubaida Rahman to appear before the court on February 6, in a graft case filed against them by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). According to the gazette, warrants have been

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday gave Jamaat-e-Isami two months to prepare a summary of their appeal against a High Court verdict that scrapped its registration. The court said if Jamaat-e-Islami did not submit the summary within two months, the appeal would be

A Dhaka court today (Jan 30) fixed February 14 to hold hearing on charge framing in Niko graft case against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia. Judge Sheikh Hafizur Rahman passed the order at a temporary courtroom of the Dhaka Special Judge's Court-9 at Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj.

A Dhaka court today set March 14 for holding a hearing in a graft case against BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and 14 others. Judge Ali Hossen of Dhaka Special Judge Court-3 re-fixed the date after filing a plea by defendant lawyer for extending time of hearing on charge framing due

Prime Minister’s ICT Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy has called out BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir for criticizing Somoy TV for its report on the convictions of party chairperson Khaleda Zia and her son Tarique Rahman. In a post on his verified Facebook page

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has called upon the current government to resign without delay. He made this comment before the inauguration of the march program organized by Dhaka North City unit BNP at Badda in the capital on Saturday (January 28). Fakhrul said

The BNP has begun its four-day march program in the capital to press home their 10-point demand, including holding the next general election under a non-party caretaker government. The first of the road marches, organised by the party's Dhaka North unit, started from the Suvastu

A Dhaka court today set February 23 for holding hearing on charge framing in two cases, one for observing fake birthday on National Mourning Day and another for stigmatizing the War of Liberation, lodged against BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia. Today was fixed for holding the

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) today (Jan 26) announced a four-day march programme in Dhaka to press home its 10-point demand. BNP's Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir made the announcement at a press conference at the BNP headquarters in the capital's

BNP leaders Fazlur Huq Milon and Khairul Kabir Khokon got released from Keraniganj jail on Wednesday (Jan 25).  Both of them walked out of jail around 2:15pm today.   Leaders and activists of the party received BNP Joint Secretary General Khokon and former organizational

A Dhaka court today (Jan 25) set March 20 for holding hearing on charge framing in the Barapukuria Coalmine graft case against BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and 10 others. The date was announced by Judge Md Akhtaruzzaman of Dhaka Special Judge Court-2, as the defence lawyers

Police arrested Imtiaz Ahmed Johny, who filed a case for attacking BNP leader Ishraque Hossain at Old Dhaka while distributing leaflets ahead of the party’s Dhaka divisional mass rally on December 4 last year. Swechchhasebok Dol leader Johny was arrested on 8:00pm last night from

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader said that their party will accept the decision of the Election Commission (EC) over the use of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in the next general elections.  He said "We want the use of EVM in 300 seats in the next elections.

A Dhaka court today 9 (Jan 22) granted bail to BNP leader Ishraque Hossain in a sabotage lawsuit filed with Motijheel police station.   Dhaka metropolitan magistrate Arfatul Rakib passed the order on Sunday.   Earlier today, Ishraque surrendered before the court through

A Dhaka court has turned down an appeal from BNP leader Nazim Uddin Alam to file a case against 10 police officials, including Harun-Or-Rashid, chief of the detective branch of police, for allegedly vandalising the party's Nayapaltan office and looting valuables on December 7 last

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) today (Jan 22) filed a petition in a Dhaka court to register a case against Harun-Or-Rashid, chief of the detective branch of police, and nine others for vandalising the party's Nayapaltan office and looting valuables on December 7 last year.