BNP leader Hazifuddin off to India for treatment

BNP Vice Chairman Maj (retd) Hafizuddin Ahmed finally went to India for treatment on Thursday. He left Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport by a flight of Air India around 2:30 pm, said BNP media cell member Sayrul Kabir Khan. Sayrul said the BNP leader was scheduled to undergo knee surgery at Delhi's Fortis

Fakhrul seeks bail in 10 cases

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir filed a petition with a Dhaka Court on Wednesday seeking bail in 10 cases filed with Paltan and Ramna Police Stations. His lawyer Sayed Jaynul Abedin Mizbah submitted the application before a Chief Metropolitan Magistrate court. Of the 10 cases, seven were filed with the

BNP leader Hazifuddin ‘barred‘ from travelling to India

The immigration authorities at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport reportedly barred BNP Vice Chairman Maj (retd) Hafizuddin Ahmed from travelling to India for treatment on Tuesday. Talking to reporters, the BNP leader said he was supposed to go to India along with his wife at 2:30pm by a flight of Air

BNP supporters facing torture in jails: Rizvi

BNP on Monday expressed concern that many jailed BNP leaders and activists have been pushed towards death because of alleged torture and substandard food supplied to them. “The active leaders and workers of the opposition party being subjected to various inhumane torture and attitude inside and outside the prison to suppress

21 BNP-Jamat men jailed for sabotage

A total of 21 leaders and activists of BNP and Jammat-e-Islami were sentenced to different jail terms on Monday in two separate sabotage cases filed with Paltan and Gulshan Police Stations. A Dhaka court sentenced 10 leaders and activists of BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami to two years and six month jail in

BNP announces programmes to mark Martyred Intellectuals Day, V Day

BNP on Sunday announced programmes to observe the Martyred Intellectuals Day and celebrate the Victory Day with due respect. BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi announced the programmes at a virtual press briefing. To mark the Martyred Intellectuals Day, he said the leaders and activists of BNP will pay homage

Twelve BNP men jailed in 2018 sabotage case

A Dhaka court has convicted and sentenced 12 leaders and activists of BNP to three-year imprisonment in a sabotage case filed with Kotwali Police Station in the capital in 2018. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Saiful Islam passed the verdict on Wednesday. The court sentenced them one year jail under section 147 and two-year

BNP-led opposition’s 48-hr blockade begins Wednesday

The BNP and like-minded parties are set to enforce yet another 48-hour road-rail-waterway blockade across the country starting from Wednesday morning to protest the schedule for the next national election announced by the Election Commission (EC). It will be the 10th round of the blockade programme of the opposition parties since