The High Court has scrapped four extortion cases filed against BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman in 2007. The HC bench of Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and Justice Syed Enayet Hossain passed the order after hearing a rule. Barrister Mahbub Uddin Khokon, Barrister Kaiser Kamal and Barrister Sanjid Siddique stood for Tarique. Barrister Mahbub Uddin
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Interim govt must win BNP’s unshakeable trust: Tarique Rahman
BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman on Saturday said the interim government, led by Dr Muhammad Yunus, must take on the challenge of winning the BNP's trust unshakably. “We all know that there was no alternative to an interim government to fill the vacuum suddenly created in a dictatorship-free Bangladesh. For valid
Tarique Rahman urges all to remain alert about conspiracy of autocrat’s cohorts
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman today urged all people to remain alert about multi-faceted conspiracies of the cohorts of the autocrat though the dictator fled the country. "If any plot is made, befitting reply should be given to it," he said while addressing a public rally at Gopalpur
BNP’s main goal is to restore trend of multiparty democracy: Tarique Rahman
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) acting Chairman Tarique Rahman today said the main aim of BNP is now to reestablish the trend of the multiparty democracy in the country again. "The BNP's main goal is now to restore the trend of multiparty democracy in the country to ensure the people's rights, mitigate
Hold election, transfer power to elected govt as soon as possible: Tarique Rahman
BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman has urged authorities to promptly hold an election and transfer power to the elected government.He made this call while virtually addressing a rally by the BNP at Nayapaltan from London on Wednesday.Congratulating the students, Tarique Rahman said, "The door to democracy has opened. I urge
High Court ordered without listening to both sides: BNP
BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi alleged the High Court bench of Justice Khasruzzaman and Justice Md Khairul Alam passed the order to remove BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman's speech from online without listening to both sides. "This order is politically biassed and a complete violation of freedom of
BNP loyalists staging demo at Nayapaltan protesting verdict against Tarique, Zubaida
Hundreds of BNP leaders and activists are staging a demonstration in front of their Nayapaltan central office protesting a lower court verdict against party acting chairman Tarique Rahman and his wife Zubaida Rahman in a graft case. The BNP leaders and activists started gathering in the area since 1pm on Wednesday
Graft Case: Tarique gets 9 years’ jail, Zubaida 3 years
A court here Wednesday convicted and sentenced BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman to nine-year imprisonment and his wife Zubaida Rahman to three-year jail in a case filed for amassing illegal wealth of Taka 4.81 crore and concealing information about the wealth. Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Md Asaduzzaman pronounced the judgment in
Judgment in graft case against Tarique, Zubaida on Aug 2
A court here Thursday set August 2 for pronouncing judgment in a graft case filed against BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman and his wife Zubaida Rahman. Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Md Asaduzzaman set the date as placing of legal arguments concluded in the case Thursday. Earlier on July 24, the court fixed
Graft Case: Tarique, his wife face arrest warrants
A Dhaka court on Tuesday issued warrants for the arrest of BNP senior vice chairman Tarique Rahman and his wife Dr Zubaida Rahman in a graft case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Asaduzzaman court passed the order after taking the chargesheet against them