Politics

Former prime minister and BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia left Dhaka for London tonight by a special air ambulance.

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson and former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia will leave for London on January 7 for treatment.

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman called upon the party men to make their all-out efforts to keep people’s trust and confidence in the party.

Tarique Rahman has said his party will accept the people`s decision through the election.

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Tuesday submitted a total of 62 proposals to the Constitutional Reform Commission, including the retention of the positions of vice-president and deputy prime minister.

Following the conclusion of his six-day remand in police custody in connection with the murder of trader Abdul Wadud in the capital, Awami League advisory council member and AL-led alliance coordinator Amir Hossain Amu was condemned to jail by a Dhaka metropolitan magistrate court on Tuesday.

In a notice published in the local gazette on Sunday night, Professor Muhammad Yunus, the chief adviser to the interim government of Bangladesh, announced the appointment of three special assistants with the rank of state minister.

A group of people have set fire to Jatiya Party’s central office in Dhaka’s Bijoynagar area, amid growing tensions between members of the Anti-discrimination Student Movement and the political party.

Police on Tuesday night arrested former agriculture minister Md Abdus Shahid in the capital’s Uttara area.

Two writs have been filed in the High Court seeking directions to restrain Awami League from all kinds of political activities. Hasnat Abdullah and Sarjis Alam, co-coordinators of the anti-discrimination student movement, filed the writ on Monday (October 28). Senior lawyer Advocate Ahsanul Karim said that this writ has been issued so that the party cannot conduct political activities. He said two writs have been filed on their behalf.

The Islami Chhatra Shibir, has reported a 14-member committee for its Jagannath University unit. The declaration was made through the unit`s official Facebook page final night.

The Interim Government today banned Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), the student front of Bangladesh Awami League under Anti-Terrorism Act- 2009.