Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has said that there is no scope in the law to allow BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to go abroad for medical treatment as per the opinion of the Law Ministry.
The International Crimes Tribunal 1 on Wednesday sentenced former BNP lawmaker of Bogura-3 constituency Abdul Momin Talukder Khoka to death for his crimes against humanity committed in Bogra’s Adamdighi during the War of Liberation.
Demanding the release of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and ensuring her medical treatment abroad, the BNP will issue a memorandum to the Deputy Commissioners across the country on November 24.
Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said that the BNP has now emerged as a ‘national pessimistic political party’ before the people.
BNP leader Iqbal Hossain, 2 no. ward councilor of Narayanganj City Corporation has been arrested by RAB-11 in a case filed against him for sabotage during the Hefajat’s demonstration.
Former Minister and Senior Supreme Court Advocate Mahbubur Rahman has passed away. He died at United Hospital in the capital at around 5:25 am on Saturday.
BNP Vice-Chairman Major General (Retd) Ruhul Alam Chowdhury, also a former member of the advisory council of the former caretaker government, died of COVID-19 on Saturday.
Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, senior joint secretary general of the BNP, has been tested positive for the coronavirus.
The body of deceased Barrister Moudud Ahmed, a member of the national standing committee of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), will be brought to Bangladesh on Thursday.
The government on Monday approved the proposal of suspending BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s prison sentence for six more months.