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Tear gas shells, rubber bullets fired at BNP activists
AFP, Dhaka
PUBLISHED ON FEB 28, 2021 02:09 PM IST
- BNP spokesman Rizvi Ahmed said about 30 student activists of the party including a senior leader were injured in the clashes. Several policemen were also hurt, including an officer who was rushed to hospital.
Focus on Bangladesh
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times
UPDATED ON JUL 30, 2020 02:50 PM IST
Delhi must not let ties with Dhaka dip
Bangladesh sentences nine to death for 1994 attack on PM Sheikh Hasina
By Reuters | Dhaka
UPDATED ON JUL 04, 2019 08:00 AM IST
Thirteen people were also jailed for 10 years for their part in the attack on a train carrying Hasina in 1994, prosecutor Aminul Islam said. At that time, Hasina was opposition leader and her arch rival, Khaleda Zia, was prime minister. Now Zia and her Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) are the opposition.
Sheikh Hasina: Bangladesh’s democracy icon-turned-iron lady
By Agence France-Presse | Dhaka
UPDATED ON DEC 31, 2018 11:57 AM IST
The 71-year-old, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is lauded by supporters for overseeing a decade of impressive economic growth in the impoverished South Asian nation that was more commonly known for its frequent floods and cyclones.
In fear of the state - Bangladeshi journalists self-censor as election approaches
By Reuters | Dhaka
PUBLISHED ON DEC 13, 2018 10:01 AM IST
The government has denied accusations it’s trying to curb press freedom and Hasina assured a press briefing in October that “journalists who do not publish false news need not worry” about the DSA.
Nearly 100 injured in Bangladesh poll campaign violence
By Agence France-Presse | Dhaka
UPDATED ON DEC 11, 2018 06:47 PM IST
The unrest follows a crackdown on the Bangladesh Nationalist Party in recent weeks, with hundreds of supporters from the main opposition movement thrown behind bars before campaigning had even begun.
Jailed former Bangladeshi PM Khaleda Zia barred from contesting polls
By Press Trust of India | Dhaka
UPDATED ON NOV 27, 2018 08:11 PM IST
The 11th Bangladesh general election is scheduled to take place on December 30.
Bangladesh cricketer Mashrafe Mortaza to stand in election
By Agence France-Presse | Dhaka
UPDATED ON NOV 12, 2018 04:23 PM IST
A spokesman for Hasina’s Awami League said Mashrafe Mashrafe had been given the “green light” from the prime minister, who is seeking a third consecutive term in office on December 30.
Bangladesh court doubles 5-year jail term of ex-PM Khaleda Zia
By Reuters | Dhaka
UPDATED ON OCT 30, 2018 12:23 PM IST
In February, Khaleda, her son and aides were convicted of stealing 21 million taka ($253,000) in foreign donations for an orphanage trust set up when she was last prime minister, from 2001 to 2006.
Khaleda Zia can’t use left hand, says doctor treating jailed Bangladesh ex-PM
By Agence France-Presse | Dhaka
UPDATED ON OCT 09, 2018 04:08 PM IST
Bangladesh opposition leader Khaleda Zia, 73, was jailed in February for corruption and has been on trial in a special room in the abandoned Dhaka Central Jail on graft charges.
Bangladesh Supreme Court grants bail to former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia in corruption case: reports
By HT Correspondent | Press Trust of India, Dhaka
UPDATED ON MAY 16, 2018 10:42 AM IST
Opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party chief Khaleda Zia was jailed for five years on February 8 over the embezzlement of 21 million taka (about $2,50,000) in foreign donations meant for the Zia Orphanage Trust, named after her husband late Ziaur Rahman, a military ruler-turned-politician.
Jailed Bangladeshi leader Khaleda Zia in poor health, arthritis worsen: Doctors
By Agence France-Presse | Agence France-Presse, Dhaka
UPDATED ON APR 03, 2018 08:03 PM IST
An orthopaedic specialist at Dhaka Medical College Hospital who visited Khaleda Zia as part of the government team, said her condition was not serious but her arthritis had worsened in prison.
Bangladesh SC stays release of former PM Khaleda Zia on bail in corruption case
By Press Trust of India | Press Trust of India, Dhaka
UPDATED ON MAR 19, 2018 11:52 PM IST
Zia was sentenced on February 8 in connection with the embezzlement of about $ 250,000 in foreign donations meant for the Zia Orphanage Trust, named after her late husband Ziaur Rahman, a military ruler-turned-politician.