Report in The Daily Star, Oct 26, 2023Two American physicians arrived in Dhaka tonight to assist in treating BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia. Dr James Peter Adam Hamilton and Dr Hamid Ahmad Abdur Rabb landed at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital around 7:15pm, said a press release sent by BNP leader Shamsuddin Didar. The other physician, Dr Christos Georgiades, is likely to arrive in Dhaka by 2:00am, added the release. The three-doctor team…
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Report in The Daily Star, Oct 13, 2023The government’s refusal to allow BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to receive treatment abroad could lead to a new political crisis in the country, warned 23 eminent citizens in a joint statement yesterday. They also urged the government to consider the issue. Khaleda’s doctors recommended that she be sent abroad immediately for treatment. And according to the country’s top lawyers, there is no legal barrier to sending her abroad,…
Report in The Daily Star, Oct 12, 2023Pro-BNP lawyers yesterday said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will be held responsible and be made accused if unfortunate anything happen to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia for not allowing her to go abroad for treatment. “This government does not understand democracy, rule of law and human rights, and does not want the people’s relief and welfare other than its party men’s development…The prime minister, as the head of a…
report in Dhaka Tribune, Sept 23, 2023Claiming BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s condition as critical, the party’s Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday again demanded that the 78-year-old Begum Zia be sent abroad immediately for better treatment. “Today when she (Khaleda Zia) is in a life-threatening situation, she is being withheld. Begum Khaleda Zia is not only a prisoner but also the number one leader of the country’s democratic movement. She served the country…
report in The Daily Star, Sept 8, 2023A total of 582 eminent citizens yesterday said BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia should immediately be allowed to fly abroad for better treatment. In a joint statement, they said the three-time former prime minister of Bangladesh has been undergoing serious illness and living a life of prisoner even at the age of 78 based on a “motivated verdict”. They called upon the government to go beyond politics and…
report in The Daily Star, Sept 8, 2023A total of 582 eminent citizens yesterday said BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia should immediately be allowed to fly abroad for better treatment. In a joint statement, they said the three-time former prime minister of Bangladesh has been undergoing serious illness and living a life of prisoner even at the age of 78 based on a “motivated verdict”. They called upon the government to go beyond politics and…
Agency report, August 3, 2023DHAKA: Bangladesh’s exiled opposition leader was sentenced in absentia to nine years jail for corruption on Wednesday, lawyers said, triggering protests from hundreds of supporters who called the trial politically motivated. Tarique Rahman, 55, acting chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and son of ex-prime minister Khaleda Zia, was handed the nine-year sentence and his wife, Zubaida Rahman, was given three years, Anti-Corruption Commission lawyer Khushid Alam Khan told AFP.…
report in The Daily Star, June 15, 2023A Dhaka court yesterday set July 16 for hearing on charge framing against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in 11 cases. Judge Md Asaduzzaman of Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court adjourned the hearings and fixed the new date. Khaleda, who is out of jail following an executive order from the government, is now unwell and is under treatment at Evercare Hospital. Among the 11 cases, 10 were filed in…
Bangladesh is once again in political turmoil. Main Opposition leader and former prime minister, Khaleda Zia has started a campaign demanding mid-term election saying that the present Awami League (AL) led Grand Alliance government of her bitter rival Sheik Hasina has failed the people. She raised this demand as soon as the High Court dismissed her appeal against the government notice asking her to vacate her cantonment house and cancelled the extension of her son…