Bangladesh opposition`s senior leader held over violence

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 31, 2013, 04:57

A senior leader of Bangladesh`s main opposition party -- Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) -- was arrested Monday evening as he came out of the party chairperson Khaleda Zia`s house.

Islamist party leader killed in Bangladesh

Last Updated: Monday, December 30, 2013, 21:07

An Islamist party leader was killed in a gunfight in Bangladesh`s Sathkhira district Monday afternoon amid country`s opposition`s "march for democracy" agitation.

British envoy meets Zia as anti-govt protests continue

Last Updated: Monday, December 30, 2013, 20:51

With the war of words between Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her arch-rival Khaleda Zia escalating, the British envoy on Monday met the opposition BNP leader, virtually under house arrest, as her party remained adamant over derailing the January 5 general elections.

Stop killing people: Bangladesh PM Hasina to Khaleda Zia

Last Updated: Monday, December 30, 2013, 16:51

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Monday called upon Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) supremo Khaleda Zia to stop killing people during protests.

Bangladesh govt blocks mass rally in Dhaka ahead of Jan 5 polls

Last Updated: Monday, December 30, 2013, 12:19

Dhaka on Monday remained tense as the opposition vowed to continue its protest in a bid to scupper the elections scheduled for January 5.

Bangladesh government illegal, must step down: Zia

Last Updated: Sunday, December 29, 2013, 18:50

Bangladesh`s main opposition party chief Khaleda Zia demanded resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, after security forces prevented her from leaving her house to address a banned mass march.

Bangladesh PM Hasina launches Awami League manifesto

Last Updated: Saturday, December 28, 2013, 20:07

Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina launched Awami League party`s manifesto for Bangladesh`s controversial polls, vowing to punish "anarchists" behind death of nearly 130 people in recent political violence.

Hundreds detained ahead of opposition march in Bangladesh

Last Updated: Saturday, December 28, 2013, 15:12

Bangladeshi authorities detained over 700 opposition activists trying to gather in the capital in defiance of a ban on a protest march called on Sunday by the BNP to derail the January 05 polls.

Policeman killed in Bangladesh violence

Last Updated: Friday, December 27, 2013, 15:32

A policeman was killed overnight after suspected activists of main opposition BNP and its radical ally Jamaat hurled a bomb at a police van.

Bangladesh opposition head under `virtual house arrest`

Last Updated: Thursday, December 26, 2013, 14:56

Amid growing violence in the build-up to the January 5 general election, the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) said police were barring anyone from visiting their leader Khaleda Zia at her home in Dhaka.

Bangladesh opposition calls mass march to derail polls

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 24, 2013, 19:14

Bangladesh opposition leader Khaleda Zia on Tuesday called on citizens to stage a mass march to the capital Dhaka in a sharp escalation of protests aimed at derailing controversial January elections.

Bangladesh PM blasts Zia for remaining silent on Pak resolution

Last Updated: Saturday, December 21, 2013, 19:30

Bangladesh PM rime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday criticised her arch-rival BNP chief Khaleda Zia for her silence on a Pakistani parliamentary resolution against the hanging of a fundamentalist leader for war crimes.