The health condition of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is still critical and her body is not responding to treatments as per expectations, said physicians and the party leaders.

Unidentified criminals shot a local Awami League activist dead in Rowangchhari upazila of Bandarban this evening.

Chittagong Medical College (CMC), which was closed following a clash between two factions of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), will reopen on November 27.

Law Minister Anisul Huq today said that the government does not lack humanity or compassion when it comes to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s medical treatment.

A 15-member delegation of BNP’s senior lawyers will meet with Law Minister Anisul Huq today to discuss the medical treatment of party Chairperson Khaleda Zia.

He became the vice chairman of an upazila parishad, general secretary of Gazipur city Awami League, and mayor of Gazipur -- all before he was 40.

At least 50 people were injured in clashes between BNP leaders and activists and law enforcers in Natore and Khulna yesterday during demonstrations demanding the government allow party Chairperson Khaleda Zia to go abroad for advanced treatment.

The International Crimes Tribunal-1 will deliver verdict tomorrow in a case filed against former BNP lawmaker from Bogura, Abdul Momin Talukder alias Khoka (69), over his alleged involvement in crimes committed during the Liberation War in 1971.

BNP will submit memorandums to all the Deputy Commissioner (DC) offices across the country on Wednesday (November 24), demanding that its Chairperson Khaleda Zia be allowed to go abroad for advanced medical treatment.

At least 20 people, including law enforcers and journalists, were injured as police and BNP activists clashed in Natore this morning.

The health condition of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, now admitted to Evercare Hospital in the capital, remained unchanged yesterday, said physicians.

MPs from Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) today formed a human chain demanding that the party Chairperson Khaleda Zia be released immediately and sent abroad for better treatment.

Ousted from the Awami League, Gazipur Mayor Mohammad Zahangir Alam is now set to face legal action by the ruling party and is on the verge of losing his mayorship for making controversial remarks on Bangabandhu and the Liberation War.

Amid repeated appeals for allowing the BNP chairperson to go abroad for better treatment, Law Minister Anisul Huq yesterday said the party could bring in expert doctors from abroad if it wanted.

Gazipur city Mayor Mohammad Zahangir Alam, who has been expelled from Awami League for his controversial comment on Bangabandhu and other local leaders, said he will submit an application requesting the prime minister to review the decision.

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has announced a nationwide rally on November 22 -- demanding BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's release and permission to travel abroad for better treatment.

Patuakhali district BNP leaders and activists have alleged that Bangladesh Chattra League (BCL) men attacked a mass hunger strike as part of a nationwide programme. They claimed that at least eight people were injured.

Law Minister Anisul Huq today said the government will not do anything for BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia going beyond the law of the country.

BNP leaders and activists today alleged that police in Khulna obstructed the mass hunger strike being held on demand of Khaleda Zia being allowed to go abroad for medical treatment.

BNP started a seven-hour mass hunger strike this morning demanding that the government allow party chief Khaleda Zia to go abroad for better medical treatment.