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Khaleda urges all to stay united
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will give a virtual speech today at a programme organised to mark the anniversary of July-August mass uprising
A large number of BNP supporters had gathered at the entrance of Evercare Hospital as her motorcade arrived
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday called on party leaders, activists, and the people to move forward to reestablish democracy, which she says is facing obstacles.
Supporters waved party flags and chanted slogans as the vehicle, with Khaleda seated in the front and her daughters-in-law in the back entered
Khaleda Zia's return is not merely a personal event.
On September 11, 2008, she left for London with her husband and had remained abroad until now
Khaleda Zia, accompanied by her two daughters-in-law Zubaida Rahman and Syeda Sharmila Rahman, is now on way to her Gulshan residence
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Since voters are reluctant to take part in this election, the ruling party has resorted to such measures.
An election without any competition will not be acceptable at home or abroad.
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A number of controversial decisions, actions and statements of the EC itself has put it in this situation.
BNP this morning started a three-hour token hunger strike in the capital demanding its Chairperson Khaleda Zia's unconditional release from jail and advanced treatment abroad
The way the AL-led government has been handling Khaleda Zia's treatment issue lacks political courtesy and reeks of vengeance.
She needs liver transplant immediately and this facility is not available in Bangladesh, doctor said.
Law Minister Anisul Huq today said the government has not held any discussion with the BNP about permitting the party's Chairperson Khaleda Zia to travel abroad for medical treatment under any condition.
It is hard to discard the notion that politics played no part in this decision from the government.
