BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury on Thursday said former army chief Moeen U Ahmed should be indicted in the February 2009 killings at Bangladesh Rifles headquarters in Pilkhana. After securing bail from a Khulna court in a defamation case, Chowdhury told reporters the army chief was responsible for the protection of army officers and their families.
A Dhaka court on Thursday summarily rejected a criminal appeal filed by BNP standing committee member Salauddin Quader Chowdhury against Home Minister Sahara Khatun for calling him war criminal.
Senior BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury has given a strong indication that his party will join parliament, as he called on the government Tuesday to "be ready to face the opposition". "BNP has never said that it would not return to parliament. We are returning," Chowdhury said at a roundtable hosted by the Muslim League.
BNP standing committee member Salauddin Quader Chowdhury on Tuesday filed a case against Home Minister Sahara Khatun for calling him war criminal. The BNP lawmaker filed the case in the morning with the Executive Magistrate's Court, Dhaka, but the hearing is due to hold at about 1:00pm.
The High Court on Sunday granted an anticipatory bail for two months to BNP lawmaker Salauddin Quader Chowdhury in a sedition case. After hearing a petition filed by SQ Chowdhury, the HC also issued a rule upon the government to show cause why he should not be granted regular bail in this case.
The police have been trying to nab BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury, MP on the basis of a warrant of arrest issued in a case in Chittagong.
BNP lawmaker Salauddin Quader Chowdhury yesterday was barred from leaving the country for Singapore. He along with his wife was scheduled to go to Singapore for treatment but the immigration authority of Zia International Airport did not allow them to leave the country.
The High Court on Wednesday granted an anticipatory bail for six months to BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury in a defamation case filed in Panchagarh. An HC bench of Justice AFM Abdur Rahman and Justice Emdadul Haque Azad also issued a rule upon the government to explain within four weeks why SQ Chowdhury should not be granted regular bail in this case. The court passed the order upon a bail petition filed by SQ Chowdhury. He appeared before the HC bench for bail today.
Terming the incidents of August 15, 1975 and October 28 in 2006 turning points in the political course of the country, senior BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury yesterday said that these two incidents could not be checked as the concerned political parties lost their moral courage.
A court in Thakurgaon today issued an arrest warrant against BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury in a defamation case filed for his derogatory speech on the incident of killing Bangabandhu and his family on August 15, 1975.
