The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has said that it continues to support the Prisons Directorate (PD) in Bangladesh amid the COVID-19 outbreak to help mitigate the risk of coronavirus' spread among detainees and its staff members. 

Despite having ‘serious’ illness, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, now quarantined, feels 'mentally relaxed, said party Vice Chairman Dr AZM Zahid Hossain.

BNP on Tuesday announced a two-day programme, including a rally in the city on Saturday, demanding BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s release, marking the second anniversary of her imprisonment.