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Govt braces for strong student movement, warns Moudud

BNP senior leader Moudud Ahmed warned on Saturday that the government will have to face a 'strong student movement' if it does not stop 'repressing' those involved in quota reform movement, reports UNB."The quota reform movement has no link with any political party. But the government has showed its intolerant...

Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh along with his Bangladesh counterpart Asaduzzaman Khan

Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh along with his Bangladesh counterpart Asaduzzaman Khan opening a new integrated state-of-the-art Indian visa application centre at Jamuna Future Park in the city on Saturday Story on Page 7 — PID photo

Detectives arrest five over AL leader Farhad murder

Detectives arrested five people from Gulshan and Mirpur areas on Friday night for their suspected link to the murder of Awami League leader Farhad Ali, reports UNB. Tipped off, a team of Detective Branch of police conducted a drive in the areas and arrested five people along with four pistols,...

Minimum democratic space missing: BNP

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir alleged on Saturday that the government has destroyed the minimum democratic space in the country only to perpetuate its power, reports UNB."Now the country lacks minimum democratic space while people have no freedom to express their views and opinions," he said.The BNP leader...

Sylhet to go under security blanket if needed: EC Rafikul

SYLHET, July 14 (UNB): Election Commissioner Md Rafikul Islam said on Saturday that security will be maximised in the city ahead of the city corporation polls with the deployment of additional armed and unarmed members of Ansar, Rab, police and BGB."Stern action will be taken against any member of law...

Labour courts in a fix over backlog of cases

Sajibur RahmanThe number of cases pending with the labour courts across the country has marked a significant rise over the years, causing psychological and financial woes to the workers and employees concerned.Although the number of cases has been increasing throughout the years, the number of courts and judges has been...

Work for AL's win in polls

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader urged on Saturday all freedom fighters (FFs) to work in unison to ensure his party's win against anti-liberation forces in the next general elections, reports BSS."All the freedom fighters should be united to uproot the evil forces of...

‘People of all faiths living in country peacefully’

NOAKHALI, July 14 (BSS): Fisheries and Livestock Minister Narayan Chandra Chanda said on Saturday Bangladesh is a land of communal harmony as the people of all faiths are living in the country peacefully for a long time."We want to build a non-communal Bangladesh in line with the spirit of the...

Mayoral runners face voters, pledge to work for city's dev

RAJSHAHI, July 14 (BSS): Four out of total five mayoral candidates for the upcoming Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) election scheduled to be held on July 30 promised to work for development of the city if they were elected.They made this commitment taking part in a "Face-to-Face with People" programme in...