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New opportunity opens up to build liberal democratic Bangladesh

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said a new opportunity has opened up for the nation to build a liberal democratic Bangladesh, report agencies."People are now hopeful as a scope has been created for building a liberal democratic Bangladesh," he said.Fakhrul made the remarks while addressing a programme...

DU White Panel hails Tarique as BNP Chairman

The White Panel of Dhaka University (DU) has congratulated Tarique Rahman on assuming office as Chairman of the BangladeshNationalist Party (BNP), reports BSS.In a statement on Saturday, White Panel Convener Professor Dr Md Morshed Hasan Khan andJoint Conveners Professor Dr Abdus Salam and Professor Dr Md Abul KalamSarkar said Tarique...

51 candidates regain nominations in EC appeal hearings

After the first day of hearing appeals at the Election Commission (EC) against the Returning Officer's decisions, 51 candidates have had their nominations reinstated to run for the 13th Jatiya Sangsad election. Besides, The EC ultimately rejected the appeals of 15 candidates while directing three others to submit additional documents,...

Tarique to launch election campaign Jan 22 from Sylhet

BNP chief Tarique Rahman has set January 22 to officially start his election campaign for the parliamentary polls, a day after the allocation of electoral symbols, reports bdnews24.com.Senior party figures confirmed that the campaign will begin in Sylhet, upholding a longstanding BNP tradition. A member of the BNP Standing Committee...

EC suspends Pabna-1, 2 elections until further court order

The Election Commission (EC) has suspended the election in Pabna-1 and Pabna-2 constituencies until further directives from the court, report agencies.The decision was taken in line with an order issued by the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on January 5 over a dispute regarding the demarcation of the two...

'July activists' occupy JaPa office in Bogura

Activists identifying themselves as 'July fighters' have seized the Bogura district Jatiya Party (JaPa) office and hung banners there, while shouting slogans demanding the party's ban, reports bdnews24.com.The incident took place at Kazi Nazrul Islam Road in the town around 11:00 am on Saturday. Two banners were put up, one...

No chance of fair vote unless mobs are controlled

Jatiya Party (JaPa) Secretary General Shameem Haider Patwary has said there is no possibility of the 13th Jatiya Sangsad (JS) election being held fairly unless mobs are brought under control, reports bdnews24.com.Speaking at a media briefing at the Election Commission (EC) on Saturday following appeal hearings on party candidates' nominations,...

Shibir leaders assault CU teacher

CHATTOGRAM, Jan 10: Leaders of Islami Chhatra Shibir under the banner of Chittagong University Central Students' Union (CUCSU) allegedly assaulted a teacher of the Department of Law at Chittagong University (CU) on Saturday. The teacher, Hasan Mohammad Roman, an assistant professor of the department, was dragged to the proctor's office...