Speaker urges restraint amid debate over MPs' demand for ovens, washing machines
A spirited exchange unfolded in parliament on Thursday after Bangladesh Jatiya Party (BJP) Chairman and lawmaker Andaleeve Rahman criticised a Jamaat-e-Islami MP for demanding washing machines, microwave ovens and curtains for lawmakers residing in government flats, prompting intervention from Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmad and Leader of the Opposition Dr Shafiqur...
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Moyeen Khan for bringing street children into formal edn system
BNP Standing Committee Member Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan has underscored the need for bringing street children into the formal education system, reports UNB.He made the remarks while speaking as the chief guest at a programme organised by Ziaur Rahman Foundation at the T&T College ground in the capital's Mohakhali on...
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Pak envoy calls on Jamaat Ameer
Pakistan High Commissioner Imran Haider has said Pakistan is interested in further advancing bilateral relations with Bangladesh through a positive and constructive approach, reports UNB.The remarks came during a courtesy meeting with Leader of the Opposition Dr Shafiqur Rahman at his office in the capital's Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban on Thursday.Political...
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Rana Flowers paid a courtesy call on Sardar Md Sakhawat Husain
UNICEF Representative to Bangladesh Rana Flowers paid a courtesy call on Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Md Sakhawat Husain at his Secretariat office in the capital on Thursday.— PID
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Torture by fascist AL govt still haunts me: Yasser
State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Yasser Khan Choudhury has said the traumatic memories and physical pain he experienced during alleged inhuman torture at the 'Aynaghar' during the previous Awami League government's tenure continue to affect him, reports BSS.He stated that the suffering remains with him and is often deeply...
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Four AL stalwarts held for bringing out flash procession in city
Police have arrested four stalwarts of the banned Awami League from Mohakhali area in the capital as they brought out a sudden procession blaming the immediate past interim government for what they called its failure to control measles outbreak.They brought out the procession on the main road of Mohakhali inter-district...
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‘13,324 July activists get monthly honorarium’
Liberation War Affairs Minister Ahmed Azam Khan on Thursday told parliament that 13,324 July warriors are now receiving monthly honorarium and the process of bringing the remaining July fighters under the allowance programme is underway, reports UNB."Out of the total 14,369 people gazetted as July Warriors, 13,344 are being given...
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Sunamganj 'July activist' sent to jail over 'yaba smuggling'
A Sunamganj court has sent a young man, who identified himself as a 'July activist', and his associate to jail after locals detained and assaulted them for reportedly possessing nearly 1,000 yaba pills in the district's Tahirpur upazila, reports bdnews24.com.Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Mokhlesur Rahman of Badaghat police outpost said the...
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