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Govt must quit before election, warns BNP

BNP warned on Sunday that the government must quit as people will not allow Awami League (AL) to hold the national election under Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, reports UNB.Speaking at a press conference at the party's Nayapaltan central office, BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi also trashed Awami...

Communal violence to recur if BNP returns to power: Quader

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has reminded the Hindu community of the communal violence they faced after the BNP's electoral victory in 2001 and warned that it might recur if they return to power, reports bdnews24.com. Quader made the statement while inaugurating a Janmashtami programme in the city's Palashi...

Shajahan in favour of EVM for credible polls

MADARIPUR, Sep 02 (BSS): Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan said on Sunday the Election Commission (EC) has decided to use Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in 100 electoral constituencies aiming to ensure a transparent, credible and acceptable national election."The EC used EVMs successfully in several local government elections. So now it plans...

Tofail for unity of all to build a pleasant society

BHOLA, Sept 02 (BSS): Awami League (AL) Presidium Member and Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed called upon all on Sunday to be united against evil forces to build a pleasant society."We have to be united against the evil forces to build a pleasant society," he told a discussion here marking the...

Govt won't allow anarchy over religion: Mosharraf

FARIDPUR, Sept 02 (BSS): Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Khandker Mosharraf Hossain said on Sunday the government would not allow anyone to create anarchy in the country in the name of religion."People of all castes and creeds have been living in the country in harmony for ages. We...

BGB-BSF DG-level confce starts today

Director Generals (DGs) of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and India's Border Security Force (BSF) will join a conference from today in New Delhi, reports BSS.BGB DG Major General Md Shafeenul Islam is leading a 14-member delegation, including representatives from Prime Minister's Office, Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of Foreign...

Religion should not be a weapon of grabbing political power: Hanif

Awami League (AL) Joint General Secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif said on Saturday religion should not be used as a weapon of grabbing political power, reports BSS."Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) had never used the religion Islam in occupying power. But Jamaat-e-Islami is doing politics in the country using the name of Islam,"...

Suspect dies in 'shootout' with police

A suspect in several cases has been killed in an alleged shootout with police in Rajbari's Kalukhali Upazila, reports bdnews24.com.The man has been identified as 35-year-old Abdul Matin, a resident of Bishoy Saorail village in Saorail union.Matin was a member of the Purba Banglar Sarbahara Party (Proletarian Party of East...

BNP out to create constitutional vacuum: Inu

Information Minister Hasanul Haque Inu said on Sunday BNP hasn't moved away from politics of conspiracy and all of its demands are aimed at establishing an 'abnormal' government by creating constitutional vacuum, reports UNB. He accused BNP of resorting to attempts to create constitutional vacuum by raising demands like Sheikh...