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India supports Hasina for own interest: Rizvi

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has said India has supported Sheikh Hasina for its own interests, ignoring the will and aspirations of Bangladeshi people."You (India) are a democratic country. But you had extended supports to the autocratic ruler Sheikh Hasina by denying Bangladeshi people's...

UK tested friend of BD: G M Quader

Jatiya Party (JaPa) Chairman GM Quader has called the United Kingdom (UK) a tested friend of Bangladesh, reports UNB.He made the remark while UK High Commissioner to Bangladesh Sarah Cooke paid a court call on him at his Baridhara Residence in the city on Monday, said a media release signed...

Committee formed to streamline govt employees' wealth statement submission

A five-member committee has been established to simplify and standardize the submission of wealth statements by government employees, reports UNB.The committee, led by the Secretary of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) as its convenor, is tasked with designing an easy-to-use form and defining the timeline and procedures for submitting these statements....

Salahuddin says ‘sorry’ for using S Alam's car

BNP standing committee member Salahuddin Ahmed has expressed sorrow for inadvertently using a car owned by S Alam Group while attending his reception in Cox's Bazar."I was not aware that the car was owned by S Alam Group. There was no scope to make crosscheck by myself as I was...

Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury resigns

Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury has resigned as the Speaker of Jatiya Sangsad, reports UNB.Bangabhaban sources said the speaker submitted her resignation letter to President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Monday.

Anwar Hossain Manju arrested

Jatiya Party (JP-Manju) Chairman and former lawmaker from Pirojpur-2 constituency Anwar Hossain Manju was arrested from the capital's Dhanmondi area on Monday, reports UNB.A team of Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested him around 2:45 pm. He has been accused in at least five cases.Rabiul Islam, joint commissioner of...

Reports on Indian visa ban on six BD student leaders 'fake'

India has rejected reports published by some media outlets on visa ban for six Bangladeshi student leaders, and described those as 'fake news,' reports UNB."These are fake news," a source at India's Ministry of External Affairs said.A source at the Indian High Commission in Dhaka said no such decision was...

Gana Adhikar Parishad gets EC's registration

Gana Adhikar Parishad, led by Nurul Haq Nur, has been registered as a political party with the Election Commission (EC), reports UNB.The EC headed by Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal on Monday declared Gana Adhikar Parishad as a registered political party paving the way for its participation in elections.The...

Case filed against Hasan Mahmud, Nowfel

A case has been filed against former foreign minister Hasan Mahmud and former education minister Mohibul Hassan Chowdhoury Nowfel over the shooting of an autorickshaw driver in Chattogram on Aug 5, the day the government fell, reports bdnews24.com.Injured autorickshaw driver Anwar Hossain filed the case on Sunday night, according to...

Quader among 75 sued for killing student at Uttara

Another murder case was filed against former road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader and 74 others over killing a school student named Md Sabid Hossain, during the anti-discrimination student movement on August 5, reports BSS.Victim's brother Shahriar Kabir filed an applicatione with Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Farzana Shakila's court appealing...

Fakhrul off to S'pore for treatment -

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has gone to Singapore for medical treatment on Sunday night, reports UNBFakhrul left Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on a Singapore Airlines flight at approximately 11:55pm on Sunday, his personal assistant M Yunus Ali said.He said Fakhrul is scheduled to receive treatment for various...

Haji Salim on five-day remand

A Dhaka court has placed former Dhaka-7 lawmaker Haji Mohammad Salim on a five-day remand in a case lodged over the murder of Ideal College student Khalid Hasan Saifullah during the recent anti-discrimination student movement, reports BSS.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Akteruzzaman passed the order on Monday as police produced the former...