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Refugees in cyclone centres received no food, alleges BNP

BNP on Saturday alleged that the government has failed to arrange food for the people taken to shelter centres in coastal areas due to cyclone Fani, reports UNB. "Around 16 lakh people were taken to different shelter centres by Friday evening before the cyclone hit the country, and they were...

Tofail Ahmed hospitalised

Senior Awami League leader and member of the parliament Tofail Ahmed has been hospitalised with "shivering fever and pain in the upper abdomen", reports bdnews24.com. Tofail was diagnosed with a blood infection, chief consultant of cardiology at the Square Hospitals in Dhaka Dr Md Tawhiduzzaman told news agency on Sunday."His...

Maiden M'singh city polls today

The maiden election to Mymensingh City Corporation will be held today (Sunday) to decide only its councilors as the lone mayoral candidate has already been elected unopposed, reports UNB.The balloting for 33 general councillor posts and 11 reserved seats (exclusively for women) will be held from 8am to 4pm without...

Nusrat murder case charge-sheet this month

The police will submit the charge-sheet against the 16 accused in the Nusrat Jahan Rafi murder case within this month, reports BSS.Nusrat, an Alim examinee and a student of Sonagazi Madrasa in Feni, died on April 10 as she was set on fire on April 6."All the accused have been...

Shimul Biswas freed on bail

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's special assistant Shamsur Rahman Shimul Biswas was released from jail on bail on Saturday, nearly 15 months after his arrest, reports UNB.Shimul walked out of Narsingdi Jail around 12:15pm as his bail order reached the jail authorities, said BNP assistant office secretary Taiful Islam Tipu.Tipu said...

AL will work to rehabilitate Fani victims: Hanif

Awami League (AL) acting General Secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif, MP, said on Saturday their party will take part in the rehabilitation works for the cyclone storm Fani victims side by side with the government efforts, reports BSS."We are gathering information about the affected people from across the country . ....

BNP dissolves its Bogura district committee

Amid the party's move to reorganise its grassroots, BNP on Saturday dissolved its Bogura district unit committee, reports UNB. A press release signed by party senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said a convening committee of the unit will be formed very soon.After a massive debacle in the 11th...

GM Quader calls media mirror of society

Jatiya Party Cochairman GM Quader on Friday described the media as the mirror of society, saying it helps remove stains from the society, reports UNB. He made the remark while speaking at the district correspondents' conference of Press TV News, an online TV channel, at the Jatiya Press Club.GM Quader...