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BNP terms PM's televised speech extremely fallacious

BNP Friday termed the prime minister's Thursday's address to the nation 'extremely fallacious' and said it was done to mislead people to cling to power, reports UNB. The main opposition said the huge defeat of the ruling Awami League-backed mayoral candidate in Comilla City Corporation elections Thursday and the defeat...

Caretaker issue should be solved in JS: Suranjit

Senior Awami League leader and Railway Minister (RM) Suranjit Sengupta Friday said parliament is the right forum to discuss and solve the caretaker government issue because such an issue should be solved constitutionally, reports BSS. "Parliament is the only forum to discuss and solve this issue. The constitution has given...

Tofail urges opposition to join parliament

Senior Awami League (AL) leader Tofail Ahmed today urged the main opposition to return to the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) deserting the politics of conflicts, saying that the opposition's main task in parliamentary democracy is to pinpoint the government's faults, reports BSS."Desert the politics of conflicts, join parliament and raise your...

2nd ICT for war crimes trial by Feb, says minister

Law Minister Barrister Shafique Ahmed Friday said the government has decided to set up a second tribunal to expedite trial of the perpetrators of "crimes against humanity" during the 1971 liberation war as the first one was already in session."Works are underway to set up the second tribunal by next...

All set for Khaleda's Ctg road march

All preparations have been completed for Khaleda Zia's road march towards the port city of Chittagong from the capital tomorrow (Sunday) to mobilise public support for holding next general election under caretaker government (CG) system annulled by the present government, reports UNB.The main opposition BNP-led four-party alliance will organise its...

Govt to construct 876 UP complex buildings

The government has taken the initiative to construct 876 union parishad (UP) complex buildings across the country by June 2017 with a view to making the local government system more effective, reports UNB.The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) has recently approved a project in this regard, titled...

Attack on transport office in city: One receives bullet

Gunmen stormed into a transport office and sprayed bullets on a leader of transport owners and workers' committee, leaving him injured at capital's Saidabad Bus Terminal Thursday night, reports UNB.The victim was identified as Tawhidul Islam Taiyab, 40, general secretary of Ishakhan Paribahan Malik Samity and also Workers' Committee secretary...

EC considering bigger role for EVM

The Election Commission (EC) is mulling over using the electronic voting machines EVMs) in the national elections riding on its overwhelming success in the Comilla city polls, reports bdnews24.com.Bangladesh's smallest city corporation went to the vote on Thursday without any ballot paper to mark the first full-fledged electronic election in...