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Govt out to wipe out opposition: Fakhrul

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir alleged on Saturday the government has got desperate to eliminate the opposition parties, reports UNB.He said the government has become frantic so that no one can raise his/her voice against its misdeeds and unjust acts.In a statement, he also said, "They (govt) are...

2018 will be a year of defeat for BNP

Awami League (AL) general secretary Obaidul Quader said on Saturday 2018 will be a year of defeat for the BNP-led communal forces, reports BSS."Under the leadership of Bangabandhu's daughter Sheikh Hasina, the newer voyage for victory against communal forces in the next Jatiya Sangsad elections begins from today," He made...

Cops nab four Jamaat men in Khulna

KHULNA, Jan 6 (UNB): At least four members of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami including its Koyra upazila secretary were arrested from Gobra sluice gate area of the upazila in the early hours of Saturday.The detainees were identified as Aosafur Rahman, Jamaat secretary of Koyra upazila, Maulana Saifullah Haidar, Jamaat assistant secretary of...

Bus fire burns 10 BCL men on way to rally

At least 10 activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) sustained burn injuries on Saturday as a fire broke out in a running bus at Farmgate in the city, reports UNB.The injured were rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital.Officer-in-charge (OC) of Tejgaon thana Mazharul Islam said a group of BCL activists...

Admin slaps Sec 144 on BNP rallies in Thakurgaon

THAKURGAON, Jan 6 (UNB): Four rallies of BNP were obstructed on Saturday as the local administration imposed Section 144 in Akhanagar, Ruhia, Patiadangi and Dholarhat areas of Sadar upazila.Upazila Nirbahi Officer Md Aslam Molla said they imposed the section 144 in four areas since 10:00 am, apprehending that the law...

AL secretariat meeting tomorrow

A meeting of Awami League (AL) secretariat will be held tomorrow (Monday) at the party president's Dhanmondi political office in the city, reports BSS.Party general secretary and road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader will chair it, said a press release.Quader requested all members of secretariat to remain present in...

AL publicity sub-committee meet today

Awami League (AL) Publicity and Publications Sub-Committee will hold a meeting on the occasion of screening a documentary on BNP-Jamaat's arson at Shilpakala Academy in the city today (Sunday), reports BSS.

'Communal forces can't dent Bangladesh-India relations'

KOLKATA, Jan 06 (BSS): Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu said no communal forces can pose threats under the prevailing friendly relations between Bangladesh and India."We cannot forget the contributions of the Indian soldiers to our Liberation War", Inu said after inaugurating a four-day film festival on Bangladesh Liberation War in...

'Peaceful' UPDF blockade passes off in Khagrachhari

KHAGRACHHARI, Jan 6 (UNB): The daylong road and waterway blockade enforced by United People's Democratic Front (UPDF) and its like-minded indigenous organisations protesting the killing of its organiser Mithun Chakma passed off 'peacefully' barring some stray incidents of violence in the district on Saturday.Almost all types of vehicles remained off...

‘AL does politics of development’

PABNA, Jan 6 (BSS): Land Minister Shamsur Rahman Sherif said on Saturday Bangladesh Awami League (AL) does politics of development aiming to build a poverty-free prosperous country."The government is sincerely working to implement various development programmes to transform the country into a middle-income one," he told a meeting at Atgoria...