Fakhrul demands impartial probe into Bangabazar Market fire

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has voiced suspicion that influential ruling party leaders might have carried out the fire incident at Bangabazar market to grab the land, reports UNB."Some very influential people of the ruling Awami League have long been trying to occupy Bangabazar market. If a real...

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BNP observes sit-in at all upazilas, thanas today

The BNP and its associate bodies are set to observe a two-hour sit-in programme at all upazilas and thanas across the country today (Saturday) to press home their 10-point demand, including holding the next general election under a non-party caretaker government, reports UNB.The programme is also meant for registering the...

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Senior Hizb-ut-Tahrir leader held

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested a top leader of banned militant outfit Hizb-ut-Tahrir from the city's Sher-e-Bangla Nagar area, reports BSS.The arrestee, Md Mahamud Hasan (30), was wanted in three cases filed with Mohammadpur and Paltan thanas. He was sentenced to two-year imprisonment in absentia."Acting on a...

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Barber arrested over forging signature, seal of home minister

PANCHAGARH, Apr 07 (UNB): Police arrested a barber on charge of forging signatures and seals of Home Minister Asaduazzaman Khan and Prime Minister's Principal Secretary Mohammad Tofazzel Hossain Miah from Sadar upazila of the district on Thursday.SM Sirajul Huda, superintendent of police (SP) of the district, disclosed this at a...

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Dhunat UNO under fire over distribution of date-expired relief goods

BOGURA, Apr 07 (UNB): Sanjay Kumar Mahant, upazila nirbahi officer (UNO) of Dhunat in Bogura, has allegedly handed over 221 sacks of date-expired government relief supplies for distribution to upazila chairman.The relief goods were from the 2021 'Prime Minister's Gift.' Before leaving his office on Thursday, the UNO handed them...

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