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Govt meets demand by announcing polls timeline: Rizvi

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has said the government has met the people's demand and expectations by announcing that the upcoming national elections will be held before Ramadan, reports BSS."Preparations have started as the Chief Adviser has already sent a letter to the Election...

BRUR ex-VC Kalimullah sent to jail in graft case

A Dhaka court on Thursday sent Prof Nazmul Ahsan Kalimullah, former vice-chancellor (VC) of Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur (BRUR), to jail in a graft case filed by the ACC.Judge of the Metropolitan Senior Special Judge's Court in Dhaka, Md Jakir Hossain Galib, passed the order after hearing a petition filed...

Islami Chhatra Andolan declares full panel for DUCSU polls

Islami Chhatra Andolan (ICA) Bangladesh has become the first student organisation to announce a full panel of candidates and a detailed manifesto ahead of the Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) election, scheduled for September 9.The announcement was made at a press conference in front of the DUCSU building on...

HC quashes ICT case against Shahidul Alam

The High Court (HC) has quashed the proceedings of a case filed under the Section 57 of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act against noted photographer Shahidul Alam, report agencies.A two-member HC bench led by Justice Mustafa Zaman Islam pronounced the judgment on Tursday.Barrister Sara Hossain and Abdullah Al Noman...

Tarique, US envoy Jacobson hold meeting in London

LONDON, Aug 7 (UNB): A one-on-one meeting was held between BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman and US Chargé d'Affaires to Bangladesh Ambassador Tracey Ann Jacobson in July last in London.Tarique Rahman's Foreign Affairs Adviser Humayun Kabir and the US Embassy in Dhaka confirmed the meeting, according to a private television...

Youths who will turn 18 by Oct 31 to be voters: EC

The youths who will turn 18 years by October 31, 2025 will be able to exercise their voting rights in the next parliamentary elections to be held in February next as the Election Commission has taken a decision to incorporate them in the voter list, reports UNB.The decision came from...

Ex-CJ Khairul Haque lands in jail

A Dhaka court has sent former Chief Justice (CJ) ABM Khairul Haque in a case filed over graft and the delivery of a manipulated judgment, reports UNB.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Saifuzzaman passed the order on Thursday when police produced him before the court after completion of his seven-day remand.Earlier on...

NCP leaders respond to show-cause notices

Five senior leaders of National Citizens' Party (NCP) have submitted their written responses to the show-cause notices issued over their absence from the first anniversary event of the 'July Uprising' and their controversial trip to Cox's Bazar on the same day, reports UNB.In a press statement issued Thursday evening, Saleh...

Rangdhanu Group chief Rafiqul sued for laundering Tk 8.78b

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has filed a money laundering case against five individuals, including chairman of Rangdhanu Group Rafiqul Islam, on charges of laundering money amounting to TK 8.78 billion, reports BSS.The CID filed the case under Section 4(2)(4) of the Money Laundering Prevention Act, 2012 with Gulshan Police...