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JP names Quader chairman, Raushon leader of opposition

The Jatiya Party has reached a compromise on the leadership tussle between its founder HM Ershad's brother GM Quader and widow Raushon Ershad that threatened to split the party, reports bdnews24.com. The party has agreed to hand the chairmanship to GM Quader, in keeping with the will of Ershad, while...

Govt plotting to send Khaleda back to jail, says Fakhrul

The government is plotting to send BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to prison without completing her medical treatment, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said, reports bdnews24.com. Khaleda is not receiving proper medical care at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital, causing her condition to deteriorate, he told a...

Writ seeks independent prosecution services commission

A writ petition has been filed with the High Court on Sunday challenging the legality of the two circulars by which the government recently appointed 70 deputy attorney generals and 105 assistant attorney generals at the Attorney General Office.Farhad Uddin Ahmed Bhuiyan, a Supreme Court lawyer, filed the petition. The...

BNP picks Rita Rahman for Rangpur-3 by-polls

BNP picked Rita Rahman, chief of People's Party of Bangladesh, one of the components of the 20-party alliance, as its candidate to contest the Rangpur-3 by-election. reports UNB. Party senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi came up with the announcement at a press conference at the party's Nayapaltan central...

Barrister Mainul freed on bail

Barrister Mainul Hosein walked free from Keraniganj central jail on Sunday after securing bail from a Dhaka court in a defamation case.Advocate Mohiuddin Chowdhury, one of the lawyers for Mr Mainul, said, "Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Court Judge Tofazzal Hossain granted him bail on Sunday.""Mr Mainul was sued for slandering female...

Shad Ershad JP contestant for Rangpur-3 seat

Rahgir Al Mahi Shad is standing in the parliamentary by-polls to Rangpur-3 with the ticket of the Jatiya Party his father HM Ershad founded, reports bdnews24.com.The seat fell vacant with the death of Ershad on July 14, which also widened the rift between his brother GM Quader and widow Raushon...

No decision to dissolve BCL committee, says Quader

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Sunday said no decision has been taken to dissolve the existing committee of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) though Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina might have resentment about its some issues, reports UNB. "Two meetings of the Parliamentary Board and Local Government Nomination Board were...