No reforms will be meaningful without people's participation
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said on Saturday that no reforms would be meaningful without participation of the people.He also said that reforms could be done through parliamentary system and for this reason national election is needed as early as possible.Mr Fakhrul made the comment...
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BNP will re-launch canal digging prog if elected: Tarique
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) acting chairman Tarique Rahman said on Saturday that his party, if voted to power, would re-introduce the canal digging programme to supply sufficient water for irrigation in order to help produce more food, considering the country's growing population. "If voted to power, we [BNP] will re-introduce...
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Govt won't tolerate any violence
Terming Awami League (AL) a 'fascist' party, Chief Adviser's Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam has said the interim government will not tolerate any violence or any attempt to break the public order in the country, reports UNB."The Awami League in its current form is a fascist party. There is no way...
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Noor Hossain Day today --
Shaheed Noor Hossain Day will be observed today (Sunday) in a befitting manner, reports BSS.On this day in 1987, Noor Hossain, who imprinted his bare chest and back with the slogans 'Free democracy' and 'Down with autocracy', embraced martyrdom in police firing during an anti-autocracy demonstration at Zero Point in...
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Menon, Inu, Palak sent to jail as remand ends
A Dhaka court has sent former ministers Rashed Khan Menon and Hasanul Haq Inu and ex-state minister Zunaid Ahmed Palak to jail after the end of their remand in a murder case, report agencies.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Awlad Hossain Muhammad Zunaid passed the order on Saturday after they were produced before...
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Two AL leaders arrested over killing during uprising
Two leaders of the Awami League (AL) have been arrested in connection with the murder of Mahadi Hasan Pantha during the anti-discrimination student movement, reports UNB. Ahad Ali (55), joint general secretary of the Freedom Fighters' League, Dhaka Metropolitan South, and Md. Iqbal Hossain (57), a local leader of the...
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19 former UP members held for 'secret meeting' at Cox's Bazar hotel
COX'S BAZAR, Nov 09 (UNB): Police have arrested 19 former Union Parishad (UP) members backed by 'Awami League', raiding a hotel where they were holding a 'clandestine meeting' in Cox's Bazar district town.On a tip-off that 19 UP members would gather at Uni Resort in the Kalatoli area of the...
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