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Attempts underway to place bureaucracy under one party's control, warns Fakhrul

Urging the government to maintain complete neutrality, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has alleged that attempts are being made to place bureaucracy under the control of a particular party ahead of the national election, report agencies."Efforts are underway to place bureaucracy under the control of a particular party....

Jamaat demands inclusion of PR proposal in referendum

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, which has been pressing for a referendum next month to adopt the July Charter, has reiterated its demand for incorporating a proposal on adopting the proportional representation (PR) system in parliamentary elections in the proposed referendum.The demand was made by the party's secretary general, Mia Golam Porwar, while...

Nahid calls for arrest of military officers implicated in crimes against humanity

Nahid Islam, convener of National Citizen Party, has called for the swift arrest and prosecution of military officers implicated in crimes against humanity during the July Uprising, reports bdnews24.com. His remarks, made in a Facebook post late Thursday, urged the government to take decisive action to address these abuses and...

Expat July activist Hamid laid to rest with state honour in Ctg

CHATTOGRAM, Oct 10 (UNB): The body of expatriate July activist Abdul Hamid was buried with state honour in his family grave in Chattogram on Friday, 18 days after his death.His remains arrived at Chattogram's Shah Amanat International Airport in the morning on a Bangladesh Biman flight, where relatives wept openly...

BNP factional clash leaves several injured in Sylhet's Bishwanath

SYLHET, Oct 10 (UNB): A violent clash broke out on Thursday night in Bishwanath municipality of Sylhet between supporters of two BNP advisers -- Tahsina Rushdi Luna, wife of missing BNP leader M Ilias Ali, and Md Humayun Kabir, foreign affairs adviser to BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman.The hour-long clash...

JCD protests BCL members’ involvement in IU teacher recruitment tests

ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY, Oct 10 (UNB): Leaders and activists of the Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) staged a demonstration at Islamic University (IU) in Kushtia on Friday, alleging that members of the banned Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) were involved in a teacher recruitment test.The protesters demanded a fascism-free and merit-based recruitment...