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Khaleda in jail for graft, PM tells parliament

SANGSAD BHABAN, July 11 (UNB): Pointing at BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Wednesday the government did not arrest her out of any political motive but she is in jail after being convicted by the court for the embezzlement of orphans' money."We didn't arrest her for...

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'Denial of permission' to meet Khaleda worries BNP

BNP questioned on Wednesday whether the government wants to 'kill its chairperson Khaleda Zia in solitary confinement in jail' as no one has not been allowed to meet her in jail over the last 11 days, reports UNB.Speaking at a press conference at BNP's Nayapaltan central office, party secretary general...

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Test popularity by joining next polls, Quader to BNP

Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Wednesday advised BNP to test its popularity by joining the next general election, reports UNB.Speaking at a workshop, he also trashed BNP's allegation that Election Commission (EC) Secretary Helal Uddin Ahmed used to go to Awami League's office, saying it is a false...

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Arrest warrant against Khaleda, Goyeshwar

A Dhaka court issued on Wednesday arrest warrant against BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and her party's standing committee member Goyeshwar Chandra Roy for making derogatory remarks about the number of martyrs in War of Liberation and martyred intellectuals, reports BSS.Dhaka metropolitan magistrate Abu Sayeed issued the warrant after taking...

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BNP leader Badruzzaman Khosru dies

Badruzzaman Khosru, BNP's religious affairs secretary, died of cardiac arrest at a city hospital. He was 74, reports UNB.Khosru, also an industrialist, breathed his last at Square Hospitals around 4:30pm, said BNP chairperson's media wing member Sayrul Kabir Khan.He is survived by wife, two sons, one daughter and a host...

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Students of the Social Science Department of Dhaka University staging a sit-in

Students of the Social Science Department of Dhaka University staging a sit-in on the campus on Wednesday demanding unconditional release of three members of the Bangladesh General Students' Rights Protection Council, who were placed on remand in connection with the attack on the university vice chancellor's residence — Focus Bangla

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