Polls will be held at the earliest after reforms
FE REPORT Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir expressed hope on Thursday that the interim government headed by Dr Muhammad Yunus would arrange the national election after completing the state reforms at the earliest. He came up with the expectation at a press briefing at the...
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Inu, Menon, Palak, ex-IGP Mamun sent to jail
A Dhaka court has sent Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) president Hasanul Haq Inu, Workers Party president Rashed Khan Menon, ex-state minister for ICT Junaid Ahmed Palak and ex-IGP Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun to jail after expiry of their remand period, report agencies.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Saifur Rahman passed the order after a...
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Article 70 of Constitution needs to be amended: AG
Attorney General (AG) Md Asaduzzaman has said article 70 of the Constitution needs to be amended "The interim government led by Muhammad Yunus has been doing everything according to the Constitution. This government has written legality from the Supreme Court (SC)," he told the media on Thursday, reports bdnews24.com.The six...
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Hasina, 25 journalists sued over killing man during movement
As many as 25 journalists have been named along with deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 165 others in a case filed over the murder of Md Fazlu in the capital's Mirpur during the student-led civil uprising, reports bdnews24.com.The deceased's elder brother, Md Sabuj, filed the case with the Bhashantek...
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Ex-addl SP Kafi on five-day remand in murder case
A Dhaka court has placed former Dhaka district's Additional Superintendent of Police Abdullahhil Kafi on a five-remand in a case over the killing of Military Institute student Shaikh Ashabul Yameen, reports UNB.Dhaka Senior Judicial Magistrate Md Julhas Uddin passed the order after hearing a remand petition on Thursday.Earlier, Abdullah Biswas,...
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Khaleda's fitness being examined for overseas treatment: Zahid
The medical board at Evercare Hospital is assessing BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's physical fitness for sending her abroad for treatment as soon as possible, reports UNB.Khaleda's personal physician, Professor AZM Zahid Hossain, made the remark while addressing a press briefing at BNP's Nayapaltan central office on Thursday."Madam (Khaleda) has spent...
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Probe if AL men are behind unrest in RMG sector
Expressing deep concern over the ongoing unrest in the readymade garment industry, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has asked the authorities to look into whether an Awami League leader and his men are acting as instigators behind the incidents, reports UNB.Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Mia Golam Parwar in a statement said Dhaka North City...
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Ex-MP Fazle Karim, two others held while intruding into India
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have arrested three people, including former Awami League lawmaker ABM Fazle Karim Chowdhury, from Brahmanbaria's Akhaura border, reports agencies.The two others are Md Hannan Molla, former union parishad member of Nurpur area under Akhaura upazila, and local Md Nayeem Chowdhury, also a suspected human...
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