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Nasim urges BNP MPs to take oath

Central 14-patry alliance spokesperson and Awami League (AL) Presidium Member Mohammed Nasim on Saturday called upon the BNP leaders who were elected to parliament to take oath and join the House immediately, reports BSS."BNP will lose the last chance if they do not come to parliament by April 30…. So,...

Govt now to reset date for Shab-e-Barat on April 17

The government will announce a date for Shab-e-Barat celebrations on April 17 as the previously fixed date, April 21, created confusion, reports bdnews24.com.A ten-member panel was formed to end the confusion over the date of Shab-e-Barat, according to State Minister for Religious Affairs Sheikh Md Abdullah. "Until then, the current...

Evil efforts on to protect Nusrat's killers: BNP

BNP on Saturday alleged that 'evil efforts' are on to protect the real killers of Feni madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi, reports UNB."Though some killers in the Nusrat murder case have been arrested, people have strong doubt whether the real killers will get arrested. They have also doubt whether investigation...

Outrage at Nusrat's murder keeps getting louder

FE ReportProtests against the brutal murder of Feni madrasa girl Nusrat Jahan Rafi continued in the city on Saturday as different organisations took to the streets to vent their anger at the heinous crime. A number of right bodies, cultural organisations, left-leaning political parties and women rights groups and platforms...

DNCC will launch awareness drive to keep city canals, drains clean

FE ReportResidents of the Journalists' Housing Society exchanged their views with the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) garbage disposal chief Commodore Abdur Razzak over the prevailing water logging situation and garbage disposal in the area and put forward their opinions at the society's office at Mirpur on Saturday.The DNCC official,...

BTV Ctg to be a full-fledged national channel: Hasan

Our correspondent CHATTOGRAM, April 13: The state-owned Bangladesh Television (BTV), Chattogram centre would gradually be turned into the country's second full-fledged and independent national television channel. Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud disclosed this while inaugurating the nine-hour independent transmission programme of BTV Chattogram center on its premises at noon.This centre...

DU Baishakhi concert stage set afire

Some miscreants set fire to a stage made for a concert to celebrate Pahela Baishakh at Mal Chhattaron of Dhaka University (DU) campus early Saturday, reports UNB. They also vandalized 17 refrigerators of a company who sponsored the concert, according to eyewitnesses.Some 100-150 men also vandalised the stage and instruments...

BNP standing committee member Nazrul Islam Khan addressing as the chief guest a discussion

BNP standing committee member Nazrul Islam Khan addressing as the chief guest a discussion organised by Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Karmajibi Dal at the Jatiya Press Club in the city on Saturday, demanding 'proper treatment' of the party chairperson, Khaleda Zia, and her and other leaders' immediate release from jail — Focus...

Masud focuses on role of BD women in UN peacekeeping

The Permanent Representative (PR) of Bangladesh, Ambassador Masud Bin Momen, has highlighted the significant contribution of Bangladeshi women's peacekeepers in the United Nations peacekeeping operations, reports BSS. "Bangladesh now stands 5th among the Troop Contributing Countries (TCCs) or Police Contributing Countries (PCCs) in contributing female peacekeepers," he said.He was addressing...