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People don't want to see BNP in power: Quader

TANGAIL, Mar 14 (BSS): Awami League General Secretary and Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said on Wednesday the country people do not want to see BNP in power as the party is an evil force patronising communalism and militancy."The activities of BNP have again proved that they are...

Polls to five city corporations in time: Minister

Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Khandker Mosharraf Hossain said on Wednesday the elections to five city corporations will be held in time if there is no obstacle or cases, reports UNB.The minister came up with the information while talking to reporters at the Secretariat."There is a legal obligation...

SC stay on Khaleda's bail frustrates BNP

BNP voiced frustration and anger on Wednesday over the Supreme Court order staying the High Court's bail to its chairperson Khaleda Zia in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case, reports UNB.The party also alleged that the Supreme Court full bench passed the stay order after a unilateral hearing from the ACC...

Comilla court to hear two petitions Mar 28

COMILLA, Mar 14 (UNB): A court here on Tuesday fixed March 28 to hear two petitions -- one for BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's bail and another for withdrawal of production warrant (PW) against her -- in an arson case filed in 2015.Comilla Senior Judicial Magistrate Judge Mustain Billa passed the...

JP candidate Shamim wins Gaibandha-1 by-polls

GAIBANDHA, Mar 14 (UNB): Jatiya Party candidate Barrister Shamim Haidar Patwary was unofficially declared the winner of the by-polls to the Gaibandha-1 constituency on Tuesday.According to the results announced, Shamim bagged 78,926 votes while his nearest rival Afruza Bari, of Awami League, secured 68,913 votes, said returning officer GM Sahatabuddin.The...

AL must return to power for a true Sonar Bangla: Hanif

CHITTAGONG, March 14 (BSS): Joint General Secretary of Awami League (AL) Mahbubul Alam Hanif said on Wednesday people should cast their votes for Awami League if they want the rule of honest people in the country. Hanif said," If Sheikh Hasina's government comes to state power again, Bangladesh will be...

Fakhrul visits Milon's village home, consoles family

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir visited on Wednesday the village home of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) Dhaka north city unit vice president Zakir Hossain Milon who reportedly died in police custody early Monday, reports UNB.Fakhrul went to Milon's house at Majukhan in Gazipur's Pubail in the afternoon and...

BNP Ctg city president Dr Shahdat out on bail

CHITTAGONG, Mar 14 (UNB): Over a month after his arrest, Chittagong city unit BNP president Dr Shahdat Hossain was released on bail from jail on Wednesday.He walked out of the Chittagong Central Jail around 10:40am after the bail order reached the jail authorities, Chittagong divisional BNP organising secretary Mahbubur Rahman...

Bangabandhu Chair opens in Bangkok today

The first ever Bangabandhu Chair, a Ph.D level doctoral fellowship, would be opened at Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) in Bangkok, Thailand today (Thursday), reports BSS.Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali, who is now in Bangkok, and his Thai counterpart Don Pramudwinai will jointly inaugurate the "Bangabandhu Chair" at the AIT,...