Arrest business now the order of the day: BNP

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir alleged on Wednesday the 'arrest business' by law enforcers has now become a regular practice, reports UNB."The evil tricks to arrest and harass opposition activists have now taken a serious turn. The Awami League government has continued inexpressible repressions on opposition leaders and...

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Quit BNP accepting failures in movement, elections

Awami League (AL) general secretary Obaidul Quader said on Wednesday BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir should resign from his party shouldering the responsibility for the failures both in the movement and the elections, report agencies."As a secretary general, he couldn't carry out a movement for 10 minutes over...

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TIB report on election irregularities politically motivated: Hasan

Information Minister Hasan Mahmud has dismissed as 'politically-motivated' a report by the Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB), which alleged widespread irregularities during the general election, report agencies. "There are organisations whose work is to damage our country," the minister told a briefing in Chittagong on Wednesday.After conducting surveys during voting at...

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BCL for holding Ducsu election immediately

Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) demanded on Wednesday immediate holding of Dhaka University Central Students' Union (Ducsu) polls, reports BSS.The BCL brought out a procession from the university's Madhur Canteen and after marching different streets of the campus with it, the pro-Awami League student body held a rally at Aparajeya Bangla.In...

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Key suspect Asadullah on three-day remand

A Dhaka court put on Wednesday on a three-day remand the prime suspect in LGBT magazine editor Xulhaz Mannan and his friend Mahbub-Tanoy murder case, reports UNB.The prime accused is Asadullah alias Fakhrul alias Faisal Zakir alias Sadik, an important member of military wing of banned militant outfit 'Ansar Al...

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HC order on writ challenging MPs' oath-taking today

The High Court (HC) will pass its order today (Thursday) on a writ filed seeking its directives to revoke the oath of the MPs of the 11th parliament, reports UNB.The HC bench of Justice Moyeenul Islam Chowdhury and Justice Md Ashraful Kamal fixed the date on Wednesday after hearing the...

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Court defers indictment hearing against Khaleda

CUMILLA, Jan 16 (UNB): A court deferred on Wednesday the hearing on charge framing and bail petition of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in a case over the killing of eight people in an arson attack on a bus in 2015.Cumilla additional district and sessions judge Md Ali Akbar passed the...

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