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Jamaat Ameer lauds PM's canal excavation move

Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman has welcomed the canal excavation initiative taken by Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, reports UNB.In a Facebook post from his verified account on Monday, he said Bangladesh was once widely known as a riverine country where rivers played a vital role in transportation, trade and agriculture.He...

Information and Broadcasting Minister Zahir Uddin Swapan inaugurates

Information and Broadcasting Minister Zahir Uddin Swapan inaugurates the canal excavation programme by cutting soil with a spade in Gournadi upazila of Barishal on Monday. — Focus Bangla

BNP forms 'humane govt' to protect human rights: Shama Obaed

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shama Obaed Islam has reiterated the government's commitment to protecting human rights, saying the country witnessed repeated violations over the past 17 years, reports UNB. "We have seen how human rights were repeatedly violated in different sectors during the past 17 years," she told reporters...

People exercised voting rights smoothly in 13th JS polls: CEC

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin has said people exercised their right to vote smoothly in the 13th Jatiya Sangsad elections, report agencies.Speaking as the chief guest at a discussion organised at the Election Commission (EC) headquarters in the capital's Agargaon on Monday to mark International Women's Day, he...

35 BNP, Jamaat losing candidates move HC over poll irregularities

Thirty-five candidates who lost in the February 12 elections have challenged the results in the High Court (HC), alleging several irregularities in the voting process, reports bdnews24.com.On Monday, the bench of Justice Md Zakir Hossain, appointed to hear election-related cases, admitted the petitions separately and fixed them for hearing.In the...

Ex-JCD leader shot dead in Khulna

A former leader of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) has been gunned down in broad daylight in Khulna city, reports bdnews24.com.Md Shafiqul Islam, officer-in-charge of Daulatpur Police Station, said the killing took place in front of KDA Kalpataru Market around 11:30 am on Monday.The victim, Rashidul Anam Rashu (30), was the...