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Law Adviser Dr Asif Nazrul speaking at a press briefing

Law Adviser Dr Asif Nazrul speaking at a press briefing in front of the State Guest House Jamuna in the capital on Wednesday after a BNP delegation met with Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus. —PID

EC to publish work plan for polls by July: Commissioner

Election Commissioner Anwarul Islam Sarker has said the Election Commission (EC) will publish a printed work plan by July next for the 13th parliamentary election, reports UNB."Hopefully, you will get a printed work plan, which the EC will publish before the (national) election, in June-July," he told reporters at his...

BNP urges US to keep tariffs on BD at reasonable level

BNP has urged the United States (US) to maintain reciprocal tariffs on Bangladesh at a reasonable level to ensure smooth trade and economic relations between the two countries, report agencies."The economic aspects and the tariff issue came up during the discussions. We discussed Bangladesh's perspective on the tariff matter," said...

British envoy meets Nahid, other NCP leaders

British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Sarah Cooke has met with Nahid Islam and other National Citizen Party (NCP) leaders as part of a series of meetings with political parties, reports UNB. They discussed the UK's support to Bangladesh and the pathway towards a democratic, inclusive, and prosperous future, said the...

Salman, Anisul, Qamrul, 10 others shown arrested in fresh cases

A Dhaka court has showed 13 people, including Salman F Rahman, Anisul Huq and Advocate Qamrul Islam, in different cases filed over murder and attempt to murder committed during the July-August mass uprising, reports BSS.The others are Hasanul Haque Inu, Rashed Khan Menon, Shajahan Khan, Zunaid Ahmed Palak, Abdullah Al...

BNP holds talks with Consensus Commission today

The National Consensus Commission is set to hold talks with Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) today (Thursday) as part of the series of dialogues with political parties to reach a national consensus over the state reform initiatives taken by the interim government, reports UNB.The discussion will start at 10:30 am at...

Chhatra Odhikar Parishad for DUCSU polls by June

The Bangladesh Chhatra Odhikar Parishad has demanded that the Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) elections be held in a ‘credible, participatory and competitive’ manner by June and called on the authorities to announce a ‘specific schedule’ for the polls by May, reports bdnews24.com.Leaders of the student organisation made the...

Pak foreign secretary Amna Baloch in Dhaka

Pakistan's Foreign Secretary Amna Baloch arrived in Dhaka on Wednesday as Bangladesh and Pakistan will hold the Foreign Office Consultations (FOC) today (Thursday), marking the first such meeting since 2010, reports UNB.Director General of South Asia Wing at Bangladesh's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) Ishrat Jahan welcomed her upon arrival...

Ex-KUET VC, pro-VC sued over 2017 attacks

KHULNA, Apr 16 (BSS): Two former students of Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (KUET) have filed separate cases against 15 individuals, including the university's former vice chancellor (VC) and pro-vice chancellor, over violent assaults that occurred on the campus in 2017.The case was filed with Khan Jahan Ali Police...

Sylhet BCL man killed in infighting, one held

SYLHET, Apr 16 (UNB): An activist of the banned Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) was stabbed to death during a factional clash in Sylhet city on Tuesday night.The deceased is Tushar Ahmed Chowdhury (21), son of Advocate Sajed Ahmed Chowdhury of Bashundhara residential area of Roynagar in the city.He was the...