Unity a must to ensure free and fair election
BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman on Sunday emphasized the need for unity to ensure that the upcoming national parliamentary election is free, fair, and impartial, according to BSS."The sole claimants to the ownership of this country are all of its people. If we want to establish this truth, we must...
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Testimony hearing against Hasina may end in October, prosecution hopes
Witness testimonies against three defendants, including deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, in a case over crimes against humanity linked to the July Uprising will likely be completed in early October, according to prosecutor Mizanul Islam, reports bdnews24.com. He made the remarks on Sunday, the fourth day of the testimony hearing...
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'Jamaat-e-Islami doesn't believe in mob justice'
RANGPUR, Aug 16 (BSS): Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Executive Council Member ATM Azaharul Islam has stated that his party neither supports nor believes in mob justice."Mob justice reflects an inhuman mentality and behavior. Human beings are the best of creation, and no one has the right to beat another person to death,"...
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Five sentenced to death
A Dhaka court has sentenced five people to death for the 2012 murder of Dr Narayan Chandra Dutta Nitai, an assistant professor at Dhaka's National Institute of Diseases of the Chest and Hospital, reports bdnews24.com.Four others have been handed prison terms until their death, while another convict has been sentenced...
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Farooki now out of danger: Tisha
Cultural Affairs Adviser and renowned filmmaker Mostofa Sarwar Farooki is now out of danger and undergoing treatment at a city hospital, said his wife actress Nusrat Imrose Tisha in a post on her verified Facebook page late Saturday, reports UNB. Farooki suddenly fell sick while attending a workshop of his...
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Arrested rickshaw driver gets bail
A Dhaka court has granted bail to Azizur Rahman, the rickshaw driver assaulted near Dhanmondi Road No. 32 while paying tribute to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on his death anniversary, in a case tied to the July Uprising, reports bdnews24.com.Metropolitan Magistrate MA Azharul Islam issued the order after a hearing on...
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