PM's remark on Tarique a roadmap for revenge: Rizvi

A BNP senior leader said on Wednesday Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina is now devising a new roadmap to take political revenge on its acting chairman Tarique Rahman, report agencies."She (Hasina) has now made Tarique Rahman her target. She's trying to make another roadmap to take revenge on him and...

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Demand for army in local govt polls illogical: Quader

Awami League (AL) general secretary Obaidul Quader said on Wednesday the demand for army deployment in local government elections is illogical, reports BSS. "BNP did not deploy army in any election when the party was in power...Now BNP's demand for army deployment in local government polls is illogical," he said.The...

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'Gunfight' with police kills 'robber' in Cumilla

Cumilla, Apr 18 (UNB): A suspected robber was killed in a reported gunfight between his cohorts and police at Raipur in Daudkandi upazila early Wednesday.The dead is Rubayet Hossain Babul, son of Imam Hossain of Madhabdi upazila in Narsingdi district.Mizanur Rahman, officer-in-charge (OC) of Daudkandi thana, said a team of...

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DU revokes expulsion of Isha

Dhaka University (DU) authorities withdrew on Wednesday its previous order expelling Iffat Jahan Isha, a leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League's Kabi Sufia Kamal Hall unit, as its probe body found 'no evidence of torture on a student inside the hall' by Isha, report agencies.The decision was taken at a meeting...

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RAB nab 'militant' daughter on father's plea

NARAYANGANJ, April 18 (BSS): Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested a female along with her two accomplices for their suspected link to militancy from Narayanganj."We arrested one Jannatul Naim Mitu along with her two accomplices Mehedi Hasan Masud and Akbar Hossain Sumon from Sonakanda village under Bandar thana of Narayanganj on...

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