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No revolution can succeed sans a strong party: Fakhrul

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday said no revolution can succeed without a strong and well-organised organisation behind it, report agencies. "If there is no revolutionary organisation, a revolution cannot happen. In my personal view, a revolution succeeds only when there is a powerful organisation behind it,"...

Steps taken to ensure free, fair, peaceful polls, says CA

Chief Adviser (CA) Prof Muhammad Yunus has briefed the newly-appointed Ambassador of the Netherlands, Boris van Bommel on the interim government's preparations to hold a general election in the first half of February, emphasising steps taken to ensure the polls are free, fair and peaceful, report UNB.The newly-appointed Ambassador met...

Jamaat has taken streets to support interim govt: Parwar

RANGPUR, Sept 19 (BSS): Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Mia Golam Parwar has said his party, together with the people, has taken to the streets to support and strengthen the interim government."After the fall of the previous regime, we have been responding to the call of the chief adviser and supporting...

Free, fair polls possible through consensus: Badiul Alam

Election Reform Commission Chief Badiul Alam Majumdar has said free and fair elections are possible only through consensus, reports BSS.He made the remarks while speaking as the chief guest at a discussion at the Gangni Upazila Parishad auditorium in Meherpur on Friday.Badiul Alam Majumdar said the lower house will be...

Fair polls not possible if poll-time govt is biased: TIB chief

Executive Director of Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) Dr Iftekharuzzaman has said a fair election will not be possible if the election-time government plays a biased role, reports UNB."If the election-time government is biased, fails to ensure level-playing field or plays a partial role towards any party, there will be no...

NCP to move forward with its own goals: Nahid

National Citizen Party (NCP) Nahid Islam, a key figure in the July Uprising movement, has said his party will continue to move forward with its goals and it is not currently considering joining any political alliance, reports BSS."Those who share similar ideology are welcome to join NCP but currently, it...

Housewife shot dead in BNP factional clash in Narsingdi

A housewife has been shot dead in Narsingdi Sadar Upazila after being caught in indiscriminate firing during a clash between rival BNP factions, police say, reports bdnews24.com.The incident took place on Friday afternoon at Satpara village, said Narsingdi Additional Superintendent of Police Sujan Chandra Sarkar.The victim is Ferdousi Akter (35),...

Police arrest Gazipur AL leader, sent to jail

Police arrested acting president of Kashimpur unit (under Gazipur district unit) of banned Awami League (AL) S M Ashraful Alam Askar (60) on Thursday.DMP deputy commissioner (media and public relations) Muhammad Talebur Rahman disclosed the development to the media. He said a team of Tejgaon Police Station arrested Askar from...

Case filed against 2,200 over mob attacks on four shrines in Cumilla

Police have started a case against more than 2,000 unidentified people after a series of mob attacks, vandalism and arson at four shrines in Cumilla's Homna Upazila, fuelled by allegations of blasphemy, reports bdnew24.com.Homna Police Station Sub-Inspector Tapas Kumar Sarkar, who lodged the case on Thursday night, said the case...

CPB President Mohammed Shah Alam and General Secretary Ruhin Hossain Prince hoisting the national and party flags respectively

Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) President Mohammed Shah Alam and General Secretary Ruhin Hossain Prince hoisting the national and party flags respectively at the inaugural ceremony of the party's 13th national congress at the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh, in the capital on Friday. — bdnews24.com