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EU envoy meets Mirza Fakhrul

European Union (EU) Ambassador to Bangladesh Michael Miller met BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday and discussed a range of issues relating to Bangladesh's upcoming elections, reforms and bilateral issues, reports UNB.The hour-long meeting, which began at around 11:00 am, was held at the BNP Chairperson's Gulshan...

December cut-off time for next polls, says Amir Khosru

BNP senior leader Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury on Thursday said the country will be on the right track if the next election is held by December this year, as it is the cut-off time for the parliamentary polls, reports UNB."Everyone assumes that there is no scope to delay the election...

Khaleda Zia to return home in mid-April: UK BNP

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia will return home in mid-April, said UK BNP President MA Malek, reports BSS.He disclosed the information to the newsmen after an iftar mahfil organised by Noakhali Nationalist Forum UK on Wednesday in London."Madam's physicians are also preparing accordingly and are treating her...

Anyone can criticise govt now, and it's a success

Foreign Adviser Md. Touhid Hossain has said anybody can criticise the interim government without fear, and that is the success of this administration, reports UNB."Could you criticise the government in power a year back or eight months back as you can do today? If nothing else, this government has at...

Jamaat submits reform opinions to commission

Bangladesh Jamaat-e Islami has submitted their opinions on the proposals of key reforms to the National Consensus Commission, reports BSS.The present interim government has formed the seven-member National Consensus Commission headed by chief adviser Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus aiming to review and adopt the recommendations made by six key reform...

Chhatra League leader arrested in Rangpur

RANGPUR, March 20 (BSS): The Detective Branch (DB) of Kurigram district police arrested banned Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader Saddam Hossain Nayan from Rangpur metropolis last night.Arrested Saddam was the general secretary of the Kurigram district unit."The BCL leader was arrested from the city's Jahaz Company Intersection area on Wednesday...

Tarique, Babar, others acquitted in bribery case

A Dhaka court on Thursday acquitted BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman and former State Minister for Home Affairs Lutfozzaman Babar and four others in a bribery case, reports UNB.Judge of the Dhaka Special Judge Court-3 Md Abu Taher passed the order.The six others who got acquittal are Ahmed Akbar Sobhan...