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Extrajudicial killings on in name of anti-narcotic drive

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir alleged on Monday the government is 'indulging in extrajudicial killings' in the name of a countrywide anti-narcotic drive, reports UNB.The BNP leader made the comments while speaking at an iftar party organised by Khelafat Majlish, one of the components of the BNP-led 20-party...

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Priyanka Chopra visits Rohingya children at refugee camps

Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra has come to Bangladesh to inspect the Rohingya refugee camps, reports bdnews24.com.Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra has met Rohingya people and their children at a refugee camp in Bangladesh.She visited the Shamlapur camp on Monday afternoon at Teknaf in Cox's Bazar district where the refugees from Myanmar...

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‘Next election has no link with Khaleda’s release’

An Awami League (AL) senior leader said on Monday the next national election has no relation with the release of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, reports BSS."She (Begum Zia) is not a prisoner of state . . . She is the convict of a graft case," he said.AL Publicity and Publication...

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HC hearing on Khaleda’s bail petitions today

The High Court (HC) has deferred the hearing of the bail petitions filed by BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia's lawyer in two separate cases and set today (Tuesday) for the hearing, reports UNB.A bench of Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and Justice JBM Hasan passed the order on Monday as Attorney General Mahbubey...

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Detectives nab five war crimes suspects in Pirojpur

PIROJPUR, May 21 (UNB): Detectives arrested five people from Hetalia village in Bhandaria upazila of the district early Monday for the atrocities they allegedly committed during the Liberation War in 1971.The arrestees are Fazlul Haque Hawlader (75), Abdul Mannan Hawlader (74), Azhar Ali Hawlader alias Aju Munsi (88), Ashraf Ali...

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War crimes convict dies at RMCH

RAJSHAHI, May 21 (UNB): A war crimes convict of Chapainawabganj died at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) in the early hours of Monday.The deceased was Mahidur Rahman (88), hailing from Dadonchak village in Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj and he was in Rajshahi jail.He was sentenced to jail unto death on...

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