Prime Minister Tarique Rahman presiding over a meeting
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman presiding over a meeting on Third Terminal at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at the Secretariat in the capital on Sunday. — PID
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JS to decide on use of party symbols in local polls: EC
Election Commissioner Abdur Rahmanel Mashud has said the Election Commission (EC) is awaiting a Jatiya Sangsad (JS) decision on whether the upcoming local government elections will be contested under party symbols , report agencies.Speaking to reporters at the EC headquarters in Agargaon on Sunday, Mashud said the provision allowing party...
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ACC files cases against ex-MP Sheikh Afil, wife
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed two separate cases against former Jashore-1 MP and his wife Tahera Sobha over allegations of acquiring illegal wealth worth Tk 623.1 million beyond known sources of income.Sheikh Afil Uddin is the elder brother of Sheikh Bashir Uddin, a former adviser to the interim government...
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Jamaat condemns minister's remark on ‘Inquilab Zindabad’ slogan
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has protested the Power, Energy, and Mineral Resources Minister Iqbal Hasan Mahmud's comments regarding the slogan ‘Inquilab Zindabad.’Assistant Secretary General of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and Head of its Central Publicity and Media Department Advocate Ahsanul Mahboob Zubair issued a statement and expressed deep concern and condemnation in this regard...
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Ex-DMP chief Habibur among 11 indicted
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 on Sunday indicted 11 people, including former Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Habibur Rahman in a case over the murder of Imam Hasan Taim during the July uprising, reports UNB. The three-member bench of ICT-2 led by its Chairman Justice Nazrul Islam framed the charges and...
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Testimony begins against Salman, Anisul
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 has started recording deposition of a prosecution witness in a case against Salman F Rahman and Anisul Huq for allegedly inciting mass killings and other crimes against humanity by imposing curfew during the July mass uprising.Imran Hossain from the capital's Mirpur testified as the first...
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JCD leader attends father's funeral on parole with waist rope
RAJBARI, Feb 22 (UNB): A local leader of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) Alauddin Patwari attended his father's funeral in Rajbari on Saturday night after being granted temporary parole.The JCD leader joined the funeral at Eidgah ground near his family home at Nimtala village of Sadar upazila around 7:30 pm, with...
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