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AL was formed to bring back BD's independence: Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Sunday that Awami League was formed on this day in 1949 to bring back the independence of Bangladesh which was lost in Amrakanon on June 23, 1757 through the defeat of the last independent Nawab of Bengal, reports UNB."Under the leadership of the Father...

JCD council on July 15

Amid a row over the formation of its new committee maintaining a specific age limit, the council of BNP's student body Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) will be held on July 15, reports UNB. Shamsuzzaman Dudu, BNP vice chairman and ex-president of JCD, came up with the announcement at a press...

AL celebrates 70th founding anniv

Bangladesh Awami League, the country's oldest political party which led the nation in the Liberation War in 1971, celebrated its 70th founding anniversary on Sunday with various programmes across the country, reports UNB.Founded on June 23, 1949 at the historic Rose Garden in the old part of Dhaka, the party...

By-polls to Bogura-6 today

BOGURA, June 23 (UNB): The by-election to Bogura-6 constituency will be held on Monday.Voting will begin at 9am and continue until 5pm without any break.Meanwhile, the Election Commission has completed all the preparations to smoothly hold the by-polls using Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs).The constituency was declared vacant as BNP Secretary...

HC set to schedule Khaleda's bail hearing plea in graft case

The hearing date of jailed BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's bail plea in the Zia Charitable Trust graft case is set to be announced shortly, reports bdnews24.com The High Court passed an order to that effect after the bail petition filed with the bench of Justice Obaidul Hassan and Justice SM...

BNP expels a dozen JCD demonstrators

The BNP on Saturday night expelled a dozen demonstrating leaders of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal's (JCD) recently dissolved committee for breaching party discipline, reports UNB.A press release, signed by BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, said the 12 leaders were stripped off all JCD posts, including primary memberships.Those who were...