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Rally round Sheikh Hasina for development: Tofail

BHOLA, Feb 24 (BSS): Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed today urged the people to rally round Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for continuation of development as Bangladesh is progressing fast under her dynamic leadership. "People have realised that the country witnesses massive development when Sheikh Hasina remains in power. She is a...

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People want to see corrupt leaders in prison: Hanif

KUSHTIA, Feb 24 (BSS): Awami League (AL) Joint General Secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif today terming Khaleda Zia as corrupt and terrorist said the people want to see corrupt and terrorist leaders in prison to ensure safety and peace in the country. "If BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia's imprisonment plays a...

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Former Bangladesh Bank Governor Saleh Uddin Ahmed addressing a roundtable

Former Bangladesh Bank Governor Saleh Uddin Ahmed addressing a roundtable on “Participatory Election and Democracy in Bangladesh” organised by The Dhaka Forum at the National Press Club in the city on Saturday. Story on page 8 — FE Photo

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HC hearing on Khaleda's bail petition today

The High Court is set to hear today (Sunday) a petition filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia seeking bail in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case, reports UNB.The bail petition has been kept as item no36 of the High Court's cause list for the day.The HC bench of Justice M...

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BNP free to join polls without criminals: Inu

KUSHTIA, Feb 24 (BSS)- Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu said today BNP is free to participate in the polls without tagging along criminals. "They have to participate in the election without criminals. No country would allow participation of convicted persons in election," he said. Inu was responding to questions by...

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Govt itself provoking violence: Fakhrul

Condemning police actions on their peaceful programme, BNP alleged on Saturday that the government itself is provoking to create a violent situation in the country, reports UNB."The ministers of this illegal government are continuously making provocations to make a volatile situation in the country but we're very carefully avoiding it,"...

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Different organisations, including Bangabandhu Krishibid Parishad,

Different organisations, including Bangabandhu Krishibid Parishad, jointly formed a human chain in front of the National Press Club in the city on Saturday, condemning the attack on the Bangladesh High Commission office in London. — FE Photo

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Everyone will stay secure under me: Ershad

Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad said on Saturday the people now want him to take power after the rivalries between the two political parties who helped depose him."To the Awami League, the BNP is not safe and to the BNP, the Awami League is not safe. People want to live...

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Govt never foils peaceful programme: Home minister

COMILLA, Feb 24 (UNB): Mentioning that the government never obstructs any peaceful programme, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Saturday said law enforcers take necessary steps if anyone intensifies people's sufferings doing excesses."It was needed to free the area to ease people's sufferings," he said about police foiling the black flag...

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BNP pays homage to slain army officials today

A BNP delegation will today (Sunday) pay homage to the army officials killed in the Pilkhana BDR carnage in 2009 by placing wreaths at their graves, reports UNB.The BNP delegation, comprising its senior leaders, will go to Banani Military Graveyard around 10:30am and place wreaths at the graves of the...

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Road crash hurts BNP leader Minu

RAJSHAHI, Feb 24 (UNB): BNP chairperson's adviser and former mayor of Rajshahi City Corporation Mizanur Rahman Minu was injured in a road accident at Sadhur More in the city on Friday night.The accident took place as the auto-rickshaw carrying him overturned while crossing a speed-breaker on his way home around...

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Detectives arrest 'JMB man' in C'nawabganj

CHAPAINABABGANJ, Feb 24 (UNB): A team of the Detective Branch of police in a drive detained an alleged member of Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) along with 500 grams of gunpowder from a secret meeting of the banned militant outfit at Barghoria Sluicegate in the district Sadar early Saturday.The accused was...

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