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No fuel shortage in country, 'situation artificial': Fakhrul

THAKURGAON, Apr 24 (UNB): LGRD and Cooperatives Minister and BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir have said there is no fuel shortage in the country, empahasising that the current situation has been artificially created by some people involved in unethical business practices."There is no fuel crisis in the country....

Jamaat condemns 'attacks' on DUCSU leaders, Shibir men, Rajshahi college

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami on Friday strongly condemned the 'attacks' on DUCSU leaders at Shahbagh Police Station in the capital, as well as 'assaults' on activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir in Pabna and Cumilla, reports UNB.In a statement, Jamaat Secretary General Mia Golam Porwar criticised what he described as 'barbaric and cowardly...

Cabinet approves draft bill to end duty-free vehicle facility for MPs

The Cabinet has d approved in principle the draft bill of the Members of Parliament (Remuneration and Allowances) (Amendment) Act, 2026, scrapping the duty-free vehicle facility for lawmakers in view of the current economic realities, reports UNB.The approval was given at the fifth Cabinet meeting held at the Cabinet room...

BD urges revitalisation of SAARC for regional welfare

Bangladesh has stressed revitalisation of SAARC to build a visible, functional and resilient regional platform for the welfare of over two billion South Asians, reports BSS.The call was made at the second meeting of the SAARC Inter-Governmental Expert Group on Poverty Alleviation held in Malé, Maldives on April 22-23 to...

Expelled BNP leader Isahak Sarkar, content creator Nuruzzaman Kafi, and social activist Mohiuddin Rony,

Expelled BNP leader Isahak Sarkar, content creator Nuruzzaman Kafi, and social activist Mohiuddin Rony, among others, raising their hands, as they joined the National Citizen Party (NCP) at the Institution of Diploma Engineers in the capital on Friday. — Focus Bangla

BNP to organise workers' rally in city May 1

The BNP will hold a workers' rally in Dhaka on May 1, marking International Workers' Day, reports UNB.Prime Minister and BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman will attend the rally as the chief guest, report agencies.BNP Standing Committee member and the Prime Minister's Political Adviser Nazrul Islam Khan made the announcement at...

Two aides to Tarique Siddique on fresh remand

A Dhaka court has placed Chan Mia and Mohidul Islam -- the driver and caretaker, respectively, of Tarique Ahmed Siddique, the military adviser to former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, on a four-day fresh remand, reports bdnews24.com.Metropolitan Magistrate Al Biruni Meer passed the order on Friday after the investigators produced them...

Govt takes steps to fulfill electoral pledges: Tuku

TANGAIL, April 24(BSS): State Minister for Fisheries and Livestock Sultan Salauddin Tuku has said the government has begun taking effective and visible steps to implement its electoral commitments.He said the BNP government has completed only two months in office and has already initiated measures to fulfil each of the pledges...

21 AL men arrested in Pabna

PABNA, Apr 24 (UNB): Police in Sujanagar upazila of Pabna have conducted a crackdown operation and arrested 21 leaders and activists of the banned Awami League (AL), its student wing Chhatra League and youth wing Jubo League.The arrests were made early Friday during a special anti-terror operation in the Mathurapur...