Fakhrul meets pilot Towkir's family, conveys Khaleda, Tarique's sympathy
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday conveyed party Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman's sympathy to the bereaved family members of deceased pilot Flight Lieutenant Towkir Islam Sagar.Towkir was killed in a training jet crash at Milestone School and College in the city that...
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July charter, declaration to be realised by Aug 5: Nahid
SUNAMGANJ, July 25 (BSS): National Citizen Party (NCP) Convener Nahid Islam on Friday said their party is determined to realise the July charter and July declaration by August 5, as part of its ongoing movement for reforms, justice, and a new constitution."NCP will move forward with the demands for justice...
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NCC struggles to reach consensus on key reform issues
The National Consensus Commission (NCC) is facing challenges in reaching a consensus over three significant reform issues -- the appointment of the election-time caretaker government chief, the formation of the upper house and the election system for 100 reserved seats for women, reports UNB.Though Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and Bangladesh...
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Three movement coordinators taken into DB custody from hospital
On July 26 last year, three coordinators of the anti-discrimination student movement Nahid Islam, Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain and Abu Baker Majumdar were taken into Detective Branch (DB) custody of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) from a city hospital, reports BSS.
Earlier that afternoon, Nahid's family alleged that a group...
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Anisul, Salman sent to jail in Omar killing case
A Dhaka court on Friday sent to jail former law minister Anisul Huq and ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina's former adviser Salman F Rahman in a case lodged over the murder of one Sajedur Rahman Omar during July Uprising, reports BSS.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mehedi Hasan passed the order as police...
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