EC clears draft bill for new law being enacted with articles from RPO ’72
The Election Commission on Wednesday cleared the draft of the Political Party Registration Bill, 2020 though a commissioner strongly opposed the move to enact a separate law with some articles from the Representation of the People Order (RPO) 1972, reports UNB. The approval came at a meeting of the commission...
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An internal clash
An internal clash between two factions of the local unit of the ruing Awami League, over a defamatory Facebook post, left more than 10 people injured in front of the upazila Awami League office in Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj on Wednesday — Focus Bangla
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Probe report in graft case against Papia, husband Sept 13
A court in Dhaka on Wednesday set September 13 for submitting probe report in a case lodged against expelled Jubo Mohila League leader Shamima Nur Papia and her husband Mofizur Rahman Sumon for amassing illegal wealth of over Tk 60 million, reports BSS.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate KM Imrul Qayes set the...
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Former BNP lawmaker refutes abduction charges against son
Sardar Shakhawat Hussain Bokul, former BNP lawmaker from Narsingdi, has denied the allegations against his son of kidnapping an Indian woman in London, claiming that the two were in fact married to each other, reports bdnews24.com.The Indian media reported that the BNP leader's son, identified only as Nafees, had been...
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Bagerhat AL leader Monsur Ali dies
Valiant freedom fighter and former general secretary of Bagerhat district Awami League (AL) Advocate Fakir Mohammad Monsur Ali passed away at a city hospital on Tuesday night after being infected with coronavirus, reports BSS.He was 75.Monsur Ali breathed his last while undergoing treatment at Sheikh Russel Gastro Liver Hospital in...
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Four siblings among five jailed for life in Khulna murder case
KHULNA, Aug 26 (UNB): A Khulna court on Wednesday sentenced five people including four brothers to life term imprisonment in a murder case filed in 2014. District and Sessions Court Judge Md Saifuzzaman Hiro awarded the verdict. The lifers are Abul Kalam alias AK Molla, his three brothers Motaleb Mollah,...
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Regent's Shahed on six-day remand in house rent case
Regent Group Chairman Mohammad Shahed has been placed on a six-day remand in a case filed on the charges of not paying house rent amounting to Tk 4.5 million, reports BSS.Metropolitan Magistrate Md Masud-Ur- Rahman passed the order when he was produced before the court on Wednesday. Sub-inspector of Pallabi...
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