BNP demands cancellation of UPs for holding fair polls
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has condemned Indian home minister's comments on Bangladeshis.The party made the remarks at a meeting of its standing committee last week, according to a press release signed by party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday.The Indian union home minister Amit Shah during a meeting...
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Mahmudur Rahman returns home after long exile
Mahmudur Rahman, editor of Amar Desh, has returned to the country after spending over five and a half years in exile, reports UNB.He arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport from Turkey on a Qatar Airways flight at 9:20am on Friday.Leaders from the Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists, Dhaka Union of...
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AL leader Abdul Jabbar arrested in Kafrul
Police arrested Abdul Jabbar, a local Awami League (AL) leader, in connection with an attack on students during the anti-discrimination movement on Thursday night, reports UNB. The student-led protest turned violent when a group of AL supporters allegedly opened fire on the crowd.Jahangir Kabir, assistant commissioner (media) of Dhaka Metropolitan...
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One more held over Lt Tanjim killing
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB-15) has arrested one more key suspect over the killing of Lt Tanjim Sarwar Nirjon of the Bangladesh Army, report agencies.The arrestee is Md. Sadek (41). He was arrested during a joint operation conducted by RAB-15 and other law enforcement agencies in Fasiakhali under Chakaria...
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Genocide perpetrators have no right to do politics: Jamaat Ameer
Shafiqur Rahman, Ameer of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, has condemned Awami League (AL), accusing it of committing genocide, report agencies.He asserted that any party committing genocide should be disqualified from participating in national politics. He made the remarks while addressing a gathering organised by Khulna Metropolitan Jamaat at Sonadanga in Khulna on...
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