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GOP's Rashed Khan joins BNP

Rashed Khan, general secretary of Gono Odhikar Parishad (GOP), has left the party and officially joined the BNP, report agencies.He joined the BNP by presenting a bouquet to party Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir at the chairperson's Gulshan office in the capital on Saturday.Rashed has secured the BNP nomination...

Inquilab Moncho stages blockade for second day

Inquilab Moncho members continued their blockade programme at Shahbagh intersection in city on Saturday for the second consecutive day, demanding justice for the murder of its spokesperson Sharif Osman Hadi. The protest, which started on Friday afternoon, continued through the night and entered Saturday.The blockade was briefly lifted on Saturday...

Tarique Rahman's return eases election tensions: Fakhrul

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said concerns over the national election have largely eased following Tarique Rahman's return to Bangladesh from London, reports UNB.Speaking to reporters on the Dhaka University campus before visiting the grave of July uprising activist Sharif Osman Hadi, he, however, said conspiracies are...

BNP supporters protest nomination for M'singh-10, block railways, roads

Protests have rocked Mymensingh after BNP supporters blocked railway and roads, by lighting up sporadic fires protesting the nomination for Mymensingh-10 constituency, reports bdnews24.com.The train services on the Dhaka-Mymensingh route have remained suspended, while institutions in the city suspended their activities after the protest spread to streets in Gafargaon Municipality.Atikur...

Shrine vandalised at night in Thakurgaon

A shrine in Thakurgaon town has reportedly been vandalised under the cover of darkness, prompting tensions among local residents and devotees, report agencies.The shrine, known as the Hazrat Baba Shah Satyapir Mazar, was damaged at some point on Friday night in the Satyapir Bridge area of the town, according to...

Asif Mahmud collects nomination paper for Cumilla-3

CUMILLA, Dec 27 (UNB): Former adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuiyan has collected a nomination paper for the Cumilla-3 (Muradnagar) constituency to contest the upcoming national election as an independent candidate, scheduled for February 12.NCP activist Ramjanul Karim collected the nomination paper on behalf of Asif Mahmud from the office of...

Teacher held for 'insulting' Tarique

Police have arrested a teacher for allegedly making derogatory remarks about Acting BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman during a visit to Sharif Osman bin Hadi's grave, reports bdnews24.com.AKM Shahidul Islam, the arrestee, is a teacher at Gabtoli Technical Training Centre in the capital. According to Moniruzzaman, chief of Shahbagh Police, Inqilab...

BNP leader urges Tarique to contest from Cumilla-6

CUMILLA, Dec 27 (UNB): BNP Chairperson's Adviser Aminur Rashid Yasin has formally urged BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman to contest the next parliamentary election from the Cumilla-6 (Sadar) constituency.He made the appeal while speaking as the chief guest at a doa mahfil organised to express gratitude for Tarique Rahman's return...

EC sends postal ballots to over 0.29m expat voters

The Election Commission (EC) has dispatched postal ballots to 293,147 expatriate voters in various countries over the last eight days, enabling them to cast their votes in the 13th Jatita Sangsad (JS) election and referendum, reports BSS.Confirming the matter, Salim Ahmad Khan, team leader of the Out of Country Voting...