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Empower unions, avoid political ties to safeguard rights

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has urged journalists to strengthen their own unions and avoid alignment with any political party, saying this is the only way to protect their professional rights and ensure true media freedom, report agencies.Speaking at the opening session of the biennial council of the...

Over 75,000 NRBs register since Nov 18

Over 75,000 non-resident Bangladeshi (NRB) voters registered for postal voting, through a hybrid platform developed by the Election Commission (EC), ahead of the upcoming national election.According to the latest data on the Out-of-Country Voting (OCV) portal, a total of 75,377 NRBs completed registration as of Friday 8.00 pm.On November 18,...

BNP slams Jamaat for attack on partymen in Pabna

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has strongly condemned a planned attack by armed Jamaat-e-Islami activists on its leaders, activists and civilians during an election campaign in Pabna's Ishwardi on Thursday afternoon, repors UNB.In a statement signed by BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, the party said more than 50...

Detainee dies from beating injuries in Jamalpur jail

A detainee has been beaten to death inside Jamalpur District Jail, reports bdnews24.com.Jail Superintendent Golam Dastagir said the detainee, Pagla Hazrat (25), was bludgeoned on the head while asleep early Thursday. He died on Friday morning at Dhaka Medical College Hospital.Hazrat had been remanded in jail in a narcotics case.According...

14 crime suspects held in city

Police arrested 14 suspected criminals during a day-long special operation in the Mohammadpur area of the capital on Thursday, reports BSS.Deputy Commissioner (Media and Public Relations) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Muhammad Talebur Rahman said the operation was carried out on the basis of specific intelligence.The arrestees are Samir (19,...

Man stabbed to death by ‘muggers' in Ctg

A man has been killed during a 'late-night mugging' in Chattogram, reports bdnews24.com.The incident occurred opposite the Chattogram District Council building in the port city's Kotwali thana on Thursday night.The victim is Md Ismail (30). He hailed from Lakshmipur, but lived in the city's Firingibazar area. Police say Ismail was...

KUET suspends student over stabbing of fellow

KHULNA, Nov 28 (UNB): Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (KUET) authorities have suspended a student for stabbing a fellow student in a dispute over street painting and stall locations for the first-year admission test.The accused, Kazi Sadiq Mahmud, is a student in the Civil Engineering Department of the 24th...

Three sustain gunshot injuries in B'baria clash

BRAHMANBARIA, Nov 27 (UNB): Three people have sustained gunshot injuries in a dispute over a local dominance in Brahmanbaria.The incident occurred near Kandipara Mor area of Brahmanbaria sadar.The injured are Nazmul Ahmed Tutul( 36), Shihab (30), and Saju Mia.Tutul and Shihab are undergoing treatment at the Brahmanbaria Sadar Hospital.Md Azharul...

Mortar shell found in Lalmonirhat

LALMONIRHAT, Nov 28 (UNB): A mortar shell was found in an agricultural field in Hati Bandha upazila, Lalmonirhat, on Friday morning.Workers uncovered the object while excavating soil in the middle of Goddimari Adarsha village in Goddimari Union.Local resident Md. Abul Hossain (63) was leveling his farmland using an excavator around...