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Opponents of independence can’t ensure BD’s security: Fakhrul

Thakurgaon, Jan 29 (UNB): BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday said he has never treated politics as a source of income, revealing that he sold his ancestral property to finance his political activities."I am doing politics by selling my father's land and houses," he said while campaigning...

Jamaat ameer, US envoy discuss polls, state reforms

US Ambassador to Bangladesh Brent T Christensen paid a courtesy call on Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman at the latter's Bashundhara office in the capital on Thursday morning.Jamaat sources said that the two sides exchanged views on various issues, including Bangladesh's prevailing political and economic situation, industry and trade,...

Govt employees cannot campaign for 'Yes' or 'No' in referendum: EC

The Election Commission (EC) on Thursday said the government employees are not allowed to campaign in favour of either 'Yes' or 'No' in the upcoming referendum, report agencies. The commission has issued the directive in a letter sent to all Returning Officers across the country. "Any person employed in the...

AL must face trial, seek apology before returning to politics: Ali Riaz

Awami League (AL) must face the ongoing judicial process over the killings in the July uprising and seek apology if it wants to return to active politics, said Prof Ali Riaz, special assistant to the Chief Adviser, repoprt agencies.Speaking at a seminar titled 'Rapture, Reform and Reimagining Democracy: Navigating the...

US envoy calls on Army Chief

US Ambassador to Bangladesh Brent Christensen has paid a courtesy call on Army Chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman.The meeting was held at the Army Headquarters on Thursday, according to a post on the Bangladesh Army's official Facebook page.Christensen led a delegation during the visit.The two sides exchanged greetings and discussed ways to...

Travel ban on Gaan Bangla Chairman Taposh

A Dhaka court has imposed a travel ban on Kaushik Hossain Taposh, chairman of Gaan Bangla TV, and ordered the National Bureau of Revenue (NBR) to provide the tax documents of him and his wife Farzana Munni to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), reports BSS. Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge...

Over 55,000 expat postal ballots reach country

More than 55,000 postal ballots cast by expatriate Bangladeshis have reached the country ahead of the Feb 12 general election, reports bdnews24.com.On Thursday, Salim Ahmad Khan, team leader of the Election Commission (EC)'s OCV-SDI project, said 55,341 postal ballots arrived in Bangladesh as of 10:30am.He added that a total of...