Fakhrul for polls in rational time
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has called for the incumbent government to hold the next election within a rational time with an eye to fulfilling people's expectations."Please arrange the general election within a rational time so that people can cast their votes to form a...
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AL leader hacked to death in Jashore
JASHORE, Oct 30 (UNB): A local leader of Awami League (AL) has been hacked to death in Chougachha Upazila of Jashore district.The dead is Anisur Rahman ( 56), vice president of AL Singhojhuli Union unit.Mehedi Hasan, second officer of Chougachha Police Station, confirmed the death.Anisur, son of Abdul Jalil from...
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Tenure of govt should be four years: LGRD adviser
Adviser to the Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives (LGRD) AF Hassan Ariff has said the tenure of governance in the country should be four years instead of the current constitutional provision for five years, reports UNB. "If a major global power like the United States can have...
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Ex-agri minister Abdus Shahid on four-day remand
A Dhaka court has placed former agriculture minister Md Abdus Shahid on a four-day remand in a case lodged over the murder of bus driver Alamgir Hossain during the student-led mass uprising, reports BSS.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Sharifur Rahman passed the order on Wednesday as police produced Shahid before the court...
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Three UPDF members shot dead
KHAGRACHHARI, Oct 30 (UNB): Three members of United People's Democratic Front (UPDF) have been shot dead by some miscreants at Santi Ranjan Para in Panchari upazila of Khagrachhari district.The dead are Sijon Chakma, Shahon Tripura and Join Chakma.In a statement, UPDF said a group of miscreants appeared there and opened...
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