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BNP demonstrates against gas tariff rise

BNP on Tuesday staged demonstrations at different parts of the capital protesting the fresh price hike of gas, reports UNB. As part of their countrywide protest programme, BNP leaders and activists brought out processions in different thanas under the party's Dhaka south and north units.BNP's Dhaka south city unit took...

OC Moazzem seeks bail from HC

Former Sonagazi Police Station officer-in-charge Moazzem Hossain on Tuesday moved the High Court seeking bail in a case filed under the Digital Security Act, reports UNB.The plea was filed before the bench of Justice Moyeenul Islam Chowdhuryand Justice Md Ashraful Kamal. It is scheduled to be heard next week.Advocate Ahsan...

Bangabandhu dreamt of a non-communal Bangladesh, says home minister

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said on Tuesday Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman worked to establish a non-communal Bangladesh, reports BSS. "Bangabandhu dreamt for a non-communal Bangladesh which reflects on the four fundamental principles-Secularity, Nationalism, Democracy and Socialism- of the 1972 constitution. Now Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina...

Nasim urges govt to reconsider decision of gas price hike

Awami League (AL) presidium member and central 14-party alliance spokesman Mohammed Nasim urged the government on Tuesday to reconsider the decision of gas price hike, reports BSS. "I would request the government to consider its decision of gas price hike whether it could be kept at a tolerable level. So...

Ershad responding to calls, opening eyes: GM Quader

Jatiya Party acting chairman GM Quader on Tuesday said the health condition of his brother HM Ershad, now undergoing treatment at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) here, remained mostly unchanged, but he is responding to calls and opening eyes, reports UNB. "There's no marked change in Palli Bandhu's (Ershad's) health...

Seven war crimes accused arrested in Nilphamari

NILPHAMARI, July 02 (BSS): Police today arrested seven war crime accused of 1971 from different villages of Dimla upazila of the district.The arrested are: Ekramul Haque, 78, son of late Ibrahim Munsi of Khalisha Chapani union; Abdus Sattar, 79, son of late Shahdat Ullah of Dimla Sadar union; Abdul Khaleq,...

Mother, daughter gunned down in Rangamati

RANGAMATI, July 02 (UNB): An old woman and her daughter were shot dead by miscreants at Gabachhara village in Kaptai upazila early Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Mra Song Khoi Marma, 60, and her daughter Mesangnu Marma, 29, of the village. Miscreants swooped on the house of Mra Song...