Hold polls without delay to restore democracy: Fakhrul
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir urged on Sunday the interim government to arrange national election without delay for restoring democracy in the country. Mentioning an adviser's comment that politicians were desperately seeking to get power, he said, "His (adviser) comment is unfortunate. We are not...
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Shahadat sworn in as CCC mayor
CHATTOGRAM, Nov 03: BNP leader Dr Shahadat Hossain has been sworn in as mayor of Chattogram City Corporation (CCC).Adviser to the Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives and the Ministry of Land AF Hassan Ariff administered the oath at the Secretariat in the capital on Sunday.Speaking on the...
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Complaint against Hasina lodged with ICC
Asraful Arafin, a lawyer of London's 3 Bolt Court Chambers, has filed a complaint with the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague accusing former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, the ministers of her government and its associated state actors of crimes against humanity, reports UNB.The complaint was filed with the...
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SC exempts 7 pro-BNP lawyers from contempt of court charges
The Supreme Court (SC) has exempted seven pro-BNP lawyers from contempt of court charges brought against them for holding press conference against two the then judges of the apex court and bringing out procession on the court premises, reports BSS."Dismissed as being not press," said the order passed by the...
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HC allows preparing paper book for Zia charitable graft case
The High Court (HC) has granted a petition for preparing the paper book to file an appeal against a 7-year jail sentence awarded to BNP Chairperson and former prime minister Khaleda Zia in the Zia Charitable Trust graft case, reports BSS.The HC bench of Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and Justice Syed...
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JCD leader held in murder case
FARIDPUR, Nov 03 (UNB): The members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have arrested a leader of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), student front of BNP , in the businessman murder case, Iyar Ali in Saltha upazila of Faridpur.The arrestee is Md Hafizur Rahman (35), son of Sahid Matubbar from Gopalia village...
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Ex-agri minister Abdus Shahid lands in jail
A Dhaka court has sent to jail former agriculture minister Md Abdus Shahid in a case lodged over the murder of bus driver Alamgir Hossain during the student-led mass uprising, reports BSS.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Imran Ahammed passed the order on Sunday as police produced Shahid before the court after the...
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