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BNP Standing Committee Member Dr AZM Zahid Hossain distributes warm clothes

BNP Standing Committee Member Dr AZM Zahid Hossain distributes warm clothes among cold-hit people in Hakimpur upazila of Dinajpur district on Saturday. — Focus Bangla

Reforms, polls must complement each other: Junaid Saki

Chief Coordinator of Ganosanghati Andolan Junaid Saki has said reforms and elections are intrinsically linked, stating that both are necessary for meaningful political change, report agencies. "Just as there will be no elections without reforms, many reforms without elections will not be possible," Saki said.The leader came up with the...

Learn from downfall of autocratic rulers

BAGERHAT, Jan 4 (UNB): BNP senior leader Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan has urged politicians to take lessons from the downfall of autocratic rulers like Sheikh Hasina and her subsequent escape."The students and the masses brought about a positive change in Bangladesh's politics through the revolution, ending the one-and-a-half-decade-long autocratic rule,"...

Ex-AL minister's uncle tied to pole, beaten

RAJSHAHI, Jan 04 (UNB): A man has been tied to an electric pole and beaten up by miscreants in Puthia upazila of Rajshahi in front of the Birdaldah Mazar.The victim is Aliuzzaman Muntu alias Muntu Master, President of Baneshwar Union unit of Awami League (AL) and is also the headmaster...

Tabligh's 'Zubair faction' calls protest Jan 10, confce Jan 25

The Tablighi Jamaat supporters of senior cleric Maulana Zubair Ahmed have announced a protest and an Ulama conference demanding punishment for those involved in the deadly attack at the Bishwa Ijtema grounds on the banks of the Turag River, reports bdnews24.com.Maulana Nazmul Hasan Qasemi, known as a Zubair supporter, said...

Fugitive AL leader held in Ctg

CHATTOGRAM, Jan 4 (BSS): Police have arrested Nazim Uddin Haider, joint secretary of Karnaphuli upazila Awami League (AL) from Dangarchar area of the upazila in Chattogram. Acting on a tip off, a police team conducted a drive to arrest him around 8.30 pm on Friday in the area when he...

Parents demand justice for uprising martyr Rifat

Beauty Akter (45), mother of martyr Abu Bokor Rifat (23), has plunged into deep shock for losing her beloved son forever during the mass uprising. Her mind could not be diverted as she is still confined to cycle of sadness, reports BSS. Rifat, a 10th grader, embraced martyrdom on August...

DU forms special body for DUCSU polls

Dhaka University (DU) Vice-Chancellor Prof Niaz Ahmed Khan has announced the formation of a special committee dedicated to facilitating the Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) elections, reports bdnews24.com."DUCSU is our commitment. We are working in a systematic manner. A committee has been set up for DUCSU, which will consult...

Hasnat Abdullah, convener of the Anti-discrimination Student Movement,

Hasnat Abdullah, convener of the Anti-discrimination Student Movement, speaking at a press conference at its central office in the capital on Saturday — Focus Bangla Story on Page 1

Court orders to grill DU ex-BCL leader at jail gate

A Dhaka court has ordered the police to interrogate former president of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) of Bijoy Ekattor Hall of Dhaka University at jail gate in an attempt to murder case, reports BSS.Sajibur Rahman Sajib, former president of banned Chhatra League was produced before Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) court...

Firearm seized from BNP leader's house in Kushtia

KUSHTIA, Jan 4 (UNB): Law enforcement officers seized a firearm, ammunition and an explosive device during a raid on a residence in Kushtia's Mirpur upazila in the early hours of Saturday.According to a media statement issued by the Kushtia Army Camp, on a tip-off, the drive was carried out at...