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Govt slowly reducing political space for opposition: BNP

A BNP senior leader alleged on Sunday the government is gradually 'squeezing' political space so that BNP cannot join the next general elections, reports UNB."They (govt) are shrinking the political space. They'll create a situation where BNP won't be able to participate in the election and realise people's voting and...

BNP may have hand behind attack on Zafar Iqbal: Quader

Awami League (AL) general secretary Obaidul Quader said BNP may have hand behind the attack on Prof Muhammed Zafar Iqbal in Sylhet, reports bdnews24.com."It is true the attack was part of a plot," the AL leader said while talking to journalists ahead of the leaflet distribution in the city's Gulshan...

Home minister denies lapses in Zafar Iqbal's security

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said on Sunday there was no lack in the security of eminent writer and educationist Prof Dr Zafar Iqbal, reports BSS.Zafar Iqbal came under a knife attack at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) in Sylhet on Saturday afternoon."There was no lapse in the security...

Protests against attack on Zafar Iqbal

University students and socio-cultural organisations have staged demonstrations across the country protesting Saturday's knife attack on Prof Zafar Iqbal on the campus of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST), reports UNB.In Sylhet, Teachers' Association of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUSTTA) and Sammilito Sangskritik Jote staged separate demonstrations...

BNP delegation meets Trump's official

A BNP delegation, led by its secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, met US President Donald Trump's deputy assistant Lisa Curtis Sunday, reports UNB.The hour-long meeting that began around 2:45pm was held at US Ambassador Marcia Bernicat's Gulshan residence, a BNP leaders said.BNP standing committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury...

HC rule to set up Bangabandhu's sculpture at Mar 7 historic place

The High Court (HC) issued on Sunday a rule asking the government to explain as to why directives should not be given to set up a Bangabandhu's speech-mode sculpture at the place where he had delivered the historic 7th March Speech in 1971, report agencies.The HC bench of Justice Naima...

ICT frames charges against 11 M’singh men

A tribunal has framed charges against 11 men from Mymensingh for the atrocities they committed during the war of liberation in 1971, reports BSS. "The three-member International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 headed by Justice Md Shahinur Islam framed four charges against the accused and set April 12 for submitting the opening...

Magura BNP leader Syed Mokaddes dies

MAGURA, Mar 4 (UNB): BNP Magura district joint convener Syed Mokaddes Ali died at Anwar Khan Modern Hospital in the capital on Saturday night. He was 74.Mokaddes, who had long been suffering from asthma, breathed his last around 11:40pm.He left behind his daughter and a host of relatives and well-wishers...