Build a social resistance against rape: Quader
Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Monday called upon all to forge a united resistance against the incidents of rape and violence against women, reports UNB.The minister came up with the call at a press conference at his ministry.Obaidul Quader said there have been reports of rape and...
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Left alliance's march for jute mill workers obstructed
Democratic Left Alliance (DLA) activists and police had a scuffle on Monday at Shahbagh during a procession demanding arrears and announcement of a minimum wage for jute mill workers, reports UNB. A procession of DLA, an alliance of eight left-leaning parties, was heading towards the Prime Minister's Office but police...
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PM to lead global leaders' climate event tomorrow
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina will chair a virtual event of global leaders on the climate change issue as the current President of Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) tomorrow (Wednesday), reports BSS.UN Secretary General António Guterres, Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) Chair Ban Ki-moon, Heads of States and Governments of the...
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‘Persons involved in women’s repression to be punished’
Taking a serious note of rape incidents Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud Monday said the government is determined to ensure exemplary and maximum punishment to the culprits who would be involved in women repression and rape irrespective of their identities, reports BSS."Those who are involved in these misdeeds, are miscreants....
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BNP for social unity to resist rapists
BNP senior leader Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Sunday urged all to get united and form committees at every locality to ensure the security of women and prevent the growing incidents of rape, reports UNB."The new generation whose fathers fought against the occupation forces of Pakistan to save the country must...
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Four including two siblings sentenced to death
KISHOREGANJ, Oct 05 (UNB): A Kishoreganj court on Monday sentenced four people including two siblings to death and four others to life imprisonment in a murder case filed in 2006. Additional District and Sessions Judge MdAbdur Rahim also fined the convicts Tk 100,000 each. Those sentenced to death are Kashem,...
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Ex-MP Awal, wife get anticipatory bail in graft cases
The High Court (HC) on Monday granted a four-week bail to former Awami League MP AKM Awal and his wife Lyla Parveen in two corruption cases, reports UNB.The bench of Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice Ahmed Sohel passed the order.Advocate Md Khurshid Alam Khan stood for the Anti-Corruption...
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Suspected neo-JMB man held in Gazipur
The Anti-Terrorism Unit (ATU) of Bangladesh Police in an overnight raid in Great Wall City Bazar area under Basan police station of Gazipur arrested one suspected member of neo-Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (neo-JMB), a banned militant outfit, reports BSS."Based on intelligence, an ATU team arrested a neo-JMB operative named Md Abdullah...
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