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President urges parties to play effective role in parliament

President Abdul Hamid on Sunday urged all, including the ruling and opposition parties, to play their proper and effective role together in Parliament in fulfilling the aspirations of the people, reports UNB."I urge everyone, including both the treasury and opposition benches, to play a proper and effective role together here...

Communal forces sure to face defeat in polls: Quader

Awami League (AL) general secretary Obaidul Quader has expressed his optimism that the defeat of malevolent communal forces to non-communal forces is inevitable in the next general election, reports BSS."It is true that we defeated Pakistani occupation forces in the bloodstained Liberation War in 1971. But Pakistani collaborators (Rajakars) are...

PM's statement on Jan 5 polls untrue, misleading: BNP

A BNP senior leader alleged on Sunday Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina has made an 'untrue' statement on January 5, 2014 general election to mislead people, reports UNB.BNP standing committee member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain made the remarks while speaking at a protest programme organised by Agriculturalist Association of Bangladesh at...

Khaleda sits with alliance leaders tonight

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will sit in a meeting with top leaders of her party-led 20-party alliance tonight (Monday night) to discuss the country's latest political situation and work out its next course of action, reports UNB."The meeting of the 20-party alliance will be held at BNP chairperson's Gulshan office...

Huda fails to secure court permission for appeal

Former minister Nazmul Huda has failed to secure permission from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court to challenge a verdict that jailed him for four years on bribery charges, reports bdnews24.com.Huda tried to open an appeal without surrendering to a judicial court after the verdict, according to the top...

Dispose of plea for RCC vote recount within 30 days: HC

The High Court (HC) asked on Sunday the Election Commission (EC) to dispose of the petition seeking the recount of votes in the Rangpur City Corporation (RCC) polls within 30 days, reports UNB. An HC bench of Justice M Moazzam Husain and Justice Md Shohrowardi passed the order.Earlier on January...

Gunfight with rivals kills 'terrorist' in Jessore

JESSORE, Jan 7 (UNB): A suspected terrorist was killed in a gunfight between two groups of terrorists at Swaranpur village in Monirampur upazila of the district in the early hours of Sunday.The deceased was identified as Raju Sarder (32), son of Rabiul Sarder of Krishnagar Sardarpara village in Jhikargachha upazila.Jamal...

UPDF's 2nd-day blockade in Khagrachhari ends

KHAGRACHHARI, Jan 7 (UNB): United People's Democratic Front (UPDF) enforced a daylong road and waterway blockade for second straight day in the district on Sunday protesting the obstruction on their Saturday's demonstration by police.Almost all types of vehicles remained out of roads on long and domestic routes since the morning,...

Awami League mayoral hopeful Atiqul Islam for DNCC by-elections

Awami League mayoral hopeful Atiqul Islam for the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) by-elections billed for the last week of February conducts mass contact in the city's Karwan Bazar area on Sunday. — Focus Bangla