Fair election a must for democracy continuation
Acting Chairman of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Tarique Rahman on Thursday underscored the need for holding fair elections to maintain continuation of democracy, reports BSS."We must hold a free and fair election aiming to keep the country's democracy continued," he said in a message marking Shaheed Jehad Day.Nazir Uddin Ahmed...
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Rizvi surprised at Saber Hossain Chowdhury’s quick bail
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi questioned in surprise on Thursday how Awami League leader and former minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury got bail barely within 24 hours of his arrest.He alleged that a total of 11 killing and enforced disappearance incidents happened following directives of...
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Former data centre director lands in jail
A Dhaka court has sent Tareque M Barkatullah, former director of the Data Centre, to jail in a case lodged for allegedly selling citizens' National ID (NID) information, reports BSS.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mehedi Hasan passed the order on Thursday as police produced the accused before the court and pleaded to...
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Fakhrul off to Australia
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has left the country for Canberra, Australia for a weeklong personal visit to see his elder daughter, reports UNB.He departed from Dhaka's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on a Singapore Airlines flight at 11:55 pm on Wednesday"Sir (Fakhrul) is going to meet his daughter...
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Hasina, 65 others sued over attack on Mahmudur Rahman
KUSHTIA, Oct 10 (UNB): Acting editor of Amar Desh Mahmudur Rahman on Thursday filed a case against 66 people including former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, ex-IGP Mohammad Javed Patwary on charge of attacking him on a court premises in Kushtia around six years back.Kushtia Model Police Station's Officer-in-Charge Mahfuzur Haque...
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Ex-minister Sadhan, ex-MP Mohibur, ex-secretaies Nazibur, Aminul sent to jail
A Dhaka court has sent former food minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder to jail in a case lodged over the murder of Daffodil International University student Ramij Uddin Rup in the capital's Karwan Bazar area during the recent anti-discrimination student movement, report agencies.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Mehedi Hasan passed the order...
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BCL leader on remand for firing on students
FENI, Oct 10 (UNB): Shafiqul Islam Samrat, a local Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader, who was seen in a video footage firing on students during the recent student movement in Feni's Sharshadi union, placed on a four-day remand.Senior Judicial Magis-trate Nusrat Mostari passed the order on Thursday after investigating officer...
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