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BNP to hold fresh rally on Mar 19

Having failed to get permission to hold its Monday's scheduled rally in the capital, BNP now announced to hold similar programme at Suhrawardy Udyan on March 19, reports UNB. BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir came up with the announcement at a press conference at the party's Nayapaltan central...

JCD leader Zakir dies for torture in custody, alleges BNP

BNP alleged on Monday that Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) Dhaka north city unit vice president Zakir Hossain Milon died in custody early Monday due to 'brutal torture' on him during police remand, reports UNB.In a statement, BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said Milon was subjected to the government's...

Khaleda's bail proves judiciary is independent: Anisul

Law Minister Anisul Huq said on Monday the bail of BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia proved once again that the government never interferes in the activities of judiciary, reports BSS."BNP leaders were telling that Khaleda was not getting bail as the government is interfering in judiciary. Today it has become...

By-polls to B'baria-1, Gaibandha-1 today

The by-elections to two constituencies - Brahmanbaria-1 (Nasirnagar) and Gaibandha-1 (Sundarganj) - will be held today (Tuesday), reports BSS.Voting in the by-election will continue from 8am to 4pm. Brahmanbaria-1 seat fell vacant due to death of its lawmaker veteran Awami League leader and Fisheries and Livestock Minister Sayedul Hoque. Three...

PM mourns Rangpur AL leader Razzaque's death

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed on Monday deep shock and sorrow at the death of former president of Rangpur district Awami League and ex-parliament member Shah Md Abdur Razzaque, reports BSS.Razzaque, also a Language Movement hero and freedom fighter, breathed his last due to old age complications at his Mahiganj...

Khaleda's bail order makes BNP partly happy: Rizvi

BNP said on Monday it has become partly happy over the High Court order granting bail to its Chairperson Khaleda Zia in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case, reports UNB."We're partly happy as she was granted bail. We'll be fully happy when she'll get back to her residence walking out...

Amu urges students to read Bangabandhu's biography

JHALAKATHI, Mar 12 (BSS): Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu urged on Monday students to read the biography of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman for building themselves as worthy citizens. "Students will have to read the books of good writers...they will also have to read the biography of...

Verdict against four Noakhali war crimes accused today

International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) will deliver its judgment today (Tuesday) on the trial of four men for their alleged involvement in crimes against humanity committed during the 1971 Liberation War in Sudharampur upazila of Noakhali district, reports UNB.A three-member ICT bench led by Justice Md Shahinur Islam on Monday fixed...

Move on to preserve verbal evidence of Liberation War

The government has a plan to preserve the verbal evidence of the Liberation War of 1971 by recording wartime experiences of the living freedom fighters, reports BSS. "We have taken a programme titled 'Beerer Konthe Beergatha' to preserve the oral history of the Liberation War after recording statements of all...

Cops nab 10 Jamaat men in Rajshahi

RAJSHAHI, Mar 12 (UNB): Police arrested 10 leaders and activists of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami allegedly from a secret meeting in a building at Barnali intersection of the city on Monday morning.Professor Mujibur Rahman, acting ameer of the central committee, and Siddique Hossain, general secretary of the Jamaat Rajshahi unit, were among...

‘Spread March 7 Speech globally’

Bangladesh Ambassador to South Korea Abida Islam has laid emphasis on understanding the leadership of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his historic speech of 7th March and urged all to spread it worldwide, reports UNB. "It is our responsibility to understand the leadership of Bangabandhu," she...