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Priya Saha should be given a chance to explain: Quader

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said on Sunday Priyabala Saha, who complained of minority oppression in Bangladesh to US President Donald Trump, should be given a chance to explain herself, report agencies. Priya claimed that 37 million Hindus, Buddhists and Christians had disappeared from Bangladesh and that her...

US Ambassador in Bangladesh Earl R Miller

US Ambassador in Bangladesh Earl R Miller holding meeting with Road Transport and Bridge Minister Obaidul Quader at the latter's office in the city on Sunday — PID photo

AL imported dengue virus, says Rizvi

BNP on Sunday alleged that the dengue situation has turned epidemic in the capital due to the government's failure to take any effective preventive measure and conduct drive against Aedes mosquito, reports UNB. "Awami League imported the deadly dengue virus in 1997, and later Aedes mosquito widely spread everywhere. But...

Public wrath exposes Khaleda to political fall: Hasan

Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud said on Sunday public wrath has exposed Khaleda Zia to political fall as BNP is drawing hatred from the mass people for destructive activities, reports BSS. "Such threat of mass movement to release Begum Zia is really a mockery . . . I want to...

BCL leader shot at DU

A Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader was injured receiving a shot reportedly from his own-carried firearm on the Dhaka University campus on Saturday. The injured was identified as Maskat Hossan, training affairs deputy secretary of the central executive committee of the student wing of the ruling Awami League. According to...

JP denounces Priya Saha's White House remarks

Jatiya Party (JP), the official opposition in parliament, has said that it 'does not agree' with the controversial remarks made by Priya Saha to US president Donald Trump about the alleged persecution of religious minorities in Bangladesh, reports bdnews24.com. Priya Saha's statement has 'damaged' the country's global image, said Jatiya...

Taslima Nasreen gets one-year Indian residence permit

The Indian government has again extended the residence permit of controversial Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen for one more year, report Indian media on Sunday.On Saturday, the residence permit of the author, a citizen of Sweden, was extended till July 2020.India has been regularly extending the residence permit of this 56-year-old...

43 convicts move HC challenging verdict

Forty three convicts, including eight death-row convicts, filed a petition with the High Court on Sunday challenging the lower court verdict against them in a case filed for attacking a train carrying then opposition leader Sheikh Hasina in 1994, reports UNB.Barrister Kaiser Kamal filed the petition on behalf of his...