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US envoy meets Fakhrul

Ambassador Tracey Ann Jacobson, Chargé d'Affaires at the US Embassy in Dhaka, met BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday and discussed a range of issues, including the hike in US tariffs and the upcoming national election in Bangladesh, reports UNB.The hour-long meeting began around 10:00 am at...

No one should serve as PM for over 10 years: Jamaat

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has said no individual should serve as prime minister for more than 10 years in their lifetime, report agencies.The party came up with the view during a media briefing at the Foreign Service Academy in capital on Sunday, following the National Consensus Commission's talks under its second-round dialogue...

Salahuddin for rebuilding discrimination-free education system

BNP senior leader Salahuddin Ahmed has said his party wants to create a discrimination-free environment to rebuild the education system and promote research to prevent brain drain, report agencies."We want to build the education sector in such a way that both education and research can progress, and there will be...

Show flexibility to help finalise July Charter

Vice-chair of the National Consensus Commission Prof Ali Riaz has urged political parties to demonstrate greater flexibility and compromise to help ease the finalisation of the July Charter, reports UNB."This dialogue has given political parties an opportunity to come closer. We have observed this progress," Riaz said while inaugurating session...

NCP applies for EC registration with 'Shapla' symbol

FE REPORT The newly-formed National Citizen Party (NCP) has submitted an application to the Election Commission (EC) seeking official registration as a political party. Alongside its registration request, the party has proposed the national flower "Shapla" (water lily) as its preferred electoral symbol.The application was formally submitted on Sunday afternoon...

Ex-ministers Anisul, Qamrul, two others shown arrested in murder cases

GAZIPUR, June 22 (UNB): Former ministers Anisul Huq and Qamrul Islam, former adviser Salman F Rahman and former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun have been shown arrested in three murder cases in Gazipur.Judge of Gazipur Metropolitan Magistrate Court Omar Faruk passed the order on Sunday after hearing...