Atleast ten persons were injured in a village clash at Teghoria village under Salkupa upazila in Jhenidah on Wednesday morning. Locals and police said, the supporters of Bachchu Mia and Jahntu Mia were locked in a fierce clash on Wednesday morning at about 9.00 AM following previous enmity in the village. Both the groups faced each other with local and sharp weapons leaving ten persons injured. The injured were rushed to Sailkupa upazila health complex and different clinics of the...
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The ruling Awami League (AL), as it appears, is concerned over the party’s absolute victory in the forthcoming Upazila polls as there are rebel candidates, internal feuds and above all the BNP in the election race, revealed reports received from different parts of the country.Though the local government election is held on non-party basis but the major political parties take the matter seriously and try their best to field single candidate to ensure victory of the party backed candidates. Though...
The BNP high command is now actively contemplating to split the city committee into two out of displeasure with the existing committee, insiders said adding the city committee would be divided into city committee (south) and city committee (north), insiders hinted. The purpose behind split of the city committee is aimed at bringing dynamism in the leadership through inclusion of young leaders, party sources said. The party high command is reportedly not happy with the performance of the existing city...
The groundwater level in the city is falling at a rate of 9.21 feet per year, revealed a recently conducted study. During the last seven years, the groundwater level of Dhaka city has recorded a fall of 65.61 feet.The reason of such alarming fall can be attributed to indiscriminate use of groundwater. The water table in the city will fall by more than 393 feet within 2050 if the underground water continues to maintain the present rate of depletion, showed...
Former President HM Ershad who is has been appointed special envoy to the prime minister visited his party office Jatiya Party (JP) at city’s Banani on Wednesday noon. The visit took place after 42 days. He was kept apparently “confined at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) for more than a month.” The mystery over his stay at the CMH on the eve of the country’s stage managed “farcical” election on January 5 remains still unclear to the people. Ershad made...
Headmaster of a government primary school who is also an activist of ruling Awami League (AL) was caught red handed while setting on fire to the school where he teaches. The person was identified as Abdul Mannan, Headmaster of Sujabad Government Primary school under Shahjahanpur Upazila, Bogra. He tried to use school staff Babul Hossain in setting on fire to school furniture on Tuesday morning to shift the blame on to Jamaat-Shibir. When the incident took place neither any teacher,...
Five accomplished personalities were honoured for their outstanding contributions in the cultural field in Jhenidah district . on Friday. Deputy Commissioner (DC) Shafikul Islam was present as chief guest while SP Altaf Hossain was present as special guest.Jhenidah district Additional Deputy Commissioner (general) Sheikh Rafikul Islam presided over the meeting. Cultural officer Al-Mamun-Bin Saleh delivered welcome speech.The accomplished personalities are Ranjan Kumar Bhaumik (in musical instrument), Dr. Sudhir Samaddar (in drama), Jalal Uddin (in Jatra pala), Azizul Shah alias Mukul...
The question which is being raised in the political circle is whether the provision of reserved seats for women should continue in today’s context as women have good representation in different fields. The 2008 elections showed that if the right women are nominated, they can win through direct votes. Defying all odds 55 women contested in the 2008 election of whom 20 got elected.The number of reserved seats was raised to 45 during the time of the last government. But...
The reports of killings of people in mob lynching has become a matter of grave concern. During the last four years at least five hundred people were killed in mob lynching in the country, according to a human rights body report.Meanwhile, a largely circulated Bengali daily in a recent editorial expressed grave concern over incidents of growing number of deaths in mob lynching. Usually very few persons responsible for such crimes face any trial. Such incidents of mob lynching can...
The reason for the activities of the foreign diplomats is understandable. They do not see peace is possible on the basis of an election won forcefully by the government without caring for the need of the opposition or people’s vote. It is not important that the BNP, the main opposition party has been antagonistic, what is important is that the people have been denied their right to choose their government. The diplomats know that such a situation cannot be helpful...
After an unprecedented one sided election rejected by the opposition, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is about to befool the nation again by forming an all party government without an opposition in parliament. The cabinet which is set to take oath today is reportedly taking ministers from Awami League, Jatiya Party, Workers Party, JSD and all such small groups raising questions who is going to sit in the Opposition in the House. Meanwhile, Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad has taken oath...
The cloud overshadowing the post-election Jatiya Party leadership is only deepening. Party chairman HM Ershad is enjoying a friendly detention at Combined Military Hospital (CMH). People don’t clearly know whether his position is pro-government or an anti-government one. If his stance is anti-government he would have been in the jail, if he was pro-government he would have been openly contesting the polls and may be not facing the shameful defeat at Lalmonirhat-1 constituency where he had bagged only 7820 votes...
