UNB, Magura :A group of unruly students identifying themselves as members of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) allegedly beat up the principal of Alokdia Amaresh Basu College and ransacked the office in Sadar upazila demanding a large sum of money on Sunday. On information, police rushed to the spot and brought the situation under control, said additional police superintendent of Magura Tariqul Islam. When contacted, Mostafa Faruq, principal of the college, alleged that some students identifying themselves as BCL men had...
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Staff Reporter :Suraiya, who was shot in her mother’s womb, has been discharged from the Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH)....
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UNB, Chittagong :A listed criminal was killed in a reported gunfight between his cohorts and the members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in port city’s Panchlaish area early Thursday.The deceased Mohim Uddin alias Mohin, 36, was a listed criminal of police, said RAB.Tipped off, a team of RAB-7 conducted a drive in Rajganj area to arrest Mohin around 4:30 am, said Mimtanur Rahman, senior superintendent (media) of RAB-7.Sensing the presence of the elite force, the associates of Mohin opened fire at...
UNB, Dhaka :BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Thursday accused Awami League of annihilating democracy and voting rights on January 5, 2014, and urged all to take a vow to establish a pro-people government. “On the day of stanching democracy and voting rights, on January 5, take a pledge to install a government of people,” she tweeted in Bengali. Khaleda posted the message on her tweeter account when she was staying at Bakshibazar makeshift court to attend the hearing on Zia...
UNB, New York :Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s ICT Adviser Sajeeb Ahmed Wazed Joy on Tuesday said the government has developed its own methods, own innovations for implementing ‘Digital Bangladesh’ initiative for simplifying and digitising services.“Digital Bangladesh’ initiative was an innovative and learning experience for the government as it developed the necessary systems for materialising it,” he said. Joy said this while taking part in the panel discussion of the South-South and Triangular Cooperation in scaling-up innovation in public service delivery...
Staff Reporter :The BNP on Tuesday urged the government to form the new election commission based on consensus.The tenure of present election commission will expire in February, 2017.“We want a national election under an election commission, which must be neutral. A neutral EC is a must to hold a free, fair and acceptable election,” BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said this, while speaking at a discussion meeting in the city. He said, “The government should announce a neutral...
UNB, Dhaka :BNP senior leader Moudud Ahmed on Sunday termed the delay in appointing the new Chief Justice an ‘evil design’ of the government.Speaking at a discussion, he also opposed the government’s step to build a new cantonment after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s name, saying it will not be good for the country.“There’s no scope for keeping the post of the Chief Justice vacant even for a day as per the constitution. You (govt) are buying time in appointing the...
UNB, Dhaka :BNP on Thursday alleged that a ‘fake’ Facebook account has been opened again against its secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir’s name with an evil motive.Speaking at a press conference at the party’s Nayapaltan central office, party senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi came up with the allegation.He called upon law enforcement agencies to take proper action in this regard.“Some unscrupulous people opened a fake Facebook account again in the name of BNP secretary general. They’re posting...
UNB, Dhaka :BNP spokesman Asaduzzaman Ripon on Sunday alleged that ‘false’ cases are being filed against their party leaders and activists across the country in a bid to harass them.In a statement, he said, “We condemn the government’s move to harass BNP leaders and activists by filling false cases against them across the country.”The statement was issued protesting the arrest of Madaripur’s Kalkani upazila unit BNP president Fazlul Haq Bepari on Friday night. Ripon alleged that law enforcers raided the...
UNB, Dhaka :BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Tuesday night said they made a mistake by halting their anti-government movement just after the January- 5 election.”It was our wrong decision to stop the movement after the January-5 election,” a BNP join secretary general quoted khaleda as telling a meeting she held with her party’s vice-chairmen and joint secretaries at her Gulshan office.He said Khaleda made the remark as some of her party leaders said that the current regime has become confident...