Dhaka, Feb 19 (UNB) – Jatiya Oikyafront will now hold its public hearing in the city on February 22 instead of February 24 to depict the “real scenario of vote robbery” in the 11th parliamentary election before the country’s people…
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BNP takes up 2-day programme to mark Feb 21
Dhaka, Feb 19 (UNB) – BNP on Tuesday announced a two-day programme to observe the Shaheed Day and International Mother Language Day with due respect. BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi announced the programmes at a press conference…
Committee for road safety with Shajahan a mockery: BNP
Dhaka, Feb 19 (UNB) – Stating that former minister Shajahan Khan is mainly responsible for the growing road accidents in the country, BNP on Tuesday termed absurd and mockery the formation of a 15-member committee headed by him to restore…
16 US states sue Trump over emergency wall declaration
Sacramento, Feb 19 (AP/UNB) — California and 15 other states filed a lawsuit Monday against President Donald Trump’s emergency declaration to fund a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra released a statement Monday saying the suit…
Brex-split: 7 lawmakers quit Labour over EU, anti-Semitism
London, Feb 18 (AP/UNB) — Seven British lawmakers quit the main opposition Labour Party on Monday over its approach to issues including Brexit and anti-Semitism — the biggest shake-up in years for one of Britain’s major political parties. The announcement…
11th Bd nat’l election can be put on record, says CEC
Dhaka, Feb 18 – Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda on Monday claimed that the 11th national election was held in such a credible manner that it can be put on record. “The 11th parliamentary polls were held in…
Bd High Court rejects writ challenging oath by new MPs
Dhaka, Feb 18 – The High Court on Monday rejected a writ petition filed challenging the legality of oath taking by lawmakers elected in the 11th parliamentary election held on December 30 last year. The HC bench rejected the petition…
Play a responsible role: Bd President urges media
Dhaka, Feb 18 (UNB) – President Abdul Hamid on Monday urged the media to play a responsible role by following journalistic codes and prioritising national interests. “Media, democracy and development are complimentary to each other. One is stagnant without the…
EVMs to be used in last phases of Bd UZ (sub-district) polls
Dhaka, Feb 18 (UNB) – Election Commission Secretary Helaluddin Ahmed on Monday said Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) will be used in the last three phases of the countrywide upazila elections. “The upcoming upazila elections will be held in five phases.…
Oikya Front field-level action for reelection from March
Dhaka, Feb 17 – The opposition Jatiya Oikya Front will launch field level political programme from March this year to meet their demands including holding a fresh election under a non-partisan neutral government. The decision was taken at a joint…
Hearing on Jamaat appeal against scrapping registration soon
Dhaka, Feb 17 – Attorney General Mahbubey Alam on Sunday said that his office would take an initiative soon for hearing at the Appellate Division on the 2013 appeal against the High Court verdict that declared illegal the registration of…
BNP’s student wing JCD wants Ducsu polls shifted by 3 months
Dhaka, Feb 17 (UNB) – Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), the student wing of BNP, on Sunday demanded that the elections to Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (Ducsu) be deferred by at least three months to ensure a stable and congenial…
BNP warns against joining UZ polls violating party decision
Dhaka, Feb 17 (UNB) – BNP on Sunday warned of taking organisational action if any of its leaders and activists will take part in the upcoming Upazila Elections. Party Senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi issued the warning at…
Yaba traders surrender, a mockery: BNP
Dhaka, Feb 17 (UNB) – BNP senior leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Sunday termed mockery the surrender of Yaba traders to police in Cox’s Bazar. “They (govt) have been talking about various steps to prevent drugs over the last 12…
Major parties’ abstention from UZ polls disappointing: CEC
Dhaka, Feb 17 (UNB) – Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda on Sunday said the decision of some major political parties to refrain from joining the upcoming upazila election is disappointing. The CEC came up with the remark while addressing…
Jamaat expels Majlis-e-Shura member Monju
Dhaka, Feb 16 (UNB) – In the wake of resignation of a party senior leader, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has expelled its Majlis-e-Shura member Mojibur Rahman Monju. In a post on his Facebook account, Monju on Saturday said a party leader, on…
Retired Indian general urges caution against Pakistan strike
Srinagar, Feb 17 (AP/UNB) – As India considers its response to the suicide car bombing of a paramilitary convoy in the disputed region of Kashmir that killed dozens of soldiers, a retired military commander who oversaw a much-lauded military strike…
Newsletter from North-East: CAB row generate patriotism!
by Nava Thakuria As if the people of the northeast (NE) India became more conscious about India’s constitution, rule of law and its secular image abroad. So groups of people, including politicians, civil society group representatives, media personnel came to…
Recent attacks on religious minorities protested
Dhaka, Feb 16 – Violent attacks on religious minorities in recent days have evoked popular protests at home and abroad. The situation of minorities in Bangladesh is a human rights issue. The Bangladesh Hindu-Buddha-Christian Oikya Parishad has called upon leaders…
102 Yaba dealers surrender to Bangladesh Police
Cox’s Bazar, Feb 16 – A total of 102 Yaba dealers surrendered to the police yesterday in presence of Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan in Teknaf of Cox’s Bazaar. The one of a kind event titled “Surrendering program of drug traders…
Allow Al Mahmud’s body at Shaheed Minar: BNP asks govt
Dhaka, Feb 16 (UNB) – BNP on Saturday demanded the government that the body of great poet Al Mahmud to be taken the Central Shaheed Minar to enable people to pay their last respects to him. “The government should give…
It’s Myanmar’s ‘audacity’ to post St Martin’s in map: BNP
Dhaka, Feb 16 (UNB) – BNP on Saturday alleged that Myanmar is showing St Martin’s Island as part of its territory in its official map only because of Bangladesh government’s a ‘knee-jerk foreign policy’. “Myanmar is repeatedly showing St Martin’s…
War crimes trial to go on though Jamaat seeks mercy: Quader
Dhaka, Feb 16 (UNB)- Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Saturday said that the war crimes trial would continue even if Jamaat-e-Islami seeks apology for its crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971. He came up…
PM Hasina heads Panel on Bangabandhu’s birth centenary
Dhaka, Feb 15 (UNB) – The government has constituted a national committee to smoothly celebrate the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at the national level. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will lead the 102-member Father…
One-party rule imposed undercover of democracy: BNP
Dhaka, Feb 15 (UNB) – BNP senior leader Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan on Friday alleged that the government has imposed an autocratic role in the country undercover of democracy. “The government has established an unwritten one-party rule Baksal, but they…
Barrister Razzaq quits Jamaat
Dhaka, Feb 15 (UNB) – Barrister Abdur Razzaq resigned from Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami on Friday as he said the party failed to apologise for its anti-liberation war role in 1971 and reform the organistion based on reality. The Jamaat assistant secretary…
JPC, IEB refuse Oikya Jote halls for public hearing
Jatiya Oikya Front (JOF) has accused the Awami League of playing fowl game to foil their public hearing program of the scheduled for February 24 to air what its leaders call gross irregularities and corrupt practices adopted in the December…
BNP trying hard to make Dec-30 election questionable: PM
Munich, Feb 15 (UNB) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said BNP had an evil intention to make the 2018 general election questionable and they are still trying to do so. “Their [BNP’s] intention was to make the Dec-30 election…
Committed to Constitution, not party, says Bd election boss
Dhaka, Feb 14 – Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda yesterday said as a state official, we are committed to the constitution, not to any political party and person. He urged the election officials to arrange the Upazila polls…
74 JOF candidates file petitions with HC for reelection
Dhaka, Feb 14 – At least 74 Jatiya Oikya Front leaders filed separate writ petitions with the High Court seeking cancellation of the December 30 national election to their constituencies, citing widespread irregularities. In their petitions, they sought HC directives…