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Historic Mujibnagar Day to be observed Saturday
Dhaka, Apr 16 : The historic Mujibnagar Day will be observed on Saturday, marking the oath-taking ceremony of the country’s first government on April 17, 1971, which led the Bangladesh War of Liberation.
UN Security Council Remains Paralyzed Battling New Cold War
A new Cold War – this time, between the US and China —is threatening to paralyze the UN’s most powerful body, even as military conflicts and civil wars are sweeping across the world.
Patriotism, Religion and RSS Ideology
Simply put all those who are criticizing the RSS and its progeny are labelled as anti-National. As the fountainhead of Hindu Nationalism RSS is becoming stronger, it has been trying to link patriotism and religion.
দেশের বর্তমান পরিস্থিতিতে দেশবরেণ্য ওলামা-মাশায়েখগণ গভীরভাবে উদ্বিগ্ন
সারা দেশে করোনা নামক মহামারী থেকে দেশ ও জাতিকে রক্ষার জন্য উপরোল্লিখিত দাবীগুলো মেনে নেওয়ার জন্য মাননীয় প্রধানমন্ত্রীর প্রতি জোর দাবী জানাচ্ছি।
Assist Myanmar people seeking asylum: Refugees Int’l
As the Myanmar displacement crisis grows, governments in South and Southeast Asia must refrain from forced returns and work with the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) to ensure access and assistance to those seeking asylum.
20 injured in Kushtia Awami League infighting
At least 20 people including two policemen were injured in a turf battle between two local Awami League (AL) factions Thursday in Kushtia’s Khoksa Upazila.
অবিলম্বে গ্রেফতারকৃত নেতাকর্মীদের মুক্তি দিন – পীর সাহেব চরমোনাই
বিভিন্ন জেলায় ইসলামী আন্দোলন, ছাত্র আন্দোলনের নেতৃবৃন্দকে গ্রেফতার ও হয়রানীর তীব্র নিন্দা ও প্রতিবাদ জানিয়ে অবিলম্বে মুক্তির দাবি জানিয়েছেন ইসলামী আন্দোলন বাংলাদেশ-এর আমীর মুফতী সৈয়দ মুহাম্মদ রেজাউল করীম পীর সাহেব চরমোনাই।
Lockdown unproductive due to mismanagement: BNP
BNP on Wednesday alleged that the weeklong lockdown, enforced by the government, is only causing public sufferings instead of yielding any positive outcome to contain Covid transmission due to mismanagement.
Feni youth held under DSA for ‘defaming’ PM on Facebook
A Feni youth was handed over to police Monday and arrested under the Digital Security Act for “defaming” Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi in a Facebook post.
Woman with Hefazat leader Mamunul is not his wife: Minister
Home Minister Asaduzzman Khan Kamal on Sunday said that the woman who was with Hefazat Joint Secretary General Mamunul Haque in a Sonargaon resort is not his wife.
Hefazat’s Mamunul detained with woman or ‘wife’ from resort
Hefazat-e-Islam’s Joint Secretary General Mamunul Haque, who has been the loudest voice in the organisation in a number of recent controversies, has been detained with a woman he claims as his second wife.
Sedition Case against Babunagari, Mamunul, Foizul: Report May 19
A Dhaka court on Thursday fixed May 19 for submission of the report in two cases filed against Ameer Junayed Babunagari and Joint Secretary General Mamunul Haque of Hefajat-e-Islam over dishonouring the Father of the Nation.
Bangla Language Movement hero Yusuf Kalu passes away
Language Movement veteran and journalist Yusuf Kalu passed away at a hospital in Barishal on Monday due to old age complications. He was 91.
Eight Chhata Adhikar-men remanded over clash with police
Eight leaders and activists of the Bangladesh Chhatra o Jubo Adhikar Parishad were on Sunday put on remand for different terms in a case filed over a clash with police in the capital’s Motijheel area on March 25.
10 people killed as anti-Modi protesters & police-BGB clash
They staged the demonstrations against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Bangladesh and chanted various slogans against his visit.
মোদি বিরোধী কর্মসূচিতে পুলিশের হামলার নিন্দা
ভারতের প্রধানমন্ত্রী নরেন্দ্র মোদির বাংলাদেশ সফরের প্রতিবাদে শুক্রবার বাদ জুমা শান্তিপূর্ণ কর্মসূচিতে পুলিশের হামলার ঘটনায় তীব্র নিন্দা ও প্রতিবাদ জানিয়েছে ইসলামী আন্দোলন বাংলাদেশ-এর আমীর মুফতী সৈয়দ মুহাম্মদ রেজাউল করীম পীর সাহেব চরমোনাই ও মহাসচিব অধ্যক্ষ হাফেজ মাওলানা ইউনুছ আহমাদ।
4 killed as police, anti-Modi protesters clash in Hathazari
Four people were killed and at least 20 others were injured as Hefazat-e Islam activists clashed with police in Chattogram’s Hathazari Upazila on Friday afternoon.
BNP brings changes to Independence Day prog
Dhaka, Mar 25 : BNP on Thursday brought changes to its programmes to celebrate the 50th Independence Day on Friday due to worsening Covid situation and different restrictions imposed by the government.
BNP blames govt for virus surge
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday alleged that the coronavirus transmission rate is increasing alarmingly in Bangladesh due to the government’s “failure” to take necessary measures to tackle it.
ভারত বিভক্তির প্রস্তাবক, শে রে বাংলা এ কে ফজলূল হক- মুসলিম লীগ
ফলে ১৯৪৭ সালের ১৪ই আগষ্ট ভারত বিভক্ত করে পাকিস্তান এবং ১৯৭১ সালে বঙ্গবন্ধুর নেতৃত্বে বাংলাদেশ স্বাধীনতা অর্জনের ঘটনাটি ঐতিহাসিকভাবে লাহোর প্রস্তাবের ফসল।
Moudud to be buried at his village home in Compnayganj
He will be buried at his family graveyard in Companiganj’s Manikpur area at 5:30pm after his last Jazana at Bashurhat Government Mujib College at 4pm.
Hefajat supporters’ attack on Hindu houses: 700 people sued
Two cases were filed on Thursday over the attack on Hindu houses by Hefajat-e-Islam Bangladesh supporters in Sunamganj’s Shalla Upazila centring on a Facebook post.
Niko graft case against Khaleda adjourned for Moudud’s death
The Ninth Special Judge Court of Dhaka Thursday fixed March 25 for submission of a report about the death of BNP Standing Committee member Barrister Moudud Ahmed in the Niko graft case against BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia
BNP leader Barrister Moudud Ahmed dies
BNP standing committee member Moudud Ahmed passed away at Singapore’s Mount Elizabeth Hospital on Tuesday. He was 81.
MP Nizam Hazari, 3 family members test positive for Covid-19
Nizam Uddin Hazari, MP of Feni-2 constituency, his wife and daughter have been infected with coronavirus.
দল-মত নির্বিশেষে সম্মিলিতভাবে খেলাফত উদ্ধারে এগিয়ে আসতে হবে
বিশ্বের ইতিহাসে সবচেয়ে স্বচ্ছ, অন্তর্ভুক্তিমূলক, অংশগ্রহণমূলক ও জনকল্যাণমূলক সরকার ব্যবস্থা ছিলো খেলাফত সরকার ব্যবস্থা।
রাষ্ট্রভাষা দাবি দিবস স্মরণে ডাকটিকেট অবমুক্ত
ভাষা আন্দোলনের ইতিহাসে জাতির জন্য অবিস্মরণীয় একটি গৌরবোজ্জ্বল দিন ১১ মার্চ। ১৯৪৮ সালের এই দিনে ‘রাষ্ট্রভাষা বাংলা চাই’ দাবিতে তৎকালিন পূর্ববাংলায় সর্বাত্মক সাধারণ ধর্মঘট পালিত হয়।
Govt trying to prolong power using DSA: BNP
Dhaka, Mar 11 : BNP on Thursday alleged that the government is using a ‘dangerous’ law like Digital Security Act to repress people and ‘snatch’ their freedom of expression in a bid to cling to power. Speaking at a protest…
27 held over deadly Noakhali intra Awami League clash
At least 27 people have been arrested in connection with Tuesday’s deadly clash between two rival factions of the Awami League in Noakhali, officials said.