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Sanctions should be imposed on BNP

There is no logical reason for the US to impose sanctions on Bangladesh as the upcoming election will be free and fair, said Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday.

4h ago

JP may walk if MPs not given cakewalk

Jatiya Party, the main opposition party in parliament, will stick to its demand to have the ruling Awami League candidates withdrawn from at least 23 constituencies, currently represented in the House by JP MPs, party insiders said.

4h ago

DB picks up Adam Tamizi Haque for questioning

Haque Group Chairman Adam Tamizi Haque was taken to the head office Detective Branch (DB) in the capital for interrogation tonight

5h ago

Action to be taken if anyone obstructs polls: EC secretary

Election Commission (EC) Secretary Jahangir Alam today said that action will be taken if anyone creates obstacles centring the holding of national elections

6h ago

BNP's Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain moved to ICU

BNP standing committee member and former health minister Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain has been transferred to the intensive care unit (ICU) at Evercare Hospital tonight as his health condition deteriorated

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Fair polls won't leave scope for US sanctions: Quader

There is no logical reason for the USA to impose sanctions on Bangladesh as the upcoming election will be free and fair, said Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader today

13h ago

BNP to form human chains across the country Sunday: Rizvi

BNP has taken preparations to form human chains across the country, including in the capital, on December 10, marking International Human Rights Day

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Hefazat to hold rally in capital Dec 29 unless its leaders freed

Hefazat-e-Islam has said it will hold a “grand rally” in Dhaka on December 29, if jailed leaders and activists, including Mamunul Haque, are not released by this time.

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‘They are plotting famine in the country’

Making an oblique reference to the BNP, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said that the party “is plotting to create a famine” in the country in February-March with the support of some foreign countries.

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BNP to form human chains across country tomorrow: Rizvi

BNP has taken preparations to form human chains across the country tomorrow, marking International Human Rights Day.

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263 vehicles, 15 properties set on fire since Oct 28

Miscreants vandalised one ambulance and set on fire to 162 buses, 44 trucks, 23 covered vans, 8 motorcycles, and 26 other vehicles

1d ago

Police file two cases accusing over 300 BNP men in Mymensingh

Over 300 BNP have been sued in two separate cases filed under the Special Powers Act with Nandail and Haluaghat police stations in Mymensingh

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‘JP wants no AL candidates in 70 seats’

Jatiya Party, the main opposition party in parliament, has demanded the ruling Awami League withdraw its candidates from around 70 constituencies to pave the way for the JP nominees’ easy win in the January 7 polls.

2d ago

AL leaders can run as independent candidates

Reiterating the Awami League’s stance on allowing its leaders to run as independents in the upcoming election, AL General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said the party has no objection to independents running.

2d ago

Another 29 BNP men jailed over political violence

Twenty-nine more leaders and activists of the BNP and its front organisations were sentenced to jail in different terms yesterday in two cases filed five to six years ago over political violence in the capital.

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10th Round of Blockade: 15 vehicles torched in two days

At least four vehicles were set on fire in the country yesterday, on last day of the 10th round of 48-hour blockade enforced by BNP and its allies.

2d ago

30 BNP activists, 2 cops injured in Mymensingh clash

At least 30 BNP men and two police personnel were injured when police foiled a BNP procession supporting today's blockade programme in Mymensingh's Nandail this morning

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