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Three BNP bodies set to hold youth rally in Dhaka today

Three associate bodies of Bangladesh Nationalist Party — Juba Dal, Swechchhasebak Dal and Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal — will hold a ‘massive’ youth rally at Nayapaltan in the capital on Wednesday, with the participation of at least ‘15 lakh young people’...

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Left students protest at Azhar release

Several left-leaning student organisations, including Bangladesh Students’ Union, on Tuesday staged a protest rally protesting at the acquittal of Bangladeshi Jamaat-e-Islami leader and former alleged Al-Badr commander ATM Azharul Islam who was charged with war crimes...

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Nagar Bhaban kept locked for 11th day

The supporters of Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Ishraque Hossain on Tuesday continued their protest by locking all gates of Dhaka South City Corporation headquarters, Nagar Bhaban, and all its zonal offices for the 11th consecutive day demanding the administer of Ishraque’s oath as the city mayor...

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Unhappy BNP decries no polls road map

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Tuesday expressed disappointment over a government statement released after meetings with political parties, saying it did not include a clear plan for the upcoming national election...

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Politician Abdus Salam remembered

Leaders of the Ganosamhati Andolan at a commemoration meeting in Dhaka on Monday said that the role of the party’s first executive coordinator Abdus Salam would be remembered for a long time.

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Polls delay to deepen crisis, says BNP

Bangladesh Nationalist Party standing committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury on Monday said that the country’s ongoing crisis would deepen with any further delay in restoring the democratic order through a credible electoral process.

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Political parties find little common ground

The National Consensus Commission on Monday said that the first round of dialogues with political parties concluded with unanimous support for some reform proposals, while some proposals received support from most parties but disagreement remained about many key reform issues.

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BNP leader shot dead in Dhaka

Unidentified assailants shot a leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party to death at Gudaragat of the Madhya Badda area in the capital Sunday night.

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Student advisers must be treated with respect: Hasnat Abdullah

The National Citizen Party chief organiser for the southern region, Hasnat Abdullah, has urged all parties to treat two student advisers of the interim government with respect, describing them as representatives of the student-led mass uprising.

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Parties seek road map for reforms, trial, polls

More political parties on Sunday called on chief adviser Professor Mohammad Yunus to announce a comprehensive road map for the next Jatiya Sangsad elections, a charter for consensus-based reforms, and to ensure visible progress in the trial of the July Uprising killings.

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ACC prosecutes ex-whip Swapon, his wife

The Anti-Corruption Commission on Sunday filed two cases against former whip of the Jatiya Sangsad Abu Sayeed Al Mahmud Swapon and his wife Mehbuba Alam on charges of amassing illegal wealth...

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Murder case filed against Obaidul Quader, Shamim Osman

A case was filed on Thursday against former road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader and former Narayanganj-4 lawmaker AKM Shamim Osman over the killing of a youth during protests by Students Against Discrimination in Narayanganj’s Siddhirganj.

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Sramik Dal opposes NCT handover to foreign firm

Jatiyatabadi Sramik Dal, labour wing of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, held a demonstration and protest rally on Saturday morning opposing the government’s move to hand over operational control of the New Mooring Container Terminal (NCT) at Chattogram Port to a foreign company...