Crude bomb attack targets NCP meeting in Bogura
A coordination meeting of the National Citizen Party was targeted with a crude bomb attack outside the Bogura District Council auditorium on Monday afternoon.
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Eight Islamic parties for referendum on PR system by November
Leaders of eight Islamic parties, including the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and the Islami Andolan Bangladesh, on Sunday urged the government to hold a referendum by November on the implementation of the July National Charter and hold the next election in a proportional representation system...
Bakhtiar elected IFIPLC chairman
SM Bakhtiar Alam has been elected chairman of Islamic Finance and Investment PLC, said a press release...
Nahid slams Jamaat鈥檚 PR movement as political ploy
National Citizen Party convener Nahid Islam on Sunday said that proportional representation movement launched by Jamaat-e-Islami was a 鈥榗alculated political deception鈥�.
Syed Manzoorul Islam promoted literature, art: discussion
Writers, poets, and artists gathered on Saturday to pay tribute to educationist and writer Syed Manzoorul Islam, acknowledging his profound impact on Bangladeshi literature and art...
BMU holds seminar on 鈥榚volution of Islamic medical education鈥�
Bangladesh Medical University held a seminar on the 鈥榚valuation of Islamic medical education and ethical practice鈥� at the Super Specialised Hospital of BMU in Dhaka on Saturday...
SJIB holds 905th EC meeting
Shahjalal Islami Bank PLC鈥檚 executive committee on Wednesday held its 905th meeting, said a press release.
Shibir bags 20 out of 23 posts in RUCSU polls
The Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir-backed panel, Sammilita Shikkharthi Jote, has bagged 20 out of the 23 posts, including vice-president and assistant general secretary, in the Rajshahi University Central Students鈥� Union elections.
AIB holds 441st board meeting
Al-Arafah Islami Bank PLC on Wednesday held its 441st board meeting, said a press release.
RUCSU POLLS: BNP, Jamaat activists gather near RU campus
A large number of leaders and activists of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami gathered in areas adjacent to the main entrance of Rajshahi University on Thursday, coinciding with the elections to the university central students鈥� union (RUCSU), hall unions, and Senate student representatives.
Shibir sweeps CUCSU polls聽
The Islami Chhatra Shibir-backed panel Shampritir Shikkharthi Jote has won 24 out of 26 posts, including vice-president and general secretary, in the Chittagong University Central Students鈥� Union elections held on Wednesday.
IU students block highway demanding road repairs
STUDENTS of Islamic University staged a blockade on the Kushtia鈥揔hulna highway on Wednesday, demanding urgent repair of the deteriorating road.
Prof Syed Manzoorul Islam remembered
Academic, fiction writer, translator and art critic professor emeritus Syed Manzoorul Islam was remembered through a programme titled 鈥業n memoriam: The Man Who Saw Light鈥� at Ramesh Chandra Majumdar Arts Auditorium at Dhaka University on Wednesday.
Three Islamic parties for PR, July Charter referendum before polls
Leaders of three Islamic parties at a human chain in Dhaka on Tuesday called for a referendum on July Charter before the next election and the holding of the election with proportional representation system.
Jamaat for referendum on July Charter in Nov
The Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami on Monday urged the Election Commission to consider holding a referendum on the July National Charter 2025 in November, ahead of the February Jatiya Sangsad elections.
Next JS should decide PR: BNP
Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said that any decision on adopting a proportional representation system should be left to the next elected Jatiya Sangsad.
Govt warns against rumours over Islamic banks鈥� merger
The government on Monday dismissed the 鈥榖aseless rumours鈥� being circulated on social media claiming that investors would incur losses due to the ongoing process of merging five Islamic banks.
Al-Arafah bank inks deal with ACI Godrej
Al Arafah Islami Bank, the country鈥檚 leading Sharia-compliant bank, and ACI Godrej Agrovet Private Limited, have recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding.
SIBL sponsor director Md Rezaul Haque resigns amid frustration
Social Islami Bank sponsor-director Md Rezaul Haque resigned on Sunday, after blaming independent directors-led board of the bank for the failure to revive the bank despite central bank鈥檚 liquidity support.
IU student organisations reject teacher recruitment process
Student organisations at Islamic University in Kushtia have demanded the immediate cancellation of the ongoing teacher recruitment process, alleging that it is influenced by banned Bangladesh Chhatra League, the student wing of Awami League which is currently banned from running activities.
Fakhrul warns聽against polls disruption
Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday once again accused certain groups of attempting to disrupt the upcoming elections.
Islami Bank Khulna Zone holds confce
Khulna Zone of Islami Bank Bangladesh organised Business Development Conference at the Khulna Zone conference room recently.
CSBIB conducts 11th CIBF course
The certificate distribution ceremony of the 11th batch of the 鈥楥ertificate Course on Islamic Banking and Finance鈥� course conducted by the Central Sharia Board for Islamic Banks of Bangladesh was held at the Central Sharia Board Training Institute at Kakrail on Saturday.
Pak Islamists march on capital after violent protests
Several thousand members of a hard-right Pakistan Islamist party began marching towards the capital on Saturday, after violent clashes with police during anti-Israel protests in the eastern city of Lahore.
As I read literature with SMI
THE long discussion that I last had with SMI, as Syed Manzoorul Islam was known in the department of English at the University of Dhaka, was some day in October 1995. By then, I just left the Independent newspaper that had come out in...
Is nothing hurt, nothing lost?
When Professor Syed Manzoorul Islam passed away around 5:00pm on October 10, I was travelling with family. After visiting the hospital on October 7 when it seemed he was gradually recuperating, I felt so positive as many others did. The whole...
Syed Manzoorul Islam paid last respects
Cultural activists, politicians, academics, professionals and people from all walks of life on Saturday paid their last respects to professor emeritus of Dhaka University and writer Syed Manzoorul Islam.
JCD protests BCL role in IU recruitment
Leaders and activists of the Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Chhatra Dal staged a demonstration at Islamic University in Kushtia on Friday, alleging that members of the banned Bangladesh Chhatra League were involved in a teacher recruitment examination.
A party out to capture admin before polls: BNP
Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday alleged that attempts were being made to place bureaucracy under the control of a particular party ahead of the national elections.
Professor emeritus Syed Manzoorul Islam dies
Professor emeritus at the University of Dhaka and writer and columnist Syed Manzoorul Islam died in LabAid Hospital at Dhanmondi, Dhaka, in the afternoon on Friday.
