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Nahid seeks trial of errant members of all forces

National Citizen Party convener Nahid Islam on Wednesday urged the government, the two International Crimes Tribunals, and the ordinary courts to bring to justice those responsible for crimes during the July 2024 mass uprising and for enforced disappearances under the Awami League’s 15-year authoritarian rule, regardless of which force they belong to...

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Aminul hopes Tigers will make it

Bangladesh Cricket Board president Aminul Islam Bulbul on Wednesday hoped that the national team wouldn’t have to come back to Bangladesh before the Afghanistan series following the ongoing Asia Cup in the UAE...

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Nahid for trial commitment in election manifestoes

National Citizen Party convener Nahid Islam on Tuesday urged all political parties to include a clear commitment in their election manifestos to continue the trials of those responsible for crimes against humanity during the July 2024 mass uprising.

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Fakhrul calls for unity to build democracy

Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday called for collective efforts to establish a truly effective democratic state, emphasising the importance of unity in safeguarding democratic values...

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Four Islamic parties throw parallel progs on 5 demands

Three Islamic parties — Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, Islami Andolan Bangladesh, and Khelafat Majlis — on Monday separately announced parallel programmes to press five common demands ahead of the forthcoming national elections.

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Five Islamic parties set to take to street with five common demands

Five Islamic parties, including the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and the Islami Andolan Bangladesh, are set to take to the streets with separate programmes to pursue common demands, including the implementation of the July Charter ahead of the forthcoming national elections.

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IU student Sajid murder probe transferred to CID

The investigation into the murder of Islamic University’s Al-Quran and Islamic Studies department student Sajid Abdullah has been handed over to the Criminal Investigation Department.

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Ex-DIG Nahidul sent to jail in ICT case

A Dhaka court on Saturday sent former deputy inspector general AKM Nahidul Islam to jail in a case filed with the International Crimes Tribunal...

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Health sector contractor Mithu nabbed in ACC case

Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court on Thursday sent controversial health sector contractor Motazzaroul Islam Mithu to jail in a case filed on charges of amassing illegal wealth worth Tk 75 crore...

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Islam, hajj and the English language

In his monumental book titled Muslim Narratives and the Discourse of English (2005), MacEwan University professor of English literature Amin Malak states: ‘Being associated with conquest and colonialism, English is seen as inherently inhospitable to Islam’ (p. 2). Although this sense of irreconcilability between Islam and English is now considered a matter of the...

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Shibir bags 23 of 28 posts

Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir-backed panel for the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union elections won 23 among 28 posts, including the vice-president, general secretary and assistant general secretary posts...

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ITFC to give loan to buy fertiliser

The government and the International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation, a member of the Islamic Development Bank Group, on Wednesday signed two significant financing agreements in Jeddah to strengthen food security...

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SJIB supports Sylhet resident for surgery

Shahjalal Islami Bank PLC provided financial assistance to Mst Fahmida Akter, a resident of Kachu Mia Colony of Sylhet District, for surgery on rotten parts of bones of both of her legs...

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AIB signs deal with TAP

Al-Arafah Islami Bank PLC on Tuesday signed a strategic partnership agreement with Trust And Pay, mobile financial services provider wholly owned by Trust Bank...

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A wake-up call for democrats

THE win of the right-wing Islami Chhatra Shibir, the student front of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, in the elections to the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union, the yearly event that took place after a gap of six years on September 9, which were by and large free and fair, is a defeat of the centrist and left student political organisations. This needs to be recognised...

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BCB wants to transform local coaches

Bangladesh Cricket Board president Aminul Islam said that they wanted to transform the local coaches into international-standard as a three-day-long ‘Run Scoring Workshop’ started at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur on Wednesday...

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Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami leaders meet with British envoy

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami ameer Shafiqur Rahman and senior leaders on Wednesday met with British high commissioner to Bangladesh Sarah Cooke and discussed issues of mutual interest, including the upcoming national election...

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Islami Chhatra Shibir-backed candidates win top DUCSU posts

Islami Chhatra Shibir-backed candidates have won the key positions of Vice President (VP), General Secretary (GS) and Assistant General Secretary (AGS) in the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union election with significant margins.

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SJIB gives financial aid to rickshaw puller

Shahjalal Islami Bank PLC on Monday provided financial assistance of Tk 5 lakh to a poor farmer and rickshaw puller of Muradnagar Upazila of Cumilla district, said a press release...

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Ex-secy Shafiqul arrested, sent to jail

The police arrested former secretary Bhuiyan Mohammad Shafiqul Islam at a resort in the Kuakata municipality area in Patuakhali early Tuesday...

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Aminul urges to protect cricket from fixing

Bangladesh Cricket Board president Aminul Islam Bulbul on Monday urged everyone to protect country’s cricket from fixing for its survival. He also cautioned that no new player would emerge until that was done.