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AL rescheduled JL rally for conflict: Fakhrul
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Ctg-8 By-polls / Awami League nominates Noman Al Mahmud
25 March 2023, 18:00 PM
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Sirajganj journo shot by municipal mayor, MP claims
Journalist Abdul Hakim Shimul was killed in gunshots fired by Municipal Mayor Halimul Haque Miru during a clash in Shahzadpur upazila of Sirajganj, local lawmaker claims.
4 February 2017, 04:26 AM
Country handed over to India in name of transit: BNP
BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Rizvi Ahmed says the government has handed over the entire country to India by giving corridor facilities in the name of transit.
3 February 2017, 11:57 AM
MPs blast BNP for controversial remark on EC search body
Parliament members comes down heavily on BNP for its "destructive politics" and making controversial remarks against search committee constituted by the president for picking up a neutral election commission ahead of the next general election.
2 February 2017, 15:29 PM
EC search body yet to finalise names, next meeting Feb 6
The search committee is yet to finalise the names for reconstituting the five-member Election Commission as the committee members discuss different aspects of the proposed names in a meeting at the Supreme Court Judges' Lounge in Dhaka.
2 February 2017, 12:30 PM
India’s objection to a Pakistani secretary general may hurt Saarc
New Delhi, however, through a diplomatic note last month asked the secretariat to adhere to the “due working procedures” in the appointment of Thapa’s successor.
2 February 2017, 05:17 AM
Trump picks conservative judge Gorsuch for US Supreme Court
US President Donald Trump nominates Neil Gorsuch for a lifetime job on the country’s Supreme Court, picking the 49-year-old federal appeals court judge to restore the court's conservative majority and help shape rulings on divisive issues such as abortion, gun control, the death penalty and religious rights.
1 February 2017, 04:32 AM
EC search body to sit with 4 more eminent citizens tomorrow
The Election Commission search committee is to meet four eminent citizens on February 1 to discuss on formation of an acceptable commission.
31 January 2017, 16:11 PM
Banned countries have no terror link in US, critics say
Critics are pointing out that Donald Trump’s immigration restriction has excluded countries where citizens have terrorism records in the US.
31 January 2017, 08:54 AM
‘Trump is mentally sick’
Renowned psychotherapists, intellectuals and media outlets are now unequivocally questioning mental fitness of President Donald Trump for his arrogant behaviour and activities.
31 January 2017, 06:22 AM
Trump fires acting attorney general for defying migrant ban
US President Donald Trump fires the acting attorney general, a holdover from the Obama administration, after she ordered Justice Department attorneys not to defend his controversial immigration orders.
31 January 2017, 04:44 AM
AL, BNP hand proposals of likely commissioners
Ruling Awami League and their political archrival BNP have recommended five names each for potential election commissioners in the queue to reforming the Election Commission.
31 January 2017, 04:36 AM
BNP to finalise names for EC formation
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia begins a meeting with her party's policymakers to finalise the names to propose to the search committee for constituting the next election commission.
30 January 2017, 15:46 PM
20-party to separately propose names for EC
Responding to its invitation, registered political parties of the BNP-led 20-party alliance decides to separately propose names to the search committee for forming the new Election Commission (EC).
30 January 2017, 15:12 PM
EC search body to sit with 5 more civil society members Feb 1
The search committee is to hold a meeting with five more eminent civil society members on February 1 to discuss formation of the new Election Commission (EC).
30 January 2017, 13:32 PM
‘Pick honest, capable people’
Civil society members suggest the search committee to pick honest and capable people for reconstituting the five-member Election Commission who will be able to conduct the next general election in impartial and transparent manners.
30 January 2017, 10:31 AM
Graft case: Khaleda asked to appear before court Feb 2
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is asked to appear before a Dhaka court on Thursday in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission.
30 January 2017, 05:14 AM
Trump talks to Putin, other world leaders about security threats
President Donald Trump discusses Syria and the fight against Islamic State with Russian President Vladimir Putin in one of several calls with world leaders that the new US president used to put his stamp on international affairs.
29 January 2017, 06:26 AM
Trump call for deadlier IS push may hit limits
US President Donald Trump's call for a military plan to defeat Islamic State is likely to see the Pentagon revisiting options for a more aggressive use of firepower and American troops.
29 January 2017, 05:43 AM
Khaleda in policy meeting over ‘EC formation’
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has sits in a meeting with her policymakers in what is believed to talk over the party’s proposals for the next potential Election Commissioners.
29 January 2017, 05:33 AM
PM again blasts anti-Rampal power plant campaigners
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina once again comes down heavily on the quarter campaigning against the Rampal power plant, saying that they never visited the power plant site to ascertain its impact on the Sundarbans.
28 January 2017, 08:43 AM