The ruling Awami League (AL) has called a joint meeting with Dhaka city North and South units and associate organisations on Monday (December 11). The meeting will be held at the AL central office on 23 Bangabandhu Avenue at 4pm. AL General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader will
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BNP leaders face extreme human rights violation in jails: Rizvi
BNP Senior leaders Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Saturday alleged that their party's leaders and activists are being repressed and deprived of all facilities as prisoners, extremely violating their human rights. "The current IG Prison has verbally directed all jail authorities to deprive all the prisoners belonging to BNP of all general
Bahauddin Nasim served show cause notice for violating electoral code
The election inquiry committee has served a show cause notice to Awami League candidate AFM Bahauddin Nasim for breaching the electoral code of conduct. Israt Jahan, an election inquiry committee official and joint district Judge, sent the notice on Saturday. Bahauddin Nasim is Awami League's nominated MP candidate for the Dhaka-8 constituency. According
No discussion on seat sharing with JaPa: Quader
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Wednesday said the issue of seat sharing did not come up for discussion in the meeting with Jatiya Party (JaPa) rather prevention of anti-election activities like sabotage and attacks got priority. "We discussed how the election-oriented parties can prevent anti-polls activities like sabotage and
Labour laws implementation vital to bilateral relationship: Peter Haas
United States Ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Haas today said Bangladesh needs national wage policy to address the garment workers financial challenges while strong labour laws and their implementation are vital to bilateral ties between Washington and Dhaka. “Strong labour laws and their implementation are vital to our bilateral relationship, sustainable and
A vested group active to destabilize elections: Home Minister
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal today said that a group of people is always active to destabilize upcoming elections. “To prevent destructive activities, the election commission issued a notification in this regard,” he told to the journalists after attending a seminar titled ‘52 years of India's recognition to Bangladesh’ at Shilpakala
BNP-Jamaat is intriguing to create anarchy: Quader
Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today said BNP-Jamaat is hatching conspiracy to create anarchy across the country on the Human Rights Day to be observed on December 10. "Having failed in movement for lack of public involvement, they now want to carry on
BNP-led opposition’s 48-hr blockade begins Wednesday
The BNP and like-minded parties are set to enforce yet another 48-hour road-rail-waterway blockade across the country starting from Wednesday morning to protest the schedule for the next national election announced by the Election Commission (EC). It will be the 10th round of the blockade programme of the opposition parties since
’14-Party Alliance candidates will contest in election with ‘Boat’ symbol’
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD-Inu) president Hasanul Huq Inu has said that the Awami League led 14-party alliance candidates will contest in the coming election with 'Boat' symbol. He stated it to reporters after holding a meeting with the 14-party alliance coordinator Amir Hossain Amu on Tuesday (December 5) afternoon. Earlier in the
285 BNP men arrested in 24 hrs, claims Rizvi
Some 285 leaders-activists of BNP and its associate bodies were arrested in the last 24 hours, the party's Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi claimed. He claimed this in a virtual press conference on Tuesday afternoon. Rizvi said around 1,395 BNP leaders and activists were accused in 15 cases and 65