Islamists on the back foot, GOB steps up

The clampdown on Islamists of various kinds is a new trend. The present government was once dubbed as “Islamist”: friendly by its critics particularly after it held Hefazat’s hands post 2013. Although the Islamists were actually trying to bring the AL government down and the move was supported by the

AL picks Nuruddin Chowdhury Nayan for Laxmipur-2 by polls

Awami League on Saturday nominated Nuruddin Chowdhury Nayan, AL Laxmipur district unit general secretary, to contest the Laxmipur-2 constituency by-election. Awami League picked its candidate for contesting the election at a meeting of its Local Government Nomination Board held at Ganabhaban with party President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the