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September 1, 2022

Parliament vows to identify masterminds of Aug 15 carnage

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday told Parliament that time has come to identify the masterminds behind the August 15 assassination of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and most of his family members.“This plot was not a mere killing. Rather it…

BNP demands probe into alleged conspiracy to kill PM Hasina

BNP lawmaker Md Harunur Rashid on Thursday demanded an investigation to determine whether there is actually a conspiracy to kill prime minister Sheikh Hasina.He came up with the demand while taking part in an unscheduled discussion in the parliament.Ab…

85 election officials won’t get back job: Appellate Division

The Appellate Division has scrapped a decade-old judgment pronounced by the Administrative Appellate Tribunal, due to which 85 upazila election officials who were recruited during the BNP-Jamaat alliance government won’t be getting their jobs back.A s…

Sri Lanka ready to welcome Bangladeshi tourists, others: Envoy

Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Bangladesh Sudharshan Seneviratne has said his country is ready to welcome tourists from Bangladesh and other parts of the world.The government has taken necessary measures to give people back their confidence, he added….

SAFF U-17: Bangladesh to start campaign versus hosts Sri Lanka

Bangladesh will start their campaign in the six-nation SAFF U-17 Championship taking on hosts Sri Lanka in one of the two opening day’s matches on Monday (Sept 5) at 19 hours at the Racecourse International Stadium in Colombo, Sri Lanka.BFF officials d…

Jackson water crisis forces residents to find alternatives

The water pressure at James Brown’s home in Jackson was so low the faucets barely dripped. He couldn’t cook. He couldn’t bathe. But he still had to work.The 73-year-old tree-cutter hauled bags of ice into his truck at a gas station on his way to a job …

Wanted JCD politician held in Chattogram

A Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) politician wanted in three criminal cases has been arrested, police said on Thursday.The arrestee has been identified as Shariful Islam Tuhin, member secretary of JCD’s Chattogram metropolitan unit.A police team arreste…

BNP pays tribute to Zia on its founding anniversary

BNP on Thursday paid homage to its founder and late president Ziaur Rahman, marking its 44th founding anniversary.Party leaders and activists, led by Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, placed wreaths at Zia’s Sher-e-Bangla Nagar grave aroun…

China rejects UN report on Uyghur rights abuses in Xinjiang

China has denounced a long-delayed U.N. report that was released over its protest and that says the government’s arbitrary detention of Uyghurs and other mostly Muslim ethnic groups in the western region of Xinjiang may constitute crimes against humani…

Parliament passes Public Debt bill by voice vote

The Parliament on Thursday unanimously passed a bill providing for precise guarantee that the government will return the money taken as debt from the public under any circumstances.The Public Debt Bill, 2022 was passed by voice vote after Finance Minis…

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