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Post-polls violence / Eight killed, 150 injured
At least eight persons, including father and son, were killed and more than 150 others injured in post -election violence in the country on Monday....
Formality of unilaterally changed Constitution is no democracy
We need not be told what is a democratic election. It is not all about observing formalities of any kind of Constitution. In the case...
48-hr hartal continues slackly on 2nd day
The second day of the BNP-led 18-party alliance’s 48-hour countrywide hartal, demanding the cancellation of Sunday’s election results, is passing off slackly without any incident...
Violence unacceptable: UN Chief
Instead of following the US in debunking the recent Bangladesh elections as ‘not credible’, the UN has chosen to lambaste the violence witnessed during it....
PM to meet President
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will meet President Abdul Hamid after sweeping the 10th parliamentary elections. The meeting has been scheduled at 4pm on Tuesday, the...
Khandaker Mahbub arrested
Police have arrested BNP chairperson’s adviser and Bar Council Vice Chairman Khandaker Mahbub Hossain. He was nabbed as soon as he emerged from an event...
18-party extends hartal by 12 hrs
The BNP-led 18-party alliance on Tuesday extended its ongoing 48-hour nationwide hartal by 12 hours until 6pm Wednesday demanding the cancellation of Sunday’s election results....
Selima Rahman detained
Police have detained BNP Vice Chairperson Selima Rahman on Tuesday, hours after she announced the extension of the party’s ongoing 48-hour strike by 12 hours....
Mancha plans anti-communal march
The Ganajagaran Mancha has planned an anti-communal march from Dhaka to Jessore on Jan 10-11 in protest against attacks on the minorities after Sunday’s polls....
Man killed in petrol bomb attack on truck in Sirajganj
Sirajganj, Jan 7 (UNB) – A man was killed and three people sustained burn injuries as pickets allegedly set alight a truck on Dhaka-Bogra highway...
