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BNP to give govt  time to ensure fair polls: Mirza Fakhrul

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said his party is open to providing a reasonable timeframe to the interim government to oversee a general election. "We want to give the government time, but they must bring all political parties to a position of trust," Fakhrul said during a press interaction in Sylhet on Sunday afternoon.
Earlier in the Sunday, Mirza Fakhrul visited the shrines of Hazrat Shahjalal and Shah P...

Army in civil dresses never conduct such

Bangladesh Army has alerted the countrymen about searches being conducted at various public and private offices and residents alongside extortion attempts using their name. “It has been seen that some self-obsessed people in civil dresses impersonating them as members of the Bangladesh Army nowadays are carrying out searches at the government and corporate offices, family residents, shopping malls and shops and have been trying to extort people through phone calls,” an ISPR press release said. Bangladesh Army...

ISPR terms Indian newspaper report ‘motivated and misleading’

Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) protested the report published in different media outlets with tiled "Army Chief faces angst by young army officers at a meeting of that day". In a rejoinder on Tuesday, ISPR said that the news published merely based on a report in the Indian Newspaper "The Week" which was motivated and misleading. It is advisable to contact ISPR for accurate presentation of any internal information related to army affairs, an ISPR press release said here today. In fact, the meeting was ...

Khaleda’s bank accounts activated after 17 years

Former prime minister and BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia's all bank accounts have been activated after 17 years.

In this regard, a letter from the Central Intelligence Cell (CIC) of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) has been sent to Bangladesh Bank (BB) on Monday to activate all bank accounts of Khaleda Zia. According to NBR and BB sources, the newly appointed chairman of NBR Md. Abdur Rahman...

India faces the gravest geopolitical fallout from Sheikh Hasina’s exit

In the hours before Sheikh Hasina fled Gonobhaban, her official residence in Dhaka, on 5 August, Bangladeshi security forces killed scores of protesters who had joined a huge march to the capital demanding an end to her autocratic rule. Around the same time, it has since been reported, Hasina had pressured the army chief to enforce a curfew using deadly force, which would have meant the military joining the bloodbath. The army chief refused.

Awami activist Abul still serves as ICB MD

Despite the fall of the Awami League government, Abul Hossain of Madaripur continues to serve as the Managing Director (MD) of Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB). Alongside him, Biplob Kumar holds the position of personal assistant (PS) to MD, with Bivas Saha as the Head of Administration, Tapas Dhali as the Head of the Establishment Department, and Babul Chandra Debnath as the Head of the Treasury, all of whom remain in office. The MD of ICB seems indifferent to the political changes in the country. There are now rumors suggesting that he has strong connections with Jamaat. During the transition period, Babul Ch...
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