Khaleda to meet press today
Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia called a press conference at her Gulshan office in Dhaka at 5:00pm today, confirmed Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, the senior joint secretary general of the party.
FEAR OF UNREST Processions, rallies banned in capital
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police on Tuesday banned processions and demonstrations on the capital’s roads blocking traffic and pedestrian movements for an indefinite period beginning 4 AM on Thursday.
KHALEDA’S SYLHET VISIT Obstruction, arrests mark Khaleda’s Sylhet visit
Police on Monday obstructed leaders and activists of Bangladesh Nationalist Party at different places and detained dozens of them allegedly to foil any gathering to welcome the party chairperson Khaleda Zia on her way to Sylhet from Dhaka.
Swiss president for safe return of Rohingyas
Swiss president Alain Berset, now in Dhaka on a four-day official visit, has said that the situation of Rohingyas is of great concern to his country and laid emphasis on their safe and voluntary repatriation to Myanmar.
Question leak gives no respite
Four teachers were detained in Faridpur on charges of leaking questions and solving them during English first paper of the ongoing Secondary School Certificate examinations on Monday, with no end in sight to the menace.
Proposal for separate lanes for VIPs booed
A cabinet division proposal for separate lane for very important persons and emergency services on roads in Dhaka Metropolitan City areas has drawn criticism from experts and rights activists.
Polls-time cabinet to be small, do routine work
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said that the polls-time cabinet would be small and the government would make no policy decision but do the routine work only.
SSC, equivalent exams begin
The Secondary School Certificate and its equivalent examinations began across the country on Thursday morning.
ZIA CHARITABLE TRUST CASE Defence complains harassment outside court
A defence lawyer in the case of Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Charitable Trust case on Wednesday informed a special court in Dhaka that the defence lawyers were subjected to harassment outside the court.
PRESIDENTIAL POLL AL nominates Hamid again
The ruling Awami League on Wednesday nominated president Md Abdul Hamid again as its candidate to contest the presidential election scheduled for February 18
