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BNP-Jamaat taking preparation to commit major violence: Quader

  Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader has anticipated that the BNP-Jamaat are taking preparation to commit major violence in the country. He made the remark while addressing a press conference at the Awami League president’s political office at Dhanmondi in the capital early Friday afternoon. “Why are you saying that the violence which has now remained stopped is permanent? ...

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Hasan Mahmud leads Bangladesh delegation in 19th NAM Summit

Foreign minister Hasan Mahmud is leading the Bangladesh delegation in the 19th NAM Summit that began on Friday in the Ugandan capital Kampala. The 19th NAM Summit themed: ‘Deepening Cooperation for Shared Global Affluence’, will continue till January 20 at the Speke Resort Munyonyo Convention Centre. Hasan was scheduled to embark on the multilateral tour to Uganda on January 17 ...

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US rules out notion of not recognising Hasina govt

The United States has ruled out any perception that they do not recognise Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s fourth straight term in office. At a regular briefing at the US Department of State on January 18, a journalist asked, “So, when you say that the election results in Bangladesh were not credible, free, or fair, does this imply that the U.S. ...

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Salman F Rahman appointed honorary adviser to PM Sheikh Hasina

Salman Fazlur Rahman has been appointed as an honorary adviser to the prime minister. It was informed through a notification issued by the Cabinet Division on Thursday. According to the notification, Salman F Rahman will get the position of minister while holding the post of honorary adviser. Meanwhile, he was elected Member of Parliament in Dhaka-1 (Dohar-Nawabganj) Constituency in the ...

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JaPa to join parliament as opposition, GM Quader leader of opposition

Jatiya Party (JaPa) Chairman Golam Mohammad Quader has been nominated as the Leader of the Opposition in parliament by his own party. Besides, the party’s co-chairman Anisul Islam Mahmud and secretary general Mujibul Huq Chunnu have been nominated as Deputy Leader of the Opposition and Chief Whip of the Opposition respectively. The decision was taken at a meeting of the ...

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Russia proposes wheat export to Bangladesh

Russian Ambassador to Bangladesh Alexander Mantytskyi has expressed his country’s keen interest to export wheat to Bangladesh. The Russian Ambassador conveyed it on Thursday (January 18, 2024) during a courtesy call on Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder at his office in the capital, reports UNB. The meeting, which also included Secretary to the Food Ministry, Ismail Hossain; Director General of ...

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Khasru gets bail in 4 other sabotage cases

BNP standing committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury secured bail in four other cases filed on charge of sabotage. Dhaka’s Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Tofazzel Hossain passed the order on Thursday after a hearing on his bail plea. A court on Wednesday granted bail to the BNP leader in two cases. Khasru has been shown arrested in eight cases on ...

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TIB BNP’s agent: Quader

The Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has alleged that Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) is the agent of BNP. “TIB’s every word is one-sided, they advocate for BNP. They are an anti-government. They speaks like BNP.” Quader, also Road Transport and Bridges Minister, made these comments at a press briefing at the AL president’s political office in the capital’s Dhanmondi ...

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EU pledges to take ties with Bangladesh to new height

The European Union (EU) on Thursday congratulated Sheikh Hasina on her reelection as the Prime Minister for fourth consecutive term and promised to take the partnership and cooperation with Bangladesh to a new height. EU Ambassador Charles Whiteley made the remarks while paying a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the latter’s official Ganabhaban residence this morning, reports ...

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Sheikh Hasina’s return as PM was urgent for Bangladesh’s future: ADB

Asian Development Bank country director Edimon Ginting today said Sheikh Hasina’s return as Prime Minister was very much urgent for the good future of Bangladesh. “For the good future of Bangladesh, her (Sheikh Hasina) return was very much needed,” PM’s deputy press secretary K M Shakhawat Moon told reporters quoting the ADB country director as saying. The meeting was held ...

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