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BNP calls for unity to uphold democratic progress

Shahjada Tohamin/Shakib Ahmed

BNP National Executive Committee member Hasan Mamun urged party members to remain united to sustain the progress of democracy.He made this call on Friday afternoon during a public rally at Dashmina Government Secondary School grounds in Patuakhali, organized by the

Reform before elections needed for real change: VP Nur

Shakib Ahmed

Gono Odhikar Parishad President and former DUCSU VP Nurul Haque Nur emphasized that holding elections before restructuring the state will not improve the fate of the people.He made these remarks as the chief guest at a divisional rally held at

Gono Odhikar Parishad is a parasitic party: JaPa co-chairman

Labone Yeasmin/Shakib Ahmed

Mostafizar Rahman Mostafa, co-chairman of Jatiya Party and former Mayor of Rangpur City Corporation, has referred to Gono Odhikar Parishad, led by former Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) Vice President Nurul Haque Nur, as a parasitic party.He made these

Rauf, Ayub shine as Pakistan thrash Australia by 9 wkts

Shakib Ahmed

Saim Ayub's blistering 82 and Abdullah Shafique's steady unbeaten 64 powered Pakistan to a dominant nine-wicket victory over Australia in the second ODI at Adelaide Oval on Friday, leveling the series 1-1.Haris Rauf's fiery 5-29 helped bowl out the hosts

Youth kills elder brother over affair with sister-in-law

Mozammel Hossain Sajal/Nasir Uddin/Shakib Ahmed

A younger brother allegedly killed his elder brother, who recently returned from Kuwait after 11 years, following disputes over an illicit relationship with his sister-in-law at Sirajdikhan upazila in Munshiganj on Friday.The tragic incident occurred on Friday around 11 AM

2 killed in Manikganj road accident

Shakib Ahmed

Two youths were killed and another injured in a road accident at Singair upazila of Manikganj district on Friday.The deceased were identified as Mohammad Badhan, 18, son of Nur Hossain from Itora village in the upazila, and Ratul Hossain, 25,

Youth murdered in Pabna

Jalal Uddin/Shakib Ahmed

A youth was brutally murdered reportedly by unknown assailants in Ghoshpara under Ataikula Police Station in Santhia upazila of Pabna on Friday.The deceased was identified as Asif, 32, son of Aslam Kasai from Pirpur area in the upazila.According to locals,

282kg polythene seized in Pirojpur, 3 traders fined

Rabiul Hasan Robin/Shakib Ahmed

A mobile court in Pirojpur's Kawkhali seized 282 kilograms of polythene and fined three traders a total of Tk 19,000 on Friday.The operation, led by Assistant Commissioner (Land) and Executive Magistrate Sudipta Debnath, was conducted on Friday morning.The environmental enforcement

Smuggled goods worth Tk 2 seized along Feni border

Shakib Ahmed

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive seized smuggled goods valued at over Tk 2 crore along the Feni border on Friday.BGB Feni battalion commander Lt Col. Mohammad Mosharraf Hossain confirmed the matter.A team from BGB-4 under Debapur, Champaknagar, and

Teen gang-raped in Ctg, prime accused arrested

Shakib Ahmed

Police on Friday arrested the prime accused in a rape case relating to gang-raping of teen girl at Mahamaya Ecopark in Mirsarai upazila of Chattogram.Mirsrai Police Station officer-in-charge Abdul Quader confirmed the detention.The arrested is Riaz Uddin, 28, a resident