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Country not safe in hands of anti-liberation forces: Mirza Fakhrul

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday said the country is not safe in the hands of forces opposed to the Liberation War. “Those who had opposed independence

BGB to refrain from using lethal weapons during national elections

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) will not use any lethal weapons to maintain law and order during the upcoming 13th national parliamentary election, BGB Dhaka Sector Commander Colonel SM Abul Ehsan has

Hajj visa applications to open from 8 February

The Religious Affairs Ministry has announced that applications for Hajj visas for the current year will open on February 8 and continue until March 20. The Religious Affairs Ministry issued

Trump brands victim nurse ‘agitator’

US president Donald Trump walked back his conciliatory tone on Friday after outrage over the killings of two American citizens in Minneapolis by federal agents, branding one of them, Alex

Jamaat for end to ‘monarchy rule’

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami amir Shafiqur Rahman on Friday said that Jamaat wanted to end the ‘monarchy rule’ in the country. ‘We want to change the tradition that only the sons of

BNP chief urges ‘Yes’ vote in referendum

Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairman Tarique Rahman on Friday called on voters to support a ‘Yes’ vote in the upcoming referendum and back BNP candidates in the February 12 elections, saying

Political violence grows as polls nearing

Political violence is becoming deadlier across the country as the 13th parliamentary election is nearing. According to the rights group Ain o Salish Kendra data, at least 10 people were

Five people killed in truck–auto van collision in Naogaon

At least five people were killed and another was injured when a drum truck rammed into a battery-powered van at Mahadevpur upazila in Naogaon on early Saturday. The deceased were