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BNP ELECTION MANIFESTO: Social safety, growth, reform key targets

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Friday unveiled its election manifesto for the 13th Jatiya Sangsad polls, outlining nine key pledges focused on economic growth, social protection, and institutional reform. Major

Jahangir urges Coast Guard to perform impartial duty in national election

Home Adviser Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Tuesday urged members of the Bangladesh Coast Guard (BCG) to perform their duties with neutrality, professionalism and integrity to ensure a free, fair, peaceful

RAB to be renamed as Special Intervention Force

The government has decided to rename the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) as the Special Intervention Force (SIF). The government has also decided to redesign the force’s uniform. A gazette notification

Jamaat chief now pledges women’s safety

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami amir Shafiqur Rahman on Monday described working women as mothers and sisters and said that his party would ensure the safety and dignity of women even at the

Beware of party that bashes women: Tarique

Bangladesh Nationalist Party acting chair Tarique Rahman on Monday warned that women’s dignity and safety would be at risk if a certain political party that demeaned and humiliated women was

Religion-based politics holds women hostage: TIB

The Transparency International Bangladesh on Sunday said that money-, muscle-, and religion-based politics continued to hold hostage women’s political representation. The anti-graft watchdog also said that the interim government had

HC dismisses Nahid’s writ challenging BNP’s Dhaka-11 candidate Quayum’s eligibility

The High Court on Tuesday summarily rejected a writ petition filed by National Citizen Party candidate Nahid Islam challenging the Election Commission’s decision to validate the candidacy of BNP nominee

Hardly any headway in probe yet

The Detective Branch has made almost no headway in the investigation of the attacks on offices of Prothom Alo and the Daily Star since it took over the cases on