Politics
By Chy urges youths to ‘save country’
Dhaka, Sept 12 (UNB) – President of Bikolpo Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury on Wednesday urged the young generation to come forward to save the country from the ‘clutch of an extreme autocratic and wayward regime’.
Fakhrul off to New York ‘to meet UN Secretary General’
Dhaka, Sept 12 (UNB) - BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam left here for New York, USA, early Wednesday to ‘meet UN Secretary General António Guterres’.
‘Standards of Weights and Measures Bill’ placed in JS
Dhaka, Sept 12 (UNB) - The ‘Standards of Weights and Measures Bill, 2018’, was placed in Parliament on Wednesday, aiming to achieve international standard in maintaining weight and measurement of products.
'Housing and Building Research Institute Bill’ placed in JS
Dhaka, Sept 11 (UNB)- 'Housing and Building Research Institute Bill 2018’ was placed in Parliament on Wednesday, aiming to ensure housing facilities for all.
Commission to identify other conspirators of Bangabandhu murder: PM
Dhaka, Sept 12 (UNB) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday told Parliament that the government is actively considering the formation of a commission to identify other conspirators behind the killing of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Election without Khaleda to be resisted: BNP
Dhaka, Sept 12 (UNB) - BNP senior leaders on Wednesday warned the government that their party together with people will not allow anyone to hold the 11th parliamentary polls without the release of their chairperson Khaleda Zia from jail.
Teachers of non-gov’t edu instts threaten to go for movement again
Dhaka, Sep 12 (UNB) - Teachers and employees of non-government educational institutions on Wednesday threatened to wage movement again if their demands including nationalization of their institutes are not met immediately.
Malaysia's Anwar to make political comeback in by-election
Kuala Lumpur, Sep 12(AP/UNB) — Malaysia's prime minister-in-waiting Anwar Ibrahim will contest a by-election that is expected to pave the way for his return to active politics, officials said Wednesday.
BNP staging token hunger strike seeking Khaleda's release
Dhaka, Sept 12 (UNB) - BNP on Wednesday started a two-hour token hunger strike in the city demanding its Chairperson Khaleda Zia's release from jail and her proper treatment.
BNP permitted to stage token hunger strike Wednesday
Dhaka, Sept 11 (UNB) - BNP on Tuesday got permission to observe a two-hour toke hunger strike programme in the city on Wednesday demanding its Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s release from jail and her proper treatment.