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Weekly Comic: Blame It on Awami League
Awami League left office more than a year ago, yet Abdul Moyeen Khan is still blaming its “unjust repression” for Khaleda Zia’s current condition.
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Bangladesh
BNP leader claims Awami League repression caused Khaleda Zia’s health decline
Abdul Moyeen Khan, a member of the standing committee of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, said Friday that “unjust repression” during the former Awami League government caused the deterioration in party chairperson Khaleda Zia’s health.
Bangladesh
Bangladesh expatriate voter registrations near 87,000 after launch of Postal Vote BD app
Nearly 87,000 expatriate Bangladeshis have registered to vote in the upcoming national election and referendum through a new mobile application called Postal Vote BD, the Election Commission said Saturday. The app, launched on November 19, initially covered 53 countries before expanding to 143. Registration was later suspended for expatriates in seven countries after many applicants […]
Bangladesh
Rival Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) groups fight over nomination in Delduar
At least 10 people were injured on Saturday when supporters of two rival Bangladesh Nationalist Party factions clashed in Delduar upazila of Tangail, according to police and locals.
Bangladesh
Government says Tarique Rahman faces no restrictions on returning to Bangladesh
The government has no restrictions on Bangladesh Nationalist Party acting chairman Tarique Rahman returning home, the chief adviser’s press secretary said Saturday.
Bangladesh
Khaleda Zia’s condition remains unchanged as tests continue in Dhaka. Tarique Rahman says he cannot return home to be with her.
Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairwoman Khaleda Zia’s condition remains unchanged as she continues treatment at Evercare Hospital in Dhaka, officials said on Saturday.
Bangladesh
Ex-Bangladesh prime minister Khaleda Zia in ‘very critical’ condition as doctors warn of worsening complications
Former prime minister Khaleda Zia is in “very critical” condition as she undergoes treatment for multiple infections and longstanding health problems, senior Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) officials said Friday.
Bangladesh
Fakhrul urges Bangladesh’s news media to break free from partisan control amid media crisis
Senior BNP leader Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday urged journalists to break free from political influence, warning that partisanship has damaged Bangladesh’s media.
Bangladesh
She is already on death row. Now ex-Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina is sentenced again over a graft scheme involving land plots, along with her son Sajeeb Wazed and daughter Saima Wazed Putul, who are also given prison sentences.
A Dhaka court on Thursday sentenced deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina to 21 years in prison in three cases tied to the Purbachal plot scam.
Bangladesh
Gold worth more than $1.3 million found in Agrani Bank vaults registered to former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina
Officials from the Central Intelligence Cell of the National Board of Revenue opened two vaults at Agrani Bank’s Motijheel branch registered to former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and recovered 832.51 bhori of gold, equal to about 9.72 kilograms.