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21 August grenade attack verdict Wednesday

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MNA National Desk: The much-awaited verdict in two cases filed over the grisly grenade attack on an Awami League rally in city’s Bangabandhu Avenue on August 21, 2004 will be delivered on Wednesday. The attack was launched on a political rally with the aim of killing the then opposition leader, now Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, claimed 24 lives and injured 300 others. On September 18, Dhaka’s Speedy Trial Tribunal(STT)-1 judge Shahed Nuruddin set the date of delivering the judgement in two cases where 49  people, including BNP’s Senior Vice Chairman  Tarique Rahman and the then State Minister for Home Affairs ...

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Death sentence for trading, using over 5 grams of Yaba

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MNA National Desk: The Cabinet approved in principle the draft of Narcotics Control Bill, 2018 with a provision of death sentence or life-term imprisonment as punishment for producing, trading and using more than 5 grams of Yaba or more than 25 grams of heroin and cocaine. The approval was given at the weekly meeting of the Cabinet held at the Prime Minister’s Office with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair, reports news agency. Cabinet Secretary Mohammad Shafiul Alam briefed reporters at the Secretariat after the meeting. ‘The punishment for transporting, trading, storing, producing, processing, applying and using more than ...

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President gives assent to Digital Security Bill

Digital Security Bill

MNA National Desk: President Abdul Hamid has assented to the much-talked- about Digital Security Bill passed in the 22nd session of the current parliament, making it a law. The 22nd session of the 10th parliament, which was prorogued on September 20, passed a total of 18 bills, including the Digital Security Bill 2018 and Road Transport Bill 2018, reported news agency. Amid concerns from different quarters, the ‘Digital Security Bill, 2018’ was passed in Parliament on September 19 to deal with cybercrimes, including hurting the religious sentiment, negative propaganda against the Liberation War and Bangabandhu, and illegal activities in e-transactions ...

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Pay Tk 100cr to Moon Cinema Hall owner: SC

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MNA National Desk: The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Ministry of Liberation War Affairs to pay Tk 100 crore to the owner of Moon cinema hall by December 8, reported news agency. In May 2011, the Supreme Court declared the 5th Amendment to the constitution unlawful and asked Muktijoddah Kalyan Trust to return the property of Moon Cinema Hall within three months. Earlier in 2000, Italian Marble Works filed a writ petition with the High Court challenging the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution. On August 29, 2005 the HC declared Fifth Amendment to the Constitution of Bangladesh illegal, which ...

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Medical board examines Khaleda’s medical papers

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MNA National Desk: The five-member medical board of Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) checked BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s previous medical papers at the hospital on Sunday. The board went to her cabin on the 5th floor of Cabin Block and examined all the papers for 15 minutes. The board will take a decision about her treatment later, said Brigadier General Abdullah Al Harun, director of BSMMU, after examining the papers. Now, the treatment will continue as before. Khaleda Zia was admitted to the BSMMU on Saturday afternoon after the prison authorities shifted her there from old Dhaka Central jail for ...

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22-day ban on hilsa from today

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MNA National Desk: A 22-day ban on catching, selling and transporting hilsa in a 7,000-km breeding ground took effect on Sunday to ensure the safe spawning of this popular fish during its peak breeding period. The ban came into effect at 2am on Sunday which will last till October 28 as these 22 days are the peak period for mother hilsas to release eggs, reported news agency. If anyone violates the ban, he or she will face 1-2 years’ jail or a fine of maximum Tk 5,000. The government imposes the ban every year and it has been doing so ...

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Khaleda to be taken to BSMMU

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MNA National Desk: BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will be taken to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) from old Dhaka Central jail on Saturday afternoon for her treatment in response to a court order. She will be taken to the hospital from the jail around 3 pm, said Inspector General of Prison Brigadier General Syed Iftekhan Uddin Ahmed. Meanwhile, Jail Superintendent Iqbal Kabir of Keraniganj Central Jail met Khaleda in the morning. The High Court on Thursday directed the government to immediately admit Khaleda Zia to the BSMMU and form a 5-member medical board afresh for her treatment, reported news ...

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No people to live sans food, home: PM

Awami League

MNA National Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said that the utmost goal of her government was to build a country where no people will live without home, die without food and treatment and every person would have the opportunity to have a decent life. “We will celebrate the birth centenary of the Father of the Nation in 2020 and golden jubilee of our independence in 2021 when Bangladesh will be a country free from hunger and poverty. In 2041 Bangladesh will be a developed nation in South Asia and we are implementing our all plans with this goal,” ...

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Dhaka-Ctg highway blockade to protest Kanchpur accident

Kanchpur

MNA National Desk: Several hundred villagers including students put up a barricade on Dhaka-Chattogram highway following the injuries of two students in a road accident at Kanchpur in Sonargaon upazila of Narayanganj on Thursday. Police said two students of Hazi Omar Ali High School sustained injured when a vehicle hit them in Kanchpur area around 8:30 am. The injured were taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital. As the news spread, the students of the school along with locals put up a barricade on Dhaka-Chattogram highway, halting traffic movement on the busy road. The agitating locals also vandalised 10-12 vehicles following ...

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Digital Security Act for preventing social vices: PM

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MNA National Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the new Digital Security Act is meant to combat the abuse of digital platforms in spreading radicalisation, terrorism and pornography that often leads to family problems. Hasina responded to an opening question from the Editor-in-Chief of a news site, who cited Bangladesh cricketer Liton Das as an example to illustrate how social media networks are abused to spread communal slur, reported news agency. The premier also said that journalists who provide correct information have nothing to fear. She said this in a press conferecne, arranged to brief the jornalists regarding the ...

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Awami League wants meaningful, competitive polls

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MNA National Desk: Ruling party General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said Awami League want the upcoming national polls to be competitive and meaningful. Awami League doesn’t expect to score goal on an empty field, he said. Obaidul Quader, also the minister for road transport & bridges, was addressing the 51st founding anniversary of Samyabadi Dal, at the Institution of Engineers Bangladesh (IEB). Samyabadi Dal Secretary General Dilip Barua presided over the event, reported news agency.

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Ex-Chief Justice Sinha sued for corruption

Chief Justice

MNA National Desk: Former Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha has been sued by former BNP minister Barrister Nazmul Huda, reported news agency. Barrister Nazmul Huda filed the case against Sinha with Shahbagh Police Station on September 27, Abul Hasan, officer-in-charge of the police station. The case has been filed against the former chief justice on charge of misuse of power and corruption, the police office said. Detail of the case could not be known immediately. Justice Sinha, the 21st chief justice of the country, resigned on November 10 last year while he was abroad. Huda was former communication minister of ...

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Stay alert against conspiracies: PM

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MNA National Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday urged the Awami League leaders and activists to remain alert against all conspiracies keeping in mind that the party is moving forward fighting various odds and obstacles. ‘The conspirators are still conspiring …their conspiracies are going on…we’ve to move forward keeping that in mind,’ she said. The Prime Minister said this when AL leaders accorded an instant reception to her at Ganobhaban for her successful completion of the US visit to attend the 73rd UNGA, brightening the country’s image, reported news agency. She returned home on Monday morning completing her weeklong ...

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Susane Giti made 1st woman major general

Susane Giti

MNA National Desk: Dr Susane Giti promoted as country’s first woman major general as she was adorned with the new rank badge at Army Headquarters. Chief of Army Staff General Aziz Ahmed and Quarter Master General Lieutenant General Md Shamsul Haque adorned her with the new rank badge in presence of senior military officials on Sunday, an Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) release said. Major General Dr Giti’s husband Brigadier General (retd) Md Hossain Saad himself was a specialist military physician, reported news agency. Giti passed MBBS from Rajshahi Medical College in 1985. In 1986, she joined Bangladesh Army as a ...

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BNP rolls out 7-point charter of demands

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MNA National Desk: The BNP has announced a seven-point list of demands, including a general election under a neutral polls-time government, and two days of programmes during its public meeting at Suhrawardy Udyan. Amid speculations on whether BNP will take part in the 11th general election, the party has unveiled its plans for the run-up to the polls while announcing a number of demands and future visions for the country if it returns to power. At a rally in Dhaka’s Suhrawardy Udyan on Sunday, top BNP leaders urged the people to get united to oust the incumbent “undemocratic government” to ...

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BNP rally at Suhrawardy Udyan starts

Suhrawardy

MNA National Desk: Hundreds of BNP supporters and activists have joined the party’s rally at Dhaka’s Suhrawardy Udyan. BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and its Standing Committee Member Khandakar Mosharraf Hossain and other senior leaders reached the venue. Following the rally, huge traffic congestion created in different points of the capital, causing immense suffering to people, reported news agency. The Dhaka Metropolitan Police gave permission for the rally on 22 conditions, including the party’s own arrangement of security, when two BNP representatives met DMP Commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia around 11:30am yesterday. Police asked the party leaders to end the ...

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PM leaves New York for home

New York

MNA National Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left New York for London en route home wrapping up her weeklong official visit to the United States to attend the 73rd Session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly, reported news agency. A British Airways flight carrying the premier and her entourage members departed from John F. Kennedy International Airport here for London at 7:30 pm local time (BST 6.20 am on Sunday). Bangladesh Ambassador to the USA Mohammad Ziauddin and Bangladesh Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN Masud Bin Momen saw the premier off at the airport. The flight is ...

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BNP gets permission to hold rally

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MNA National Desk: The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) was finally given permission on Saturday to hold its planned public rally at Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital on Sunday. On Monday, BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi at a press conference said that they sought permission from the authorities concerned to hold a public rally either at Suhrawardy Udyan or in front of their party’s Naya Paltan central office on Thursday. But the party rescheduled it on Tuesday for Saturday. Meanwhile, the party on Thursday sought fresh permission from the DMP authorities to hold the public rally on Sunday ...

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Bangabandhu Shishu Kishore Mela observed Sheikh Hasina’s 72nd birthday

Amir Hossain Amu

MNA National Desk: Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu on Friday said today’s children must follow the philosophy of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. “Bangabandhu was a true example of humanity. He started helping poor people since his childhood. Today’s children must follow the principles of him,” he made this comment as the Chief Guest at the award ceremony of Bangabandhu Shishu Kishore Mela. He also noted that children can learn a lot of things from the life of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Wishing Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on her 72nd birthday Industries Minister said, Prime Minister is an ...

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Bangabandhu Peshajibi League celebrates Sheikh Hasina’s 72nd birthday

Peshajibi League

MNA National Desk: Bangabandhu Peshajibi League celebrated the 72nd birthday of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday with due festivities. Sheikh Hasina, the eldest of the five children of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Begum Fazilatunnesa Mujib, was born at Tungipara in Gopalganj on September 28, 1947. Discussions and special prayers were held at Bangladesh Shishu Kalyan Parishad, seeking divine blessings for the Prime Minister’s good health and long life. The chairman of Asian Group & Asian TV and the president of Bangabandhu Sainik League — Al-hajj Harun-or-Rashid (CIP) was present as chief guest.

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Sheikh Hasina’s birthday today

Sheikh Hasina

MNA National Desk: The 72nd birthday of Prime Minister and Awami League president Sheikh Hasina will be observed today. She is the eldest of the five children of father of the nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Bangamata Begum Fazilatunnesa. Sheikh Hasina was born at Tungipara in Gopalganj on this day in 1947.Ruling AL and its associate bodies, and like-minded organisations will arrange elaborate programmes, including milad, doa-mahfil, special prayers and discussion, on the occasion. As part of the central programme of AL, a milad and doa-mahfil will be arranged at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque after Zohr prayers today. Sheikh ...

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Heads of states, int’l agencies expect Hasina’s election win: Foreign secretary

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 MNA National Desk: Different international agencies and heads of states have expressed hopes that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will win the upcoming national election and continue her legacy of development and democracy. They expressed their hopes during separate meetings with the prime minister at the bilateral meeting room of the UN headquarters on Wednesday, Foreign Secretary Md Shahidul Haque told reporters after the meetings, reported news agency. They hoped that, by coming to power again, Hasina’s government will continue the progress of economic growth and development, Shahidul said. He said from the discussions it became clear that the global reading ...

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PM expresses delight over Tigers’ victory

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MNA National Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday expressed delight over Bangladesh’s victory against Pakistan in the ongoing Asia Cup Cricket. “I extend my heartfelt congratulations to my cricket team for today’s victory against Pakistan,” she told journalists in New York in her instant reaction after the Bangladesh’s win in Abu Dhabi. “I pray that the trend of victory that they initiated is continued,” she added, reported news agency. Bangladesh moved into the final of the 14th edition of the six-nation continental tournament as they defeated two-time champions Pakistan by 37 runs in a virtual semifinal at the Sheikh ...

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Cost cuts may hinder UN peacekeeping mission: PM

UN peacekeeping

MNA National Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has warned that cost cuts might seriously hinder the UN peacekeeping mission that is playing an important role in saving the lives of people in many turbulent areas around the world. “Reducing costs and personnel can have a serious impact on the ground,” she told a high-level event for action for peacekeeping, organsied by UN Secretary-General António Guterres at the UN Headquarters in New York on Tuesday. Rather, she said, investment in UN peacekeeping is worth every life it saves. “The concerns of those on the frontline must be heard. Troops and police-contributing ...

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Govt wants free, fair, participatory polls: PM

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MNA National Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the government wants the next general elections be held in a free and fair manner and all political parties to join it. The prime minister made the remarks when UK Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Jeremy Hunt called on her in the bilateral meeting room at the UN headquarters on Monday morning, reports news agency. After the meeting, Foreign Secretary Md Shahidul Haque briefed reporters. Jeremy Hunt said the UK is looking forward to free, fair and participatory elections in Bangladesh. In response, the premier said: ‘We also ...

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Clean-up Campaign hits Guinness Record

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MNA National Desk: Dhaka Clean-up Campaign, organised by Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) in the capital on April 13 last, has hit the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest clean-up campaign. The DSCC in collaboration with Reckitt Benckiser Bangladesh arranged the programme to raise awareness among people to make the city a clean and a healthy one. The initiative was taken to create awareness among people that practising hygiene should not be limited to personal life only; rather it should be practised at a community level to build a clean city. Over 20,000 people, including members of Rover ...

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Hasina calls ‘National Unity’ partners killers, corrupt

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MNA National Desk: Awami League president, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said killers, money-launderers and interest-takers got united against her government. She fears the country will be destroyed if they could come to power. “These elements will plunder national resources, destroy the country and become cohorts of the anti-liberation forces if they come to power. So the people will have to think about them,” she told a civic reception hosted in her honour by expatriates Bangladeshis living in the USA. Sheikh Hasina criticised vehemently the formation of a new anti-government alliance led by Kamal Hossain and Badruddoza Chowdhury and wondered ...

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