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NCP almost ready to seek registration with EC

16 June 2025, 18:33 PM
With just six days left before the Election Commission’s registration deadline, the National Citizen Party has nearly completed its preparations for application submission. 
16 June 2025, 18:33 PM
NSC shop rent scam in Dhaka stadiums

Shop rent Tk 3 lakh, but govt gets just Tk 22,000

17 April 2025, 18:00 PM
A probe has found massive irregularities in the rental of shops at nine markets of the National Sports Council (NSC), including a case where the government receives as little as Tk 22,000 in monthly rent while as much as Tk 3 lakh is being collected from the tenant. 
17 April 2025, 18:00 PM

Registration deadline: NCP to seek 2-month extension from EC

11 April 2025, 19:15 PM
The newly formed National Citizen Party will formally request the Election Commission to extend the registration deadline for political parties by two months, as the party is unlikely to meet the registration requirements by April 20.
11 April 2025, 19:15 PM
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NCP to push for reforms, ban on AL

4 April 2025, 21:17 PM
The National Citizen Party (NCP) is set to launch a series of programmes this month, centring on three key demands -- the trial of the Awami League for the July killings, governance reforms, and an election to the constituent assembly, according to party insiders.
4 April 2025, 21:17 PM
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NCP gears up for EC registration

2 April 2025, 20:03 PM
The National Citizen Party (NCP) is now taking preparations to form district and upazila-level organisational units to meet the Election Commission’s registration criteria ahead of the upcoming polls.
2 April 2025, 20:03 PM
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NCP pushes for grassroots support amid Eid holiday

28 March 2025, 18:40 PM
Key leaders of the recently launched National Citizen Party (NCP) are actively engaging in mass contact in their respective areas, capitalising on the Eid-ul-Fitr vacation.
28 March 2025, 18:40 PM
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July uprising: Nagorik Committee, student body to be revamped

21 March 2025, 19:00 PM
The two platforms became largely inactive after they floated their political party -- National Citizen Party (NCP) and student body Democratic Student Council
21 March 2025, 19:00 PM
National Citizen Party convening committee

A mixed bag in NCP convening committee

2 March 2025, 18:00 PM
The recently formed National Citizen Party (NCP) has announced a 217-member convening committee, incorporating individuals from diverse backgrounds.
2 March 2025, 18:00 PM
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Martyred Intellectuals Memorial: Desecrated by illegal structures

Ibrahim Khalil owns three plant nurseries along the boundary wall of the Rayerbazar Martyred Intellectual Memorial( Boddho Bhumi).
14 December 2022, 16:54 PM
BCL leadership

Need leadership that can change BCL image

Chhatra League leaders and activists are expecting that the organistion will have a new leadership that will be able to restore its past glory and work to realise Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s dream of building a “Smart Bangladesh”.
7 December 2022, 01:30 AM
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Top posts in chhatra league: 30 may be new age bar before council

The age limit for the activists aspiring to get top positions in Bangladesh Chhatra League central committee is likely to be relaxed once again ahead of the biannual council of the pro-Awami League student body.
5 December 2022, 01:00 AM
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Is Samrat back?

Expelled Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat, an alleged casino kingpin in Dhaka, seems to have become active in politics again centring the organisation’s founding anniversary rally today.
10 November 2022, 18:00 PM
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Jubo League's grand rally today, Hasina to be present

Jubo League is all set to hold a mammoth rally in the capital today.
10 November 2022, 18:00 PM
Jubo League leader Samrat

Is Samrat back again?

Expelled Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat, an alleged casino kingpin in Dhaka, seems to have become active in politics again centring the organisation’s founding anniversary rally today.
10 November 2022, 11:10 AM
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RPO defied as parent parties run BCL, JCD

The Representation of the People Order clearly states that no student organisation can be an associate body of a political party, but Chhatra League and Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal are still being run as the associate bodies of the Awami League and the BNP.
8 November 2022, 02:30 AM
Zilla parishad polls

Zilla parishad polls: AL-backed candidates take 48

The ruling Awami League backed chairman candidates lost in the zilla parishad polls in 11 districts yesterday.
17 October 2022, 18:00 PM
Govt bans Chhatra League

BCL run at the whim of Joy, Lekhak

Bangladesh Chhatra League has been running its organisational activities in an “undemocratic” manner for the most part of the last four years, much to the dismay of its leaders and activists.
3 October 2022, 02:20 AM
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BCL expels Eden accusers instead

Chhatra League yesterday expelled 17 leaders and activists of its Eden Mohila College unit for their alleged involvement in anti-disciplinary activities.
26 September 2022, 18:00 PM
December 10 BNP rally

AL rebels: A problem party can’t solve

Mohiuddin Maharaj, organising secretary of Pirojpur district Awami League, is contesting the chairman’s post in the upcoming zila parishad elections as a rebel candidate for the second consecutive time.
15 September 2022, 18:00 PM
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Buet campus post-politics ban: ‘Good days at last’

The academic atmosphere, residential facilities, and food quality in hall-dining areas have significantly improved following the ban on student politics on Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) campus, said different stakeholders of the university.
10 September 2022, 02:20 AM
Govt bans Chhatra League

BCL central committee: Expanding way beyond rule

The organisational charter clearly states that the central executive committee of Bangladesh Chhatra League can have a maximum of 301 members, but now it has around 700.
6 September 2022, 02:30 AM
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AL ranks irked over hike in fuel prices

On Sunday noon, Awami League Presidium Member Kazi Zafarullah did something unusual -- he ditched his SUV, hid his face behind a mask and got on a bus in front of Purabi cinema hall in the city’s Pallabi.
9 August 2022, 02:00 AM
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Chotomoni Nibash: A home made of love

Lovely Parvez was in a bit hurry to get little Khadiza ready for her medical check-up at Chotomoni Nibash, a government-run children’s home in the capital’s Azimpur.
2 August 2022, 18:00 PM
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The one who pledged to keep fighting

In April this year, Dhaka University student Mohiuddin Roni started a hunger strike for his six-point demand, including the modernisation of the university’s medical centre, after not being satisfied with its facilities.
25 July 2022, 18:00 PM
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Roni calls off protest for now

Dhaka University student Mohiuddin Roni last night postponed his protest against mismanagement and corruption in the country’s railway system, for the time being as the authorities concerned assured him of meeting his demands.
25 July 2022, 18:00 PM
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Ashrayan Project -2: ‘I’ll invite the PM to our home!’

“I am Sheikh Hasina’s Jannat!”
20 July 2022, 18:00 PM
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Panchagarh, Magura set to become first “zero-homeless” districts

With the handover of more than 26,229 houses to homeless people of five districts of the country, the government is set to declare Panchagarh and Magura as the first “zero-landless” or “zero-homeless” districts of the country.
19 July 2022, 08:54 AM
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Lawmakers turn lawbreakers

They are lawmakers. Yet they took the law into their own hands.
17 July 2022, 18:00 PM

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