Former coordinator of Students Against Discrimination at Rajshahi University, Salauddin Ammar, has sent letters to various organisations seeking donation for an event titled "36 July: Festival of Freedom”..RU Vice-Chancellor Saleh Hasan Naqib has given a "strong recommendation" in favour o

Dissolves Ctg North convening committee

National Citizen Party Convener Nahid Islam yesterday said the next election must be held on the basis of the July Charter and the next government will be obliged to implement the charter.

SUV vandalised, four bikes torched

Handa Industries Co, a Hong Kong-based textile and apparel chain, has announced it will invest US $250 million in Bangladesh.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said that state reforms must lead to tangible improvements in people's lives, particularly for children and families affected by political violence and enforced disappearances.

Praises NCC VP Prof Ali Riaz and his team for their hard work in bringing political parties closer on key reforms

He stressed that policy-making in Bangladesh continues to lack data dependence

Both parties also expressed dissatisfaction over the unilateral publication of the charter's draft

The Gono Odhikar Parishad yesterday urged the Election Commission (EC) to remain firm in ensuring that the Awami League and its allies are not allowed to participate in the upcoming 13th national election.

Political parties would not have dreamt of an election had there been no mass uprising on August 5, said Nahid Islam, convener of National Citizen Party (NCP).

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said he was saddened to see the arrest of members from Students Against Discrimination on extortion charges in the capital.

The government will carry out key administrative reshuffles ahead of the upcoming national election and will provide specialised training to around 150,000 police personnel to ensure proper execution of polls duties.

Political parties are yet to agree on the appointment process for key constitutional and statutory bodies, including the Public Service Commission, the Anti-Corruption Commission, and the Comptroller and Auditor General.

BNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed yesterday called for a review of the three-year agreement signed with the United Nations to establish a Human Rights Office in Dhaka.

Fakhrul criticised the media for not covering the conditions in which BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia was imprisoned

The High Court yesterday sought a probe report on the overall conditions of the children detained in connection with the violence in Gopalganj centring NCP’s road march on July 16.

Political parties have agreed that no individual can serve as prime minister for more than 10 years during their lifetime.

National Citizen Party Convener Nahid Islam yesterday warned that if the “July Charter” is not declared by August 5, they will take position at the Central Shaheed Minar to realise the demand.

Students Against Discrimination (SAD), the platform that led last year’s mass uprising, has suspended activities of all its committees across the country, except its central committee, amid extortion allegations against some of its leaders and activists.