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Prime minister Sheikh Hasina addresses a press conference at Bangladesh Permanent Mission in the United Nations in New York on 24 September 2022

12th JS elections There is nothing to be worried, PM Hasina assures BNP

Awami League never ever came to the power through rigging votes rather AL always comes to the power through the votes of the people, said Sheikh Hasina

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New website No justification of launching ‘Janatar Sarkar’

Questions have also arisen whether the new website is a tool to know the details of the citizens in the name of learning their opinions especially before the coming parliamentary elections

Former Jatiya Party secretary general Mashiur Rahman Ranga

JaPa plagued by conflict, Mashiur removed from the party

The conflict within the Jatiya Party centring Raushan Ershad is getting further intensified. The party’s former secretary general Mashiur Rahman has been relieved from all the posts, including ...

Won't tolerate if bullets fired to border: Parliament whip Swapon

Won't tolerate if bullets fired to border: Parliament whip Swapon

The whip of parliament Abu Sayeed Al Mahmood Swapon on Wednesday warned Myanmar saying Bangladesh won't tolerate if the bullets are fired to the border in tackling their internal problems

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'EC unveils roadmap for next polls, faces a lot of questions'

Election commissioner Ahsan Habib Khan has said the commission is facing a lot of questions and there is a lack of trust

Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury

Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury no more

Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury was a valiant freedom fighter and a noted organiser of the Liberation War

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina delivers her valedictory speech at this session of the Jatiya Sangsad on 1 September 2022

PM Hasina asks Won’t police have right to protect them when they are attacked?

The prime minister raised this question while delivering her valedictory speech at this session of the Jatiya Sangsad (national parliament)

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Govt’s wrong policy, mismanagement at root of present crisis: Oppositions

Nasrul Hamid labeled the opposition parliamentarians as people with ‘gold-fish memory’ and said they forgot everything and are playing the same broken record

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Jatiya Muktijoddha Council Bill-2022 passes in JS

'Jatiya Muktijoddha Council Bill-2022' passed in the parliament Monday with a provision to haunt down the people who had collaborated with the Pakistan government and its armed forces

Shamsul Haque Tuku

Shamsul Haque Tuku elected deputy speaker

Former state minister for home affairs Shamsul Haque Tuku on Sunday was elected uncontested as the deputy speaker of the parliament

JS goes into 19th session Sunday

JS goes into 19th session Sunday

President Abdul Hamid convened the session exercising the power bestowed upon him as per the Clause (1) of Article 72 of the constitution

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Houses of Speaker, Deputy Speaker on JS premises legal: SC

On 21 June, 2004, the High Court passed an order on the petition saying the construction of the new buildings were illegal and directed to declare the National Parliament House as “national heritage”

In this file photo taken on 17 August 2021 Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra

Overseeing five ministries Australian PM accuses Morrison of ‘trashing’ democracy

Some ministers of the former government have said they were not told that Morrison appointed himself to their portfolios -- including then finance minister Mathias Cormann, now secretary-general of ...

A man casts vote in a transparent ballot box

Dhaka’s Tejgaon Voter registration at AL office

Experts said though the voter list is supposed to be updated by visiting homes, the work is not being done properly. That’s why the number of female voters is declining gradually though according to ...

US House of Representatives speaker Nancy Pelosi walks next to Legislative Yuan vice-president Tsai Chi-chang as she leaves the parliament in Taipei, Taiwan on 3 August , 2022

Pelosi addresses Taiwan parliament in visit condemned by China

US House of Representatives speaker Nancy Pelosi addressed Taiwan's parliament on Wednesday and was due to meet with its president as well as human rights activists during a visit to the island that ...

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