The Criminal Investigation Department on June 11 pressed charges against 22 people, including Pintu, his two brothers and Harkat-ul-Jihad AL Islami’s operative commander Mufti Abdul Hannan, in the two cases related to the grenade attack.
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She said her party was not against local body polls, but those must be held under an elected democratic government since the caretaker government was not mandated to hold local government polls. [Read more]

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He, however, expressed his optimism about holding the general elections in December as per the roadmap, referring to his talks with all the concerned people, including army chief General Moeen U Ahmed earlier in the day. [Read more]

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The 77-year-old president was hospitalized with a viral fever late Monday at the Combined Military Hospital.
In 2006, Mr. Ahmed had heart surgery in Singapore. [Read more]

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Dr Zillur Rahman Khan’s paper was on Democracy, Governance and Nation Building. Dr Khan says that in the Seminar they also prepared some proposals for the future elected representatives in Bangladesh [Read more]

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The Election Commission on Friday announced the schedule for elections to four city corporations and nine municipalities on August 4, amid protests by major political parties. [Read more]

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A forest official said the tiger roamed into the village near the Sundarbans mangrove forest (southwest of the capital Dhaka) on Friday. Villagers were able to surround and trap the animal before beating it to death. [Read more]

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Talking to the newsmen, EU mission chief Zsolt Bartfai said their headquarters is considering sending a team comprising 150 election observers ahead of the parliamentary polls here. [Read more]

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Speaking on the occasion Campiche praised the dedication and sense of self-sacrifice of the Bangladeshi police officials. H [Read more]

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Garment workers of the adjoining factories expressed solidarity and joined hands with the agitating workers. The demonstrators went on the rampage and started damaging vehicles stranded on both sides of the roads. [Read more]

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