Opposition alliance starts long march to Dhaka
Several hundred leaders, activists arrested across the country
The Awami League-led combine of 14 political parties and groups started a ‘long march to Dhaka’ on Thursday in demand for the resignation of the BNP-led four-party alliance government...[ + ]
Khaleda accuses opposition of conspiracy
Oli Ahmed conspicuous by his absence
Prime Minister Khaleda Zia on Thursday accused the opposition parties of hindering the country’s development by enforcing repeated strikes and launching anti-state propaganda abroad. 'They are hatching conspiracies against the country since the people rejected them in the last general election, but the nation will give them a befitting reply for their conspiracy in the next general election,' she added...[ + ]
Fuel, fertiliser crisis to hit hard Irri-Boro production
Crisis of fuel and fertiliser may hit hard the yield of Irri-Boro, which contributes more than half of the country’s total food grain production. The fuel crisis, claimed by the government to be artificial, created in the past week following the finance and planning minister’s hint at another spell of its price hike, has been hampering irrigation, particularly in the northern region...[ + ]
Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury passes away
Veteran politician and former prime minister, Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury, died of old-age complications in BIRDEM Hospital in the city early Thursday. He was 80. Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury, a member of the Awami League advisory council, had been suffering from various ailments and was in a coma for about two weeks...[ + ]
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