Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
Bangladesh beat Singapore 3-0 to qualify for second round
Bangladesh U-17 women's football team defeated hosts Singapore 3-0 at Jalan Besar Stadium in Kallang Sunday to advance to the second round of AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup 2024 qualifiers.
2 school girls among 4 killed in Tangail road crash
Four people, including two school girls, were killed and 15 others injured as a passenger bus hit an easy bike in Tangail's Dhanbari upazila today.
Injustice done to me: Jahangir Alam
The returning officer announced the cancellation of the nomination papers of independent mayoral candidate Jahangir Alam in the Gazipur City Corporation elections due to default. Calling this decision biased, Jahangir Alam said injustice has been done to him.
Govt's people breaking the elections rule: EC Alamgir
Election Commissioner (EC) Alamgir said that although the Election Commission has asked everyone to follow the rules of conduct of the elections, it is observed that the people of the government are breaking the rules.
Khaleda Zia admitted to Evercare Hospital
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has admitted to Evercare Hospital in the capital on Saturday night.
Awami League does not believe in gun barrels: Home Minister
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said, Awami League does not believe in gun barrels. Awami League has never come to power through the lobbying of the army, nor will it come in the future.
Elections will be held as per Constitution: Law Minister
Law Minister Anisul Huq on Saturday said that the next general election in will be held in constitutional way.
AK Fazlul Haque will be immortal in history: Mirza Fakhrul
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said that the contribution of Sher-e-Bangla AK Fazlul Haque to the people of this country should never be forgotten.
Bangladeshis to be brought back from Sudan: Shahriar Alam
Bangladeshis nationals will be brought back from Sudan, state minister for foreign affairs Shahriar Alam said on Tuesday.
Ruhul Kabir Rizvi freed from jail after 4 months
BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi was released from jail on bail after four months and 20 days of his arrest.
BNP has no expectations from new president
In a reaction after Md. Sahabuddin was sworn in as the 22nd President of Bangladesh on Monday (April 24), BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said that BNP has no expectations from the new President Sahabuddin.
Six farmers killed in lightning in Sunamganj
Six farmers were killed and two others were injured as lightning struck them while they were harvesting paddy in three upazilas of Sunamganj on Sunday.
No sufferings on Eid journey this year: Quader
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Friday has commented that this year's Eid journey has been free of traffic jams and public sufferings.
Country's media under threat of fascism: Mirza Fakhrul
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has alleged that the country's media is under the threat of fascism. He said the government has created a division in society and it is turning the country into a failed state. “It’s very painful for those who we fought for the Liberation War as all the democratic institutions have been destroyed one after another,” the BNP leader said. He said the current fascist regime has spread a climate of fear everywhere, including in the media. “Fascism succeeds when a fear of terror is created in the entire society and when a reign of terror is established.” Pro-BNP faction of the Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) and Dhaka Union of Journalists (DUJ) arranged the iftar party at the Jatiya Press Club. BNP leader alleged that there is no press freedom now in Bangladesh and no government in the past has hampered press freedom in the way the current government is doing now. “That’s why the media people themselves exercise self-censorship. All of you (journalists) now think whether it can be written or not and whether you may face the Digital Security Act.” Fakhrul said many journalists have still been facing cases under the DSA. “I have seen in jail many of our youths have been staying there in cases filed under the Digital Security Act.) He said the government has created such a situation in the country by creating division among the journalists that the media workers now can’t work unitedly for press freedom. Fakhrul said the government also shut down many media outlets, including the Daily Din Kal while 44 journalists were killed under the rule of the current regime. “The basic thing is that press freedom is necessary for a democratic state and society, but the government has suppressed this matter,” the BNP leader observed. He also said it cannot even imagine in a civilised country the way Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina criticised the media in parliament. “The Prime Minister of a civilised country can’t speak in such a language.” Under the current circumstances of the country, the BNP leader called upon the journalists and professionals for the restoration of democracy. “The only demand of the people of the country is the resignation of the current regime. We must come forward with this demand by creating a strong unity.
Two trains collide in Cumilla, 7 coaches derailed
More than 100 people were injured and causing seven carriages to derail as Dhaka-bound Sonar Bangla Express hit a freight train at Nangalkot of Cumilla on Sunday.