by Mahadi Al Hasnat in Dhaka Tribune, April 25, 2017 Bobby Hajjaj on Monday publicly launched his political party, the Nationalist Democratic Movement (NDM). The party was launched at the Institute of Engineers, Bangladesh with party Chairman Bobby Hajjaj and its Secretary General Prof Abdullah Mohammad Taher and other NDM leaders. During the launch Bobby said the reason why he formed a new political party was because he felt all the parties lacked accountability and…
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Senior Correspondent, bdnews24.com, Apr 25 In an effort to revive the party’s fortunes before the next parliament polls, the BNP has designated 51 leaders of its central body to travel across the country to revamp its organisation. These leaders will be heading as many teams to cover every corner of the country, senior leader Ruhul Kabir Rizvi told the media on Monday. “They will hold rallies with party activists in every district. They would discuss…
Report in Prothom Alo, Apr 25, 2017 China’s special envoy on Asian Affairs Sun Guoxiang is now in the city on a three-day visit to discuss Myanmar issues with Bangladesh, reports news agency UNB. Bangladesh wants Sun Guoxiang to go to Cox’s Bazar and see the Rohingya situation there to get a better understanding, diplomatic sources said. The Chinese envoy is likely to hold talks with foreign secretary M Shahidul Haque and other officials on…
Report in Global Times, Apr 24, 2017 at 23:48 Since China’s foreign ministry confirmed that billionaire Guo Wengui has been put on an Interpol list for wanted criminal suspects, more details of his suspected involvement with fallen corrupt officials have been revealed online. In the latest video featuring China’s former deputy head of the Ministry of State Security Ma Jian, who was deposed in 2015 and is currently under investigation for graft, Ma revealed details…
by Praveen Swami in The Indian Express,April 25, 2017 New Delhi: Top jihad commander Maulana Masood Azhar’s Jaish-e-Muhammad has begun a new drive calling on landowners to gift their ushr, a religious tithe levied on the harvest, to help “martyrs, prisoners detained for Islam, the families of religious warriors, seminaries, offices and needy individuals”, an advertisement issued in Jaish’s latest house-magazine, al-Qalam, has announced. Issued by the Jaish’s charitable wing, the al-Rehmat Trust, based at…
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By Altaf Rao in The Nation, April 25, 2017 MIRPUR (AJK)-The second round of national consensus and house listing will begin in rest of five AJK district from Tuesday (today), official sources said. Mirpur district is amongst the five district where consensus is going to commence from Tuesday, AJK Census Commissioner Raja Tariq Mahmood told this Correspondent here on Monday. Other four AJK districts are: Rawalakot and Haveili districts of Poonch division and Jhelum Valley…
MUZAFFARABAD-Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is scheduled to visit AJK capital Muzaffarabad on April 29. During the visit, the PM will chair a meeting of the ruling arty AJK chapter in addition to other engagements. He will also visit Neelam-Jhelum hydro-power project where he will be briefed about the pace of progress on the mega project which was scheduled to be inaugurated in early 2018. He will also be briefed by the AJK Planning and Development…