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report in The daily star, Feb 15, 2018 The first spell of the BNP’s agitation programmes over the jailing of its Chairperson Khaleda Zia came to an end yesterday with the staging of token hunger strikes across the country. In the capital, party leaders and activists broke the hunger strike in front of the Jatiya Press Club at 1:00pm, three hours ahead of schedule upon request from law enforcers. Meanwhile, seven days have passed since…

report in The daily Star, Feb 14, 2018 Rangamati; A day after assaulting a journalist, Chhatra League men yesterday beat up two more reporters in Rangamati, police and witnesses said. The two are Muhammad Kamal Uddin, district correspondent of Dainik Purbodesh, and Saiful Bin Hasan, staff reporter of local daily Parbattya Chattagram, are taking treatment at Rangamati General Hospital, hospital sources said. The incident happened around 4:00pm when the two were taking photos of agitating…

by Fazlur Rahman Raju in Dhaka Tribune, Feb 14, 2018 The Awami League has formally launched its election campaign for the next general elections, but the ruling party’s political allies which make up the 14-party platform are still in the dark about when to begin the campaign. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has already declared that the 11th general election will be held in December this year. On January 30, Prime Minister and Awami League president…

by Fazlur Rahman Raju & Kamrul Hasan in Dhaka Tribune, Feb 13, 2018 at 11:39 PM After a graft conviction sent BNP Chairperson and former prime ministerKhaleda Zia to prison, the Awami League top brass now thinks that there will be a split within the BNP centring on the party’s participation in the 11th parliamentary polls due in December this year. Before the verdict was delivered on February 8, there were already noises in the…

Report in The Daily Star, Feb 13, 2018 Dhaka: It appears the leakers of SSC exam questions have caught the government off guard and whatever it is doing to plug the leaks, is looking half baked. On Sunday, the government decided to virtually block all internet access for two and a half hours ahead of every SSC exam. But it had to backtrack yesterday amid public outrage. Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission sent an e-mail to…

by Ashif Islam Shaon in Dhaka Tribune, Feb 12, 2018 at 11:31 PM Even after her imprisonment in a corruption case, more legal complications now seem to be awaiting Khaleda Zia with police on Monday showing her arrested in three old violence-related cases. Meanwhile, the BNP top brass are also facing legal troubles and arrests in other cases. Pro-BNP lawyers and party leaders think the government is moving to prolong the BNP chairperson’s time behind…

report in Prothom Alo, Feb 12, 2018 at 19:09 hrs Food minister Qamrul Islam. Prothom Alo File PhotoRuling Bangladesh Awami League (AL) MP and food minister Qamrul Islam on Monday said his party’s arch enemy Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) will witness its breakup soon. The minister made the remarks just four days after the BNP chief and former prime minister Khaleda Zia was sent to jail. “I am telling those who are trying to keep…

by Ranjan Basu in Dhaka Tribune, Feb 12, 2018 at 10:24 PM Given China’s aggressive and largely successful policy of expanding its sphere of influence among India’s neighbors, Bangladesh’s support for India stands in stark contrast to other countries in the region. Many Indian analysts think that Dhaka continues to maintain a delicate balance between Delhi and Beijing. In fact, it is widely held that Bangladesh tends to lean towards India on most issues because…

report in Dhaka Tribune, Feb 11, 2018 at 11:53 PM Internet services will be suspended throughout the country for designated periods of time until February 24, according to a popular internet service provider in the country. The internet blackout will take place on the days when SSC exams are scheduled, reported UNB. In an email sent out to subscribers on Sunday evening, Link3 Technologies Ltd said the instruction to suspend the internet service had come…

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia may have to stay longer in jail as her counsels are unlikely to get a certified copy of the verdict this week. It will take a week to complete the process of issuing a certified copy of the judgment, said officials at the Special Judge’s Court-5 that on Thursday sentenced Khaleda to five years’ rigorous imprisonment in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case. Khaleda’s lawyers cannot file an appeal with the…