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by Manik Miazee in Dhaka Tribune, April 16, 2017 at 07:34 PM After nearly four years of lingering in political limbo, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami is showing it is actively engaging people in the grassroots level, without drawing undue attention. In 2013, a Supreme Court verdict cancelled the registration of the party with the Election Commission, preventing it from taking part in any elections. Another Supreme Court decision in 2016 to remove “weighing scales” as an electoral…

Report in Dhaka Tribune, April 19, 2017 at 02:45 PM Tension at the Chittagong Hill Tracts has been on the rise as an organised movement by Bangali settlers to undermine the legitimate demands of adivasi political groups, as well as the violence resulting from it, have left the indigenous population on the edge. The Bangali groups have taken a strong stand against the indigenous groups, mainly PCJSS and UPDF, criticising them for demanding the quick…

Prothom Alo, Apr 17, 2017 at 21:44 Dhaka 😐 BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Monday promised to unearth the mystery behind the enforced disappearances, and ensure punishment to those involved in the incidents. “We pledge to uncover the mystery behind the enforced disappearances and ensure punishment to those who responsible by putting them on trial,” she tweeted. The BNP chief twitted it along with a photograph of the wife and daughter of her party’s missing…

Prothom Alo, Apr 18, 2017 Meherpur : Ruling Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Monday said BNP is trying to capitalise on anti-India issue. “BNP is an issue-based party…now they are capitalising on anti-Indian issue. Earlier they had created a lot of issues, but people did not pay heed to those issues,” he said. He added that BNP is now hatching conspiracies for creating new issues but it would again fail in its attempt…

Five years have passed since former BNP lawmaker M Ilias Ali disappeared without a trace, and investigators have failed to find him. The BNP leader, who was an organising secretary of the party at the time of his disappearance, went missing in Dhaka along with his chauffeur Md Ansar on the night of April 17, 2012. Police later found his car near his home in the city’s Banani area. Ilias’ family and BNP have repeatedly…

A shootout between police and suspected criminals has left one killed in the capital early on Monday. The Detective Branch (DB) said the victim of the incident at the capital’s Mirpur area has been identified as 30-year-old Md Sohel, who was wanted for murder. DB Deputy Commissioner Md Sazzadur Rahman said a raid was conducted at Bhashantek area following intelligence inputs suggesting that criminals were gathered in the area. “As soon as police reached the…

by Bilkis Irani in Dhaka Tribune,April 17, 2017 The Election Commission (EC) has prepared a draft roadmap for the next general elections. EC Secretary Mohammad Abdullah said they would disclose the roadmap by May 15 after bringing some corrections to it. He was speaking to reporters at the EC Secretariat on Sunday. Earlier, Abdullah had told the Dhaka Tribune that the roadmap would include an updated list of voters, guidelines for consultation with stakeholders, registration…

by Staff Correspondent in bdnews24.com, Apr 13, 2017 at 16:25 Two Dhaka courts have rejected BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s no-confidence pleas for judges hearing graft charges against her. Her lawyer Jamiruddin Sircar submitted the pleas before the two courts hearing the cases linked to Zia Orphanage Trust and Zia Charitable Trust on Thursday. Khaleda was scheduled to present her defence statement for these two graft cases filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission. Sircar presented arguments before…