BNP candidate Mobashwer Alam Bhuiyan has been allocated the sheaf of paddy symbol in the 13th national parliamentary election for the Cumilla-10 constituency, despite not initially receiving party nomination. Following a High Court order, the district returning officer officially allocated the symbol on Monday. Mobashwer previously contested the 2008 election as a BNP candidate.
The National Citizen Party, NCP, has deviated from the spirit of the August 5 movement and now has no political future other than merging with Jamaat-e-Islami, said recently resigned district leader Mohammad Irfanul Haque.
Joint forces have recovered a range of local and modern weapons, including a sharp Chinese axe, from a Noah microbus used by Meherpur district Jamaat-e-Islami ameer Maulana Taj Uddin Khan. Three Jamaat activists were detained in connection with the incident.
BNP chairman Tarique Rahman is set to visit his home district Bogura after 18 years. He will address a public rally as the chief guest on Thursday, January 29, organised by the Bogura district unit of the BNP.
Bangladesh Premier League champions Rajshahi Warriors were accorded a grand open-top bus reception in Rajshahi on Monday, January 26, as thousands of cricket fans lined the streets to celebrate the historic triumph.
The recovery of a burned body from a garage in Narsingdi has triggered shock and suspicion, with family members alleging the death was a planned killing rather than an accident. The deceased was identified as Chanchal Voumik, 25.