Bangladesh
3 BNP leaders ‘picked up’ in Jashore
Jashore, Dec 25 (UNB) - Three local BNP leaders were picked up allegedly by the members of law enforcement agencies on Jashore-Magura highway in Pachbaria area when they were going for campaigning in favour of BNP candidate of Jashore-3 constituency on Tuesday.
Couple killed in Nilphamari road crash
Nilphamari, Dec 25 (UNB) – A couple was killed when a bus hit them on Nilphamari-Domar road at Palashbari in Domar upazila on Tuesday.
Three burned as fire breaks out in Narayanganj cotton warehouses
Narayanganj, Dec 25 (UNB) – At least three peoples sustained burn injuries as a fire broke out in two cotton warehouses at Dhamgar in Bandar upazila on Tuesday.
BFUJ, DUJ condemn attack on journalists
Dhaka, Dec 25 (UNB) – Two organisations of journalists on Tuesday condemned attack on newsmen in Nawabganj on Monday.
Assistant primary teachers thank PM Sheikh Hasina
Dhaka, Dec 25 (UNB) – An organisation of government primary school assistant teachers thanked Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday for promising to address their demand of fixing wage discrimination.
6 BNP men held in Rajshahi
Rajshahi, Dec 25 (UNB) –Law enforcers arrested six BNP leaders and activists from different parts of Godagari upazila on Monday and Tuesday.
Raheed elected DCAB president, Hasib GS
Dhaka, Dec 25 (UNB) - Daily Prothom Alo special correspondent Raheed Ejaz and bdnews24.com senior correspondent Nurul Islam Hasib have been elected president and general secretary of the Diplomatic Correspondents Association, Bangladesh (DCAB) respectively for the year of 2019.
Businessman held for ‘distributing money’ among voters in Dhaka
Dhaka, Dec 25 (UNB) – Three men, including a businessman, were arrested in the city on Tuesday for allegedly distributing money among voters to influence the national election.
Exercise your voting rights, President urges people
Dhaka, Dec 25 (UNB) - President Abdul Hamid on Tuesday called upon all to exercise their voting rights to keep up the trend of development in the country.
The President made the call while exchanging greetings with members of the Christian community at Bangabhaban at noon, marking Christmas Day.
President Hamid said, “Bangladesh is a place of peace and prosperity. The relentless labour and continuous efforts of everyone, irrespective of religion and caste, is behind it. The positive contribution of communal harmony to our development and progress is undeniable.”
He went on saying, “The 11th parliamentary elections will be held after four days. I hope all the people, regardless of their religion and caste, will take forward the trend of development in the country by exercising their franchise.”
He also called upon all to play an effective role from their respective positions in upholding the country’s glorious tradition of communal harmony and brightening it further.
Mentioning that the people of all religions here are tied with mutual love and affection, the President urged all to work together for building a happy, prosperous and non-communal Bangladesh.
Terming Jesus Christ an ambassador of emancipation and beacon, he said Jesus Christ had preached the sermons of peace in the world as his philosophy was to establish a peaceful society with full love, services, forgiveness, compassion and justice.
Mentioning that Jesus Christ gave importance to unity, sacrifice, self-restraint and charity than that of comfort of the worldly life, he said, “I think, the teachings and ideals of Jesus Christ are very rational to establish peace, harmony and unity in nation-to-nation of this problematic world.”
Hamid said, “The Father of the Nation had dreamt of building a happy, prosperous and non-communal Bangladesh. I call upon all to work together to form a non-communal Bangladesh to fulfill the dreams of the Father of the Nation.”
Man’s bullet-hit body recovered in Cumilla
Cumilla, Dec 25 (UNB) – Police recovered the bullet-hit body of an unidentified young man from an embankment along the Gomti river in Debidwar upazila on Tuesday morning.