Evening Brief

Bangabazar fire: Businessmen set up temporary shops on footpath

Bangabazar fire-affected businessmen have set up shop on the footpath under the flyover with the clothes they managed to save from the devastating fire.

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Bangabazar fire-affected businessmen set up shop on the footpath Mehedi Hasan/Dhaka Tribune

Fakhrul: Accept our demands to avoid chaos before national polls

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday said the government will have to accept the demands of the opposition parties if it wants to avoid violence and conflict ahead of the next general election.

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File Photo of BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir Rajib Dhar/Dhaka Tribune

CTTC: Two fugitive militants still residing inside Bangladesh

The Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of Bangladesh police said on Saturday that two death-row militants, who were snatched from the Dhaka court premises, are still residing in Bangladesh. 

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CCTV footage shows three men on a motorcycle who are suspected to be involved with the escape of two militants from a Dhaka court November 20, 2022 Collected

Militants' escape: 2 including key coordinator remanded

A Dhaka court on Saturday placed two arrestees including the key coordinator and the wife of an escaped militant on 5-day remand in a case file over snatching away two militants from the premises of a Dhaka court last year.

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Bangabazar fire: Affected traders not to set up makeshift shops

The Shop Owners Association of Bangabazar has backtracked on a decision to set up temporary shops at the burnt Bangabazar market in the capital. 

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BNP Chairperson's Adviser Muktadir arrested at Sylhet airport

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's Adviser Khandaker Abdul Muktadir was arrested by the Sylhet Airport police on Saturday. 

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Fire service: Gulistan's Barisal Plaza fire probably caused by electric short circuit

The Fire Service and Civil Defence on Saturday said the fire that broke out at the Barisal Plaza shopping mall in Gulistan - near the Bangabazar wholesale clothing market- likely originated from an electric short circuit. 

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Bangla Tribune

Minister: Bringing any party to election is not responsibility of govt

Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr  Hasan Mahmud on Saturday said it is not the responsibility of the government to bring any party to the election.

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UNB

Razzaque: Anti-liberation forces want to turn Bangladesh into Pakistan

Agriculture Minister and Awami League Presidium Member Dr Md Abdur Razzaque on Saturday said the anti-liberation forces who want to turn Bangladesh into Pakistan are the agents of that country.

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Agriculture Minister and Awami League Presidium Member Dr Md Abdur Razzaque giving statement during the distribution of food items among the poor on Saturday PID