BNP to stage city rallies Monday
Two days after violent clashes and arson attacks on buses over the BNP's scheduled sit-ins at Dhaka's entry points, city residents are going to witness another showdown of the party to demand resignation of the prime minister.
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File Photo of BNP Rally Mahmud Hossain Opu/Dhaka TribuneBangladesh discusses desecrating Quran issue with Sweden, seeks election observers
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Sunday shared Bangladesh's grave concerns with his Swedish counterpart over the repeated acts of desecrating and burning copies of the Holy Quran in Sweden in recent times.
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File photo of Holy Quran CollectedBangshi comes back to life as encroachers evicted
The Bangshi River had lost its normal course due to mindless encroachment on its banks at Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka, through illegal constructions, business establishments, and unchecked pollution.
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Dhaka TribuneComilla-1: Too many aspirants in AL, BNP relieved
Prospective candidates for the Comilla-1 (Daudkandi-Titas) seat have already started mass communication ahead of the 12th parliamentary election by participating in the party and various social events and are announcing their candidature through banners and festoons.
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File photo of the Bangladesh Parliament complex in Dhaka Mehedi Hasan/Dhaka TribunePosition of BNP, other parties weakened
As the anti-Awami League camp is strong in the Comilla-1 constituency, its rival the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has won huge votes in every competitive election since the ‘90s. Even though it lost to the Awami League in 2008, the margin of votes was not too wide.
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Berrister Naeem,Dr Khandkar Mosharraf and Makhon Sarker Dhaka TribuneSuicide bomb at political rally in Pakistan kills 40
At least 40 people were killed and over 130 injured when a suicide bomber set off explosives at a political rally in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Sunday, police said.
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An ambulance carries the injured to the hospital, after a blast in Bajaur district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on July 30, 2023 ReutersLebanon clashes kill 6 in Palestinian refugee camp
At least six people were killed Sunday in clashes in south Lebanon's restive Ain al-Helweh Palestinian refugee camp, said Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas's Fatah movement and a source at the camp.
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Smoke billows during clashes between Fatah movement and Islamists inside the Ain al-Helweh Palestinian refugee camp, Lebanon's largest Palestinian refugee camp, in the southern coastal city of Sidon on July 30, 2023 AFP