- Iran launches drills to protect nuclear facilities
- Turkiye plans $20B investment in energy efficiency by 2030
- Hasina, Putul sued over corruption in plot allocation
- Expats send $73.66cr in remittances in 11 days of January
- Govt taking steps to alleviate public suffering from air pollution – Rizwana Hasan
- IEF demands cancellation of plan to increase gas prices
- Sylhet secures second BPL win with 8-run victory over Khulna
- 6 Bangladeshi scouters shine at Australian Scout Jamboree
- Living lagom: The Swedish art of life
- EU envoy Michael Miller meets Mirza Fakhrul
- China, Pakistan agree to 'upgrade' CPEC cooperation
- 5 press officials withdrawn from Bangladesh embassies
- Sudanese army claims capture of key eastern city
- Indian High Commissioner explains about construction of barbed wire fences on border
- Court orders attachment of ex-MP Jannat Ara Henry's property
- BDR massacre wasn’t a rebellion, but a planned murder assisted by India: Abu Hanif
- "I hear the cries of expatriates in every country I visit"
- Media can criticize all including Chief Adviser: Press Secretary
- Make Bangladesh a distribution hub for Asia: CA urges Norway
- First case of HMPV detected in Bangladesh
Jatiya Nagorik Committee forms 5 new cells
The Jatiya Nagorik Committee (JNC) has formed five new cells to streamline its organisational activities. This information was disclosed in a media release signed by the committees Convener Nasiruddin Patwari and Member Secretary Akhtar Hossain on Sunday. The newly formed cells are Martyrs...
Nagorik Committee demands withdrawal of hikes in customs duties, taxes on products
Jatiya Nagorik Committee has demanded the withdrawal of two ordinances issued by the interim government increasing customs duties, taxes and VAT on hundreds of products and services, including daily necessities such as medicines, LP gas, powdered milk, and mobile phone SIM cards. At the same...
July Proclamation: Six-day program announced
Anti-Discrimination Students Movement and Jatiya Nagorik Committee have announced 5-day program demanding the proclamation of July-August mass uprising. From 6th January to 11th, the activists and leaders of these platforms are scheduled to hold public communication On Sunday, the...
New political parties to emerge in the next 2 months: Sarjis
Amid the political turmoil over the national election and reforms, July Shaheed Smrity Foundation General Secretary Sarjis Alam said some new political parties will emerge in the country within the next two months ahead of the upcoming general election likely to be held either in late 2025 or early...
King’s Party: The talk of the country
Forming a new political party Kings Party under the governments liaison is now the talk of the country. Politicians said that forming a Kings Party while in power will not yield good results. Political parties must be peoples party, not the Kings Party. Details are in interviews of three leaders,...
Awami League deprived people of voting rights: Rizvi
BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed has said the Awami League government deprived people of voting rights for the past 15 years. There was no need for elections during Sheikh Hasinas tenure. Sheikh Hasina used to decide who would become MP and chairman. If you get a...
Citizens committee urges local govt reform to address public suffering
The Jatiya Nagorik Committee (National Citizens Committee NCC) has called on Bangladeshs interim government to urgently establish a comprehensive framework at the local government level to alleviate the publics suffering. In a statement released on Friday, NCC convener Nasir Uddin Patwary...
Tasnim Jara named joint convener of Jatiya Nagorik Committee
Tasnim Jara, a well-known health content creator has been appointed as one of the joint conveners of the Jatiya Nagorik Committee. In a post on her verified Facebook account Tuesday night, Jara acknowledged the significance of her choice to enter politics, reports The Daily Star. She wrote,I...
BNP’s associate bodies start long march towards Agartala
Three BNP associate bodies Jatiyatabadi Jubo Dal, Swechchasebak Dal, and Chhatra Dal started their planned long march towards Agartala from Dhaka on Wednesday morning to protest against Indian aggression, reports UNB. The programme is also meant to protest against the attack on the Bangladesh...
JCD holds open discussion on human rights in Bangladesh at DU
Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) of Dhaka University (DU) unit has organised an open discussion on human rights in Bangladesh and the role of student society on the occasion of the International Human Rights Day. The discussion was held in front of the Arts building of DU on Tuesday evening. In...
Sarjis Alam gets new responsibility as chief organizer of Nagorik Committee
Sarjis Alam, the general secretary of the July Shaheed Smriti Foundation, has been assigned to a new responsibility as he has become the chief organizer of the Jatiya Nagorik Committee. Jatiya Nagorik Committee announced the assignment of this responsibility to Sarjis Alam through a press...
BNP to march towards Agartala on Wednesday
BNP associate bodies will stage a long march towards Agartala from Dhaka on Wednesday to protest against Indian aggression, reports UNB. After Sundays road march in the capital, three BNP associate bodies --Jatiyatabadi Jubo Dal, Swechchasebak Dal, and Chhatra Dal made the decision....
BNP submits memorandum to Indian High Commission protesting recent incidents
A six-member committee from three associate bodies of BNP on Sunday has submitted a memorandum to the Indian high commission, reports UNB. They went to the Indian High Commission in Baridhara, Dhaka, where they handed over the memorandum to an official of the Indian mission. The delegation...
Jatiya Nagorik Committee presents 69-point proposal on constitution
According to the call of the Constitutional Reform Commission, Jatiya Nagorik Committee presented a 69-point written proposal on constitution. The proposal was submitted in the cabinet room on the level 2 of South-West Block of the National Parliament. Member Secretary Akhter Hossain and...
Both elections and politics are challenges for us
Bangladesh Jatiya Party (BJP) Chairman Barrister Andaleeve Rahman Partho has said that todays youth are not as easy to control as in the past, describing them as more aware and democratic. He shared these views in an interview with Bangladesh Pratidin, conducted by Shafiul Alam Dolon. Bangladesh...
Revoke unfair deals with India: Jatiya Nagorik Committee
Jatiya Nagorik Committee on Monday urged the government to review the countrys agreements with India and scrap the ones that go against national interests. The group made the call in a six-point charter of demands at a press conference called after an urgent general meeting at its office in the...
BNP upset at CA’s address to nation
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday voiced frustration over the Chief Advisers address to the nation as he did not unveil an outline for the election, reports UNB. Speaking at a discussion, he also warned BNP leaders and workers not to create a distance from the students...
RAB arrest Ex-MP Yahya Chowdhury
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested former lawmaker and Jatiya Partys central leader Yahya Chowdhury from Dhakas Uttara late Monday, reports UNB. A media release, signed by Md Mashiur Rahman Sohel, assistant superintendent of police (media) of the RAB-9, said this on Tuesday. A joint team...
No more torture cell to be created in educational institutions: JCD DU
Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dals (JCD) Dhaka University (DU) wing president Ganeshchandra Roy Sahosh has ordered the leaders and activists of Chhatra Dal to restrain their behavior under any circumstances. He gave this instruction at a sit-in program organized at Raju Sculpture in Dhaka University at...
Democracy, voting rights key to solving national issues: Tarique
BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman on Saturday said a democratic system, ensuring peoples right to vote, must be established to address the countrys problems and resist all forms of conspiracy against the nation, reports UNB. Speaking at a training programme of Jatiyatabadi Krishak Dal, he also...
Security beefed up around Jatiya Party office
Police have beefed up security around the central office of the Jatiya Party in the Bijoynagar area of the capital, reports Dhaka Tribune. Strict security measures have been implemented, and no one is being allowed to gather in the vicinity. Earlier on Saturday, the Jatiya Party had announced...
Jatiya Party postpones today’s rally
Jatiya Party has postponed its Saturdays rally in front of its central office in Kakrail due to a ban on gatherings imposed by the DMP in the area. The party announced the decision in a statement issued on Friday night, signed by Khandaker Delwar Jalali, JP chiefs press secretary. In the...
GM Quader claims AL blackmailed JaPa into elections
Jatiya Party (JaPa) Chairman GM Quader claimed on Friday that his party was blackmailed into joining elections under the Awami Leagues tenure, saying that their involvement was far from voluntary, reports Dhaka Tribune. At an emergency press conference called at the Jatiya Party headquarters in...
Jatiya Party calls urgent press conference
Jatiya Party called an urgent press conference over the incidents of attacking on their party office, vandalizing and arson it. The press conference was scheduled to be held at 11 am on Friday at the party chairmans office in banana of the capital. JaPa chairman GM Quader will be present in the...
Anti-discrimination Students Movement announces to seal Jatiya Party office
Mahin Sarkar, one of the coordinators of the anti-discrimination student movement, announced the shutdown of Jatiya Party office soon. He announced this in front of anti-terrorism Raju sculpture of Dhaka University around 8 pm on Thursday. Mahin Sarkar said, Today a part of our...
Students, protesting people set Jatiya Party’s central office on fire
Students, united under the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement platform, on Thursday evening set ablaze Jatiya Partys central office at Bijoynagar area in the capital, following attacks on the students allegedly by the party members. To avenge the attacks on students, a large group converged at...
Chunnu possesses Tk thousands of crore abusing power
Jatiya Party secretary general Mujibul Haque Chunnu had become Member of Parliament (MP) from Kishoreganj-3 (Karimganj to Tarail) constituency for 5 terms. Jatiya Party had no strong position in the constituency; however, due to the concession given from the alliance, he became MP of that...
Jatiya Party not invited for dialogue with CA
Chief Adviser Dr Muhammad Yunus will hold the fourth round of dialogue with political parties on countrys reformation and election issues, but once again, the Jatiya Party has not been invited, reports Dhaka Tribune. The fourth round of the dialogue kicked off at the State Guest House Jamuna at...