BNP vice chairman Shamsuzzaman Dudu on Friday urged Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to take an initiative for holding a dialogue with all parties on formation of the new Election Commission (EC) and holding the next election.   “Why should the government be forced for constituting an independent Election Commission? … It should be determined under which nature of government the next…

A student of Murapara Degree College was killed as a train knocked him down at Khilkhet rail crossing in the capital this evening, police and witnesses said.   Officer-in-charge (OC) of Dhaka Railway Police Abdul Majid told that the victim was identified as Ismail Hossain Riad, 28, a leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) of Murapara College unit, BSS reports.   He added: "Riad,…

Five people were killed and four others injured in a head-on collision between a mini truck and a human hauler at Shibpur in Gauripur upazila on Friday.   The identities of two deceased among five have been known, they are—Maniruzzaman, 32, and Shahid Mia, 35, both hailed from Kishoreganj. The identities of three others have not been confirmed yet.   Officer-in-charge of Gauripur Police…

BNP standing committee member ASM Hannan Shah, who died in Singapore on Tuesday, was laid to eternal rest at his native village Ghagutia in Kapasia upazila in Gazipur on Friday.   Hannan Shah was buried at his family graveyard around 5 pm after three namaz-e-janazas in his home district, UNB reports.   BNP leaders and activists, family members and relatives attend the namaz-e-janazas held…