Mamunur Rashid
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- Sep 18, 2026
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Picking local poll aspirants: BNP struggles, Jamaat already on the move (opens the original)
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As political parties gear up for the upcoming local government elections, the ruling BNP is struggling to contain multiple aspirants, while Jamaat-e-Islami says it has already selected candidates in most areas and many of them are already active in the field. A BNP Standing Committee member, seeking anonymity, said the party does not want to formally choose candidates before the election schedule because early decisions could intensify rivalry and trigger clashes. Jamaat leaders say the final co
Ash in the air, waste in canals (opens the original)
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At dawn, Mumtaz Begum’s courtyard tells the story of the night before. The clothes she hung to dry, the leaves on the trees in her yard, and even her bedsheets inside the house are coated with a thin film of ash. As a child she swam and fished in the GK canal; today, dipping her feet into the same water makes her skin itch. Mumtaz fights daily to save the crop on her three bigha land against a pollution she cannot trace to a start date -- she only knows everything changed as rice mills kept spri
Illegal sand trade thrives on the Padma (opens the original)
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Sand worth at least Tk 1 crore is extracted from the Padma every day along the Kushtia-Pabna border despite a 2025 High Court ban, suspended leases and repeated enforcement drives. The illegal operations, allegedly involving political actors, armed groups and locally influential people, are rampant in at least five locations -- the Padma-Garai confluence, Beltala, Shilaidaha Ghat, Kalabagan and Char Tarapur -- according to district officials and traders. Locals and traders say most extractions t
Jamaat to join presidential race, eyes ‘befitting, acceptable’ candidate (opens the original)
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Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has decided to take part in the presidential election scheduled for August 20, with its candidate to be finalised through the Jamaat-led 11-party alliance. The announcement was made through a press release shortly after a meeting of Jamaat’s central executive council led by Jamaat chief and Opposition Leader Shafiqur Rahman at the party’s central office in Dhaka on Saturday evening. The decision to participate in the election was taken unanimously, said the press relea
Jamaat, NCP, Khelafat Majlis yet to decide stance on presidential election (opens the original)
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Key partners of the 11-Party Alliance -- Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, Bangladesh Khelafat Majlis, and National Citizen Party (NCP) -- have yet to finalise their positions ahead of the upcoming presidential election. The opposition parties said they would decide, after internal discussions and consultations within the alliance, whether to field a candidate, support another contender or take a different position. The Election Commission (EC) yesterday announced the schedule for the presidential ele
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