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Sohel Taj wanted to go to the US, but was turned away from the airport

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Desk Report: Tajuddin Ahmed’s son and former State Minister for Home Affairs Tanzim Ahmed Sohel Taj was stopped at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on his way to the United States. He was turned back by immigration last Wednesday. A senior officer of the Special Branch (SB) of the police confirmed the matter on Friday night. Sohel Taj was elected as a Member of Parliament from Gazipur-4 (Kapasia) constituency in the 2001 elections during the previous Awami League government. He was re-elected from the same constituency in 2008 and took charge…

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This generation was not afraid of Hasina’s bullet, there is no question of being afraid of eggs: Akhtar

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Desk Report: NCP member secretary Akhtar Hossain has commented that there is nothing to fear about the egg-throwing incident at the US airport. He said that this generation was not afraid of the bullets thrown by Hasina. There is no question of them being afraid of the eggs thrown by them. Akhtar Hossain can be heard saying this in a video circulated on the Facebook page of the Jatiya Nagorik Party (NCP) Diaspora Alliance on Tuesday (September 23). He also made a post about it on his own Facebook. Akhtar…

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Administration officials involved in attack on Akhtar-Zara: Nahid Islam

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Desk Report: The party’s convener, Nahid Islam, has alleged that ‘administration officials are involved’ in the attack on National Citizens Party (NCP) member secretary Akhtar Hossain and senior joint member secretary Tasnim Zara at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, USA. He made this allegation at an emergency press conference at the NCP’s temporary office at Rupayan Trade Center in Bangla Motor in the capital on Tuesday. Nahid Islam said, ‘Akhtar Hossain and Tasnim Zara were attacked and reprimanded while leaving the airport in New York. Earlier, Mahfuz…

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Jubo League activist arrested for egging Akhtar

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Desk Report: The New York Police Department (NYPD) has arrested Jubo League activist Mizanur Rahman for allegedly throwing eggs at Akhtar Hossain, a member secretary of the National Citizens Party (NCP), who was accompanying the interim government’s chief advisor Professor Muhammad Yunus. He is also accused of attempting to stab a BNP activist. The incident took place at around 5 pm on Monday (September 22) at Terminal 4 of New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport. Witnesses said that Jubo League activist Mizanur threw eggs at Akhtar Hossain, the chief…

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