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Institutional support for small footwear makers   

Institutional support for small footwear makers  

-- 2018-12-23 22:07:44

There can be no denying the massive expansion of footwear making in the country, particularly of the low-end variety. The fact that inexpensive footwear caters to the demand of the vast majority of th...

Mashrafe demands safety for his rivals

Mashrafe demands safety for his rivals

-- 2018-12-23 21:11:05

Mashrafe Bin Mortaza has asked his campaign supporters to make sure there aren’t any attacks on rival candidates. “Make sure my rival candidates are not hurt physically or mentally. I wan...

Ensure level-playing field: Dr Kamal to army

Ensure level-playing field: Dr Kamal to army

-- 2018-12-23 18:15:21

Welcoming the decision to deploy the Armed Forces from Monday across the country, Jatiya Oikyafront Chief Dr Kamal Hossain on Sunday said they must create a level-playing field for all the parties and...

EC’s decision on Jamaat candidates today

EC’s decision on Jamaat candidates today

-- 2018-12-23 11:58:35

The Election Commission will sit in a meeting today (Sunday) to decide whether the 25 Jamaat-e-Islami candidates will be able to contest in the 11th parliamentary election or not. Among the Jamaat ca...

Crude bomb attack leaves five AL men injured

Crude bomb attack leaves five AL men injured

-- 2018-12-23 11:41:54

At least five local leaders and activists of Awami League were injured after miscreants hurled crude bombs over an election campaign office in Cumilla on Saturday evening. The injured are Md Abdul Ka...

Tax payment hurdles   

Tax payment hurdles  

-- 2018-12-22 22:07:23

The finding of an international report that the Bangladeshi companies, on an average, are required to spend 435 hours to pay their annual taxes does, in fact, highlight the other side of the story. Bu...

Hasina’s electioneering in Rangpur on Sunday

Hasina’s electioneering in Rangpur on Sunday

-- 2018-12-22 20:39:30

Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina will go to Rangpur tomorrow (Sunday) as part of her election campaign. The Awami League (AL) chief will address two election rallies of her par...

Army deployment will bring positive change to election situation: BNP

Army deployment will bring positive change to election situation: BNP

-- 2018-12-22 19:53:20

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has expressed his hope that the deployment of the army will bring a change to the present election situation. Rizvi made the remark at a press bri...

Scheme to foil election raises polls violence: Minister

Scheme to foil election raises polls violence: Minister

-- 2018-12-22 17:07:08

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Saturday said the intensity of election violence is slightly higher this time compared to previous years as a vested group is planning to foil the polls. "A vested...

Two hurt in crude bomb attack on AL election office

Two hurt in crude bomb attack on AL election office

-- 2018-12-22 11:36:01

Two local Awami League leaders were injured as miscreants blew off a crude bomb in front of AL's election campaign office at Rohanpur in Chapainawabganj on Friday night. The injured are - Rohonpur Mu...

Prospects for suit, blazer market   

Prospects for suit, blazer market  

-- 2018-12-21 22:07:23

The wintry bite as of the past is fast becoming mellower. Climate experts may ascribe this dropping intensity of cold to factors like global warming. But the winter has not left Bangladesh. The countr...

Oikyafront demands election rescheduling where candidates declared ineligible  

Oikyafront demands election rescheduling where candidates declared ineligible  

-- 2018-12-21 18:29:38

Jatiya Oikyafront on Friday demanded the Election Commission (EC) to reschedule elections in the seats where its candidates have been declared ineligible by court. The BNP-led alliance made the deman...

Case against Rony over ‘leaked phone call’

Case against Rony over ‘leaked phone call’

-- 2018-12-21 18:08:52

BNP candidate Golam Maula Rony has been accused in a case filed under the Digital Security Act over an alleged phone conversation that recently leaked on social media. In the unverified audio clip, t...

BNP struggles for back-up plan to tackle 'adversities'

BNP struggles for back-up plan to tackle 'adversities'

-- 2018-12-21 16:27:43

The BNP is now struggling to come up with a 'back-up plan' to stay afloat in the December 30 election race amid the arrest of its candidates and activists and annulment of candidatures of its some con...

Miscreants vandalise five BNP offices in Barishal

Miscreants vandalise five BNP offices in Barishal

-- 2018-12-21 11:46:26

Five union election offices of BNP in Barishal have allegedly been vandalised in Bakerganj upazila by the supporters of Jatiya Party candidate for Barishal-6 constituency. BNP contestant for the parl...

Proposed Bangladesh Trade and Tariff Commission   

Proposed Bangladesh Trade and Tariff Commission  

-- 2018-12-20 22:05:31

Sometimes a potentially big news is revealed quietly, perhaps in keeping with the less flamboyant exterior of an organisation it is all   about. It has come to light courtesy of a seminar or...

Election preparation all-time better: IGP

Election preparation all-time better: IGP

-- 2018-12-20 19:05:51

Security forces are more prepared for the elections than ever before, claims police chief Mohammad Javed Patwary. “We have prepared our utmost for the elections,” he said. “Our prep...

Dr Kamal cancels press conference due to illness

Dr Kamal cancels press conference due to illness

-- 2018-12-20 18:11:18

The press conference of Jatiya Oikya Front Chief Dr Kamal Hossain scheduled for Thursday was postponed as he is sick. "Sir (Kamal) is not physically well today (Thursday). So, the scheduled press con...

Decision on Jamaat candidates in two days: EC

Decision on Jamaat candidates in two days: EC

-- 2018-12-20 17:40:49

The Election Commission (EC) will take a decision on the candidacy of 25 Jamaat-e-Islami leaders within the next two working days. “We received the High Court letter today. The legal wing of th...

Bumper paddy yield but farmers are no gainer   

Bumper paddy yield but farmers are no gainer  

-- 2018-12-19 22:20:12

There is nothing to be surprised at the drastic fall in import of food grains following consecutive rice seasons' bumper yield of paddy. Reinstatement of the tariff withdrawn following the crop loss i...

Enam Ahmed Chaudhury joins AL

Enam Ahmed Chaudhury joins AL

-- 2018-12-19 21:56:48

BNP's vice-chariman Enam Ahmed Chaudhury, who sought nomination of BNP from Sylhet-1 constituency, has joined the Awami League. Chaudhury met Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and greeted her with a bouqu...

Reza Kibria’s motorcade comes under attack in Habiganj

Reza Kibria’s motorcade comes under attack in Habiganj

-- 2018-12-19 21:50:53

The motorcade of Jatiya Oikya Front candidate for Habiganj-1 Dr Reza Kibria came under attack while he was campaigning at Banderbazar area in Nabiganj upazila on Thursday. Former assistant organising...

Nanak terms BNP manifesto ‘confusing, disappointing’

Nanak terms BNP manifesto ‘confusing, disappointing’

-- 2018-12-19 18:18:09

Awami League (AL) joint general secretary Jahangir Kabir Nanak on Wednesday said BNP's election manifesto is extremely 'disappointing and confusing' for the nation. He made the remarks at a press co...

Ensure BNP’s win through vote revolution: Fakhrul

Ensure BNP’s win through vote revolution: Fakhrul

-- 2018-12-19 16:37:54

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday called upon voters to ensure the victory of 'Sheaf of Paddy' through a 'vote revolution' on December 30 to free Khaleda Zia from jail and...

Kushtia-1 candidate sent to jail

Kushtia-1 candidate sent to jail

-- 2018-12-19 16:30:14

A Kushtia court sent BNP's Kushtia-1 candidate Reza Ahmed Bachchu to jail in a case filed over the possession of illegal firearms and explosive on Wednesday. Kushtia District and Sessions Judge Arup...

Latif Siddiqui falls sick during indefinite hunger strike

Latif Siddiqui falls sick during indefinite hunger strike

-- 2018-12-19 14:55:21

Tangail-4 independent candidate Latif Siddique has been rushed to hospital after his health deteriorated on the third day of a hunger strike in front of the returning officer’s office to press f...

Miscreants torch AL election campaign office

Miscreants torch AL election campaign office

-- 2018-12-19 12:20:30

Miscreants vandalised an election campaign office of the Awami League candidate of Sherpur-1 constancy at Bagbari Bazar under Sadar upazila in the early hours of Wednesday. According to Md Nazrul Isl...

Imbroglio over LNG supply

Imbroglio over LNG supply

-- 2018-12-18 21:55:25

That the government agencies are incapable of delivering designated services due to their incompetence and lack of coordination has again been proved in the case of an important energy sector operatio...

BNP's manifesto skips war crimes trial issue

BNP's manifesto skips war crimes trial issue

-- 2018-12-18 18:47:09

The BNP has avoided the issue of war crimes trials in its election manifesto, which was announced on Tuesday ahead of 11th parliamentary election. The party's manifesto did not make any promise to co...

HC rejects appeals to restore Khaleda’s nominations for polls

HC rejects appeals to restore Khaleda’s nominations for polls

-- 2018-12-18 13:02:32

The High Court has rejected three petitions to restore Khaleda Zia’s nominations for three parliamentary races in the Dec 30 polls. As a result the BNP chairperson is blocked from competing in...