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'Elections to 126 local bodies marred by violence'

'Elections to 126 local bodies marred by violence'

-- 2017-12-29 09:12:11

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has alleged that the elections to 126 local bodies on Thursday were 'marred by widespread violence and various irregularities'. "There were irregu...

Khaleda graft case: Court sets Jan 3, 4 for further arguments

Khaleda graft case: Court sets Jan 3, 4 for further arguments

-- 2017-12-28 12:00:00

A court on Thursday fixed January 3 and 4 for placing further arguments in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case filed against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia. Judge Md Akhtaruzzaman of the Dhaka Special Co...

State-owned textile mills under PPP   

State-owned textile mills under PPP  

-- 2017-12-28 12:00:00

The government's recent move to reopen 13 closed state-owned textile mills under public private partnership (PPP) sounds good. However, the decision triggers some concern about the way things are goin...

2017 sees continuation of BNP’s ‘bad patch’   

2017 sees continuation of BNP’s ‘bad patch’  

-- 2017-12-28 09:33:00

Although BNP had a plan to stage a comeback in politics reorganising it at the grassroots level, the outgoing year - 2017 - apparently turned into another bad year for it as the party confined itself...

Quader for stern action over nomination infighting

Quader for stern action over nomination infighting

-- 2017-12-28 07:27:04

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said that punitive action would be taken against any party man involved in nomination infighting centering the election to the Dhaka South City Corpor...

AL executive committee to sit January 6

AL executive committee to sit January 6

-- 2017-12-27 12:00:00

Awami League central executive committee will sit at Ganabhaban, the official residence of the Prime Minister on January 6. The meeting, with AL President Sheikh Hasina, also the Prime Minister, in t...

Promoting books

Promoting books

-- 2017-12-27 12:00:00

If the country did not have a bookstore of the order of a super store, it is going to have one soon. Next Friday, December 29 is expected to be the august day when Batighar, a Chittagong-based company...

Jatiya Party will be a factor in election: Ershad

Jatiya Party will be a factor in election: Ershad

-- 2017-12-27 11:05:39

Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad has claimed his party will be a factor in the next national election. The former President on Wednesday also said they are yet to decide whether they will contest the...

CPB faces Muhith's criticism

CPB faces Muhith's criticism

-- 2017-12-27 09:17:45

Finance Minister AMA Muhith has criticised Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) for their protest against the irregularities and corruption in banking sector. Responding to a question of a reporter on...

State counsel fails to prove allegations against Khaleda: Lawyer

State counsel fails to prove allegations against Khaleda: Lawyer

-- 2017-12-27 05:20:43

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's lawyer Advocate Abdur Rezzak Khan has said the state counsel failed to prove any allegations against her. They lawyer made the remarks while presenting the defence argum...

Graft case: Khaleda's lawyer concludes arguments for third day

Graft case: Khaleda's lawyer concludes arguments for third day

-- 2017-12-26 12:00:00

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's lawyer concluded the defence arguments for the third day in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case. Khaleda Zia's defence lawyer Advocate Abdur Rezzak Khan placed the closin...

AL to name mayor candidate after schedule: Quader   

AL to name mayor candidate after schedule: Quader  

-- 2017-12-26 10:39:03

Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said his party is seeking public opinion to choose the mayoral candidate for the upcoming Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) by-election....

Country's deplorable food security scorecard

Country's deplorable food security scorecard

-- 2017-12-26 10:10:02

Notwithstanding its notable improvement on certain counts, Bangladesh's standing in the latest Global Food Security Index (GFSI), does hardly match with the tall claims the policymakers make very ofte...

Next election under current parliament: Tofail

Next election under current parliament: Tofail

-- 2017-12-26 06:08:58

Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed has said next national election will be held under the existing parliament. The Awami League advisor said the constitution gives this parliament's validity up until Jan...

Singer Shafin to vie for DNCC mayor post

Singer Shafin to vie for DNCC mayor post

-- 2017-12-26 04:29:14

Popular Band singer Shafin Ahmed will contest in the by-polls to the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) mayoral post. Bobby Hajjaj, chairman of newly formed Nationalist Democratic Movement, announce...

Tapping export trade potential

Tapping export trade potential

-- 2017-12-25 12:00:00

With Western donors going for belt-tightening in the field of overseas aid for their practical reasons, it is urgent for Bangladesh to look for effective ways to boost its export earnings. But the cou...

Badruddoza urges PM to meet teachers’ demand  

Badruddoza urges PM to meet teachers’ demand  

-- 2017-12-25 10:59:46

Chairman of the newly formed political alliance, Juktafront, AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury on Monday urged Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to meet the demand of primary school teachers. He also urged the gov...

DNCC mayoral polls: AL, BNP nominees almost decided

DNCC mayoral polls: AL, BNP nominees almost decided

-- 2017-12-25 10:51:31

Atiqul Islam has started campaign to contest the forthcoming by-polls to the mayoral post of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) as an Awami League candidate. The former president of Bangladesh Garm...

AL will accept whatever people decides: Nasim

AL will accept whatever people decides: Nasim

-- 2017-12-25 07:33:26

Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim on Monday said Awami League will gladly accept people's verdict in the next general election. He came up with the remarks while addressing a programm...

Minister’s remarks expose irregularities from within: BNP

Minister’s remarks expose irregularities from within: BNP

-- 2017-12-25 06:49:20

BNP on Monday hit out at Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid for his remark that not only officials, but also the ministers are 'thieves'. The party said the minister’s comments has exposed th...

Khaleda wants neutral govt for polls

Khaleda wants neutral govt for polls

-- 2017-12-24 12:00:00

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia said her party wants to participate in the general next election under a non-party neutral government. "We want multiparty democracy to be restored in the country and the...

Expat BNP leader scheming enforced disappearances: Quader

Expat BNP leader scheming enforced disappearances: Quader

-- 2017-12-24 12:00:00

A BNP leader living in Sweden is responsible for the recent incidents of enforced disappearances and murders, claimed Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader. The minister also said that...

Medical expenses and poverty

Medical expenses and poverty

-- 2017-12-24 09:32:12

One of the stark realities of life is that the health-related expenditure does contribute to the pauperisation process, perhaps beyond the perception of most people of the country. This is corroborate...

BNP have to accept election results: Nasim

BNP have to accept election results: Nasim

-- 2017-12-24 06:25:03

Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim on Sunday said BNP will have to accept results of the next national election. "BNP tried to resist the January 5 election which was held in 2014, but...

Promotion of 193 deputy secys ‘obscure’: BNP

Promotion of 193 deputy secys ‘obscure’: BNP

-- 2017-12-23 12:00:00

BNP on Saturday has said the recent promotion of 193 deputy secretaries and its equivalent officials to joint secretaries is confusing. BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said this...

Rising popularity of app-based rides

Rising popularity of app-based rides

-- 2017-12-23 09:21:03

Dhaka's communication and commuting landscape is undergoing a radical change, largely imperceptibly though. With app-based ride services like Uber, Pathao and others being increasingly availed by the...

People want change in power: Ershad

People want change in power: Ershad

-- 2017-12-23 07:24:13

Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad has said the Rangpur city polls result showed that people want a change in power. "The Rangpur election has demonstrated that people, and the time has come for the cha...

Kalyan Party's Aminur on 4-day remand

Kalyan Party's Aminur on 4-day remand

-- 2017-12-23 06:53:11

A Dhaka court has granted a four-day remand to interrogate Bangladesh Kalyan Party secretary general MM Aminur Rahman in a violence case. Aminur went missing from Nayapaltan area of Dhaka on August 2...

Muhith hopeful to prove allegations of Khaleda's foreign assets

Muhith hopeful to prove allegations of Khaleda's foreign assets

-- 2017-12-23 05:29:28

Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith has said that there must be sufficient information behind the allegations about foreign assets of Khaleda Zia's family. "It can be proved that Khaleda Zia's fa...

Quader speaks against BCL school committee

Quader speaks against BCL school committee

FE Online Desk 2017-12-23 04:33:40

Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader has said that there is no need to form the school committee of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL). He said this while speaking at a function of the BCL held...