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Voters in EVM constituencies to get smart NIDs

Voters in EVM constituencies to get smart NIDs

-- 2018-12-21 18:20:55

Voters of six constituencies, where electronic voting machines (EVM) will be used, will get their smart national identity cards before the election. The Election Commission (EC) made the announcement...

Customs arrest man with gold bars at Dhaka airport

Customs arrest man with gold bars at Dhaka airport

-- 2018-12-21 18:09:33

Customs intelligence this morning arrested a man with five gold bars, weighing 498 grams, at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. The arrested Md Noor Hossain came here from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia...

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...

Hasina praised in UK for women empowerment

Hasina praised in UK for women empowerment

-- 2018-12-21 17:12:03

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s leadership in women empowerment was highly praised at a meeting, held recently at the UK House of Lords, as some eminent British parliamentarians, British-Banglade...

UN closely observing BD election situation

UN closely observing BD election situation

-- 2018-12-21 16:35:57

The United Nations is closely observing the situation in Bangladesh ahead of the national election scheduled to be held on December 30. Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for the UN Secretary-General, came...

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...

Youth ‘commits suicide’ in Cox’s Bazar

Youth ‘commits suicide’ in Cox’s Bazar

-- 2018-12-21 15:00:16

A young man allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from the ceiling of his house at Pahartoli in Ramu upazila in Cox’s Bazar on Friday. The dead man was identified as Osman Goni, 30, so...

Gopalganj road crash leaves van puller dead

Gopalganj road crash leaves van puller dead

-- 2018-12-21 14:54:41

A van puller was killed when a truck hit his van on Gopalganj-Tekerhat road in Muksudpur upazila in the early hours of Friday. The dead man was identified as Sattar Sheikh, 40, son of Kalu Sheikh fro...

BD to collect, test samples of J&J Baby Powder

BD to collect, test samples of J&J Baby Powder

-- 2018-12-21 14:53:19

Bangladesh will collect and test samples of Johnson & Johnson’s Baby Powder for asbestos in a couple of days, its main testing authority said on Friday. The decision was taken after a Reute...

RAB arrests three for ‘spreading rumours’ on FB

RAB arrests three for ‘spreading rumours’ on FB

-- 2018-12-21 14:36:40

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested three people from Dhaka city's Shyamoli on Thursday night for their alleged involvement in spreading rumours through posting false, fabricated and prov...

No let-up in abuse of child domestic helps

No let-up in abuse of child domestic helps

Sajibur Rahman 2018-12-21 13:57:16

Physical, verbal and mental abuses of child domestic workers continue unabated in the country for what child rights experts say are lack of proper monitoring and supervision, and a special law to prot...

‘BCL men’ stab youth at Rajshahi University

‘BCL men’ stab youth at Rajshahi University

-- 2018-12-21 13:05:56

A young man was injured in an attack allegedly by some activists of Rajshahi University unit Chhatra League on the university campus in Rajshahi on Thursday. The injured was identified as Tarek, 24,...

Rajshahi farmers to produce 0.439 million tonnes of wheat

Rajshahi farmers to produce 0.439 million tonnes of wheat

-- 2018-12-21 11:56:04

Rajshahi farmers and all other field level agricultural officials, scientists and researchers concerned have adapted need-based steps for making the current-season’s wheat farming a success in t...

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...

Jashore schoolgirl ‘commits suicide’

Jashore schoolgirl ‘commits suicide’

-- 2018-12-21 11:39:10

A schoolgirl allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself from the ceiling of her house at Lebugati village in Jashore on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Puja Das, 14, a class IX student o...

Low prices frustrate T-Aman rice growers in Bogura

Low prices frustrate T-Aman rice growers in Bogura

Our Correspondent 2018-12-21 10:58:00

T-Aman rice growers in Bogura district are frustrated over low prices prevailing in the market. A good number of farmers said they are in a difficult situation as newly-harvested Aman is being sold a...

Candidates count on digital electioneering

Candidates count on digital electioneering

Adnan Hossain Bhuiyan 2018-12-21 10:43:37

Most of the political parties have taken their electioneering to digital platforms, apart from the traditional style of campaigning, to reach out to as many voters as they can ahead of the 11th parlia...

Malaysia to eliminate middlemen in hiring migrant workers

Malaysia to eliminate middlemen in hiring migrant workers

Thomson Reuters Foundation 2018-12-21 09:52:40

Under pressure to crack down on labour abuses, Malaysia is moving to eliminate middlemen who charge millions of foreign workers exorbitant recruitment fees, leaving them saddled with debt and vulnerab...

Facebook, Twitter shut accounts for manipulation before election

Facebook, Twitter shut accounts for manipulation before election

-- 2018-12-20 20:46:15

In a crackdown just days before the general election, social media giants Facebook and Twitter have taken down a total of 30 pages and accounts related to Bangladesh for manipulation. Facebook has ta...

Riva Ganguly Das new Indian High Commissioner to BD

Riva Ganguly Das new Indian High Commissioner to BD

-- 2018-12-20 20:28:22

The Indian government has appointed Riva Ganguly Das as the new High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh. “Ms Riva Ganguly Das, presently Director General, ICCR has been appointed as the next H...

11 die as bus collides head-on with human-hauler

11 die as bus collides head-on with human-hauler

-- 2018-12-20 20:27:01

At least 11 people were killed and 20 others injured as a bus smashed a human-hauler at Haridaspur in Gopalganj on Thursday evening. Three of the deceased were identified as the human-hauler driver R...

EC instructs to collect licensed firearms within Dec 24

EC instructs to collect licensed firearms within Dec 24

-- 2018-12-20 19:14:10

The Election Commission (EC) on Thursday instructed the authorities concerned to collect firearms with license within December 24, ahead of the 11th national election. EC Joint Secretary Farhad Ahmed...

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...

Polls preparations better than ever

Polls preparations better than ever

-- 2018-12-20 18:37:58

Inspector General of Police (IGP) Javed Patwari on Thursday said the preparations of law enforcement agencies for the 11th parliamentary elections are better than any time in the past. "If the enviro...

Marwari couple found dead in Joypurhat

Marwari couple found dead in Joypurhat

-- 2018-12-20 18:21:54

Police recovered the bodies of a couple belong to Marwari community (South Asian ethno-linguistic group) from Marwaripatti of Joypurhat town on Thursday. The deceased were identified as Krishnalal Ru...

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...

Dec 30 public holiday

Dec 30 public holiday

-- 2018-12-20 17:26:01

The government has declared December 30 (Sunday) as a public holiday to enable the voters to cast their votes without hassles from work-related commitments. A gazette notification has already been is...

Shringla made new Indian envoy to USA

Shringla made new Indian envoy to USA

-- 2018-12-20 17:14:56

Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Harsh Vardhan Shringla has been appointed the next Indian Ambassador to the United States of America (USA). He is expected to take up the assignment shortly, sa...

Govt enlists Village Police for election duty

Govt enlists Village Police for election duty

-- 2018-12-20 17:05:58

For the first time, Village Police members have been called out for active election duty. "They know the villages better and will work alongside other law enforcement agencies," Election Commission S...